Last night, We (my mum, brother and sister and me) went all the way to see the fawwara (fountain)... the one which i presume to be the same as the one in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Well.. venturing through the streets and main roads of this marvellous city, you come across a whole variety of buildings.. u go passing houses then flats, even Wedding lawns, over the flyovers.. passing Jahangir Road to main Saddar...
Now, Saddar is one place where you find the markings of colonialism in Karachi. The Municipal Building, State Bank of Paksitan.. to the famous Tower and Port Qasim Trust.. there are soo many which are centuries old for example St. Joseph School and College, Frere Hall, Hindu Gymkhana.. etc etc.. anyway, so while roaming around Saddar, you'll see these amazing old colonial-style-built buildings.. which are covered with carbon(the pollution mainly) and still holds a remarkable beauty in them... anyway, moving ahead towards I.I.Chundrigar Road, you'll experience the modern architecture.. with Habib Bank Plaza, Al-Falah Bank and not to forget MCB Tower(tallest building in Pakistan).. and PSO building.. which indeed is remarkable!
Anyway, from the uneven broken roads to mouth watering smooth roads and from the highway to the streets.. Karachi city is what we need!!! With all it's eccentricities and everything.. it's the dearest to those who live here.. Karachi!!! you rock!!!
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Some Signs of the Day of Judgement!!!
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said:
" The Hour ( Day of Resurrection) will not be established till:
1.two big groups fight each other whereupon there will be a great number of casualties on both sides and they will be following one and the same religious doctrine
2.about thirty Dajjals(liars) appear, and each of them will claim that he is Allah's Messenger,
3.the religious knowledge is taken away(by the death of religious scholars)
4.earthquakes will increase in number
5.time will pass quickly
6.Al-Fitan (trials and afflictions etc.) will appear,
7.Al-Harj,(i.e. killing) will increase
8. wealth will be in abundance - so abundant that a wealthy person will worry lest nobody should accept his Sadaqa(alms giving),and whenever he will present it to someone, that person (to whom it will be offered) will say, "I'm not in need of it"
9.the people compete one another in constructing high buildings
10. a man when passing by a grave of someone will say,"Would that I were in his place"
11. and till sun rises from the west. So when the sun will rise and the people will see it, they will all believe (embrace Islam) but that will be the time when:(As ALlah said)'No good will it do a person to believe then, if he or she believed not before, nor earn good (by performing deeds of righteousness) through his or her Faith.'(V.6-158)
And the Hour will be established while two men spreading garment in front of them but they will not be able to sell it, nor fold it up; and the Hour will be established when a man has milked his she-camel and has taken away the milk but he will not be able to drink it; and the Hour will be established before a man repairing a tank (for his livestock) is able to water his animals in it; and the Hour will be established when a person has raised a morsel of food to his mouth but will not be able to eat it."
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger said,' Soon the river Euphrated will disclose it's treasure(the mountain) of gold, so whoever present at that time should not take anything of it'
Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said:
" The Hour ( Day of Resurrection) will not be established till:
1.two big groups fight each other whereupon there will be a great number of casualties on both sides and they will be following one and the same religious doctrine
2.about thirty Dajjals(liars) appear, and each of them will claim that he is Allah's Messenger,
3.the religious knowledge is taken away(by the death of religious scholars)
4.earthquakes will increase in number
5.time will pass quickly
6.Al-Fitan (trials and afflictions etc.) will appear,
7.Al-Harj,(i.e. killing) will increase
8. wealth will be in abundance - so abundant that a wealthy person will worry lest nobody should accept his Sadaqa(alms giving),and whenever he will present it to someone, that person (to whom it will be offered) will say, "I'm not in need of it"
9.the people compete one another in constructing high buildings
10. a man when passing by a grave of someone will say,"Would that I were in his place"
11. and till sun rises from the west. So when the sun will rise and the people will see it, they will all believe (embrace Islam) but that will be the time when:(As ALlah said)'No good will it do a person to believe then, if he or she believed not before, nor earn good (by performing deeds of righteousness) through his or her Faith.'(V.6-158)
And the Hour will be established while two men spreading garment in front of them but they will not be able to sell it, nor fold it up; and the Hour will be established when a man has milked his she-camel and has taken away the milk but he will not be able to drink it; and the Hour will be established before a man repairing a tank (for his livestock) is able to water his animals in it; and the Hour will be established when a person has raised a morsel of food to his mouth but will not be able to eat it."
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger said,' Soon the river Euphrated will disclose it's treasure(the mountain) of gold, so whoever present at that time should not take anything of it'
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
I'm Back!!!
The people screaming with pain is what I hear everyday deep down inside me. That is the only thing I've been hearing since a very long time. The pain, sorrows and injustices that my people are subjected to are unspokenable. Such hatred towards the Muslim World! Such oppression!
The so called "civilized" west doesnot even know what that word actually means. The West creates such a hue and cry when even a cat gets killed but Muslims... the haulocast against the Muslims is on its peak but I guess those human rights activists need some some sleep in order to work better! The scattered bodies, the lost generation, painful living and the racist acts... I guess West has yet to come out of the shell of racism. It's ironic that the people who consider us, Muslims, "extremist" are putting up the best examples of "extremism" themselves and later they wonder,"why do these Muslims hate us?!" Are they blind?! Or they don't have brains to think?!
The pain wthat I feel inside, the restlesness in my heart and the screams that arise from my soul... Who'll do justice to those who have lost their lives, who are crippled for life? or those who may never be able to come out of the mental traumas they are suffering from?!
At last, my forehead touches the ground facing the Ka'aba... the burns soothes, the chaos inside my subsides and all is left is peace and tranquillity...
As the Quran said, "Verily in remembrance of Allah, do hearts find rest"
Today's scenario is chaotic but there's that hope that Quran provided us with more than fourteen hundred years ago... the Hour shall come and Justice will prevail!!!
The so called "civilized" west doesnot even know what that word actually means. The West creates such a hue and cry when even a cat gets killed but Muslims... the haulocast against the Muslims is on its peak but I guess those human rights activists need some some sleep in order to work better! The scattered bodies, the lost generation, painful living and the racist acts... I guess West has yet to come out of the shell of racism. It's ironic that the people who consider us, Muslims, "extremist" are putting up the best examples of "extremism" themselves and later they wonder,"why do these Muslims hate us?!" Are they blind?! Or they don't have brains to think?!
The pain wthat I feel inside, the restlesness in my heart and the screams that arise from my soul... Who'll do justice to those who have lost their lives, who are crippled for life? or those who may never be able to come out of the mental traumas they are suffering from?!
At last, my forehead touches the ground facing the Ka'aba... the burns soothes, the chaos inside my subsides and all is left is peace and tranquillity...
As the Quran said, "Verily in remembrance of Allah, do hearts find rest"
Today's scenario is chaotic but there's that hope that Quran provided us with more than fourteen hundred years ago... the Hour shall come and Justice will prevail!!!
Monday, February 13, 2006
United Nation's Role
United Nation's real role according to a friend's younger brother...
1. When two developing countries are fighting... UN invovles a big country to deal with them.. resulting in total chaos!!
2. When one developing and one developed country are invovled in something, UN says alot of stufff BUT doesn't have the power to make a right decision and thus the Developed country destroys the developing one... and then UN arrives asking the world to give loans to that poor country and soooo... the developing country owes huge sum of money to the Developed nations!!!
3. When two Super Powers are in a war... UN becomes invisible!!!
UN ... it doesnt matter if it exist or not.. it certainly ain't yeilding any positive results...
1. When two developing countries are fighting... UN invovles a big country to deal with them.. resulting in total chaos!!
2. When one developing and one developed country are invovled in something, UN says alot of stufff BUT doesn't have the power to make a right decision and thus the Developed country destroys the developing one... and then UN arrives asking the world to give loans to that poor country and soooo... the developing country owes huge sum of money to the Developed nations!!!
3. When two Super Powers are in a war... UN becomes invisible!!!
UN ... it doesnt matter if it exist or not.. it certainly ain't yeilding any positive results...
Sunday, February 12, 2006
IQBAL
My blog will always be incomplete without Iqbal's poetry...
"azaadi-e-afkaar se hai unki tabahi
rakhte nahin jo fikr-o-tadabbur ka saleeqa
ho fikr agar khaam tu aazadi-e-fikr
insaan ko haiwaan banane ka tareeqa"
Another verse...
"jo mein sar basajda hua kabhi tu zameen se aane lagi sadaa
tera dil tu hai sanam aashna tujhe kia milega namaz mein"
at another place he writes...
" masjid tu bana di shab bhar mein eeman ki hararat walon ne
mun apna purana paapi hai barson mein namazi ban na saka"
"tar aankhein ho tu jaati hain, per kia lazzat iss ronay mein
jab khoon-e-jigar ki aamezish se ashk-e- piyaazi ban na saka"
-IQBAL
"azaadi-e-afkaar se hai unki tabahi
rakhte nahin jo fikr-o-tadabbur ka saleeqa
ho fikr agar khaam tu aazadi-e-fikr
insaan ko haiwaan banane ka tareeqa"
Another verse...
"jo mein sar basajda hua kabhi tu zameen se aane lagi sadaa
tera dil tu hai sanam aashna tujhe kia milega namaz mein"
at another place he writes...
" masjid tu bana di shab bhar mein eeman ki hararat walon ne
mun apna purana paapi hai barson mein namazi ban na saka"
"tar aankhein ho tu jaati hain, per kia lazzat iss ronay mein
jab khoon-e-jigar ki aamezish se ashk-e- piyaazi ban na saka"
-IQBAL
Friday, February 10, 2006
Double Standards!!!
I was just going through Mr. Khalid Baig's article and guess what i just found out...
The Danish constitution constitutes of these Articles... just take a look...
"Section 266b of the Danish Criminal Code provides:
Any person who, publicly or with the intention of wider dissemination, makes a statement or imparts other information by which a group of people are threatened, insulted or degraded on account of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religion, or sexual inclination shall be liable to a fine or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years.
And its section 140, which deals with blasphemy, reads:
Those who publicly mock or insult the doctrines or worship of any religious community that is legal in this country, will be punished by a fine or incarceration for up to 4 month."
Do I need to say more?! Do these rules mean anything to them?! Are Muslims not included in the Human Race, where these rules are applicable?! I'm sure if a Muslim would have even uttered a word against them in public, he would have been dealt with strictly!
Why not consider the whole act against the Muslim World?! Why not boycott their stuff?! That's our freedom of expression.. why can't we choose to eat whatever we want to eat?! Why all the freedom is only for the West and not the Muslims?! Why when a nun is covered, she has devoted her self to the religion and when a Muslim woman is covered she needs to be liberated?!
The Danish constitution constitutes of these Articles... just take a look...
"Section 266b of the Danish Criminal Code provides:
Any person who, publicly or with the intention of wider dissemination, makes a statement or imparts other information by which a group of people are threatened, insulted or degraded on account of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religion, or sexual inclination shall be liable to a fine or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years.
And its section 140, which deals with blasphemy, reads:
Those who publicly mock or insult the doctrines or worship of any religious community that is legal in this country, will be punished by a fine or incarceration for up to 4 month."
Do I need to say more?! Do these rules mean anything to them?! Are Muslims not included in the Human Race, where these rules are applicable?! I'm sure if a Muslim would have even uttered a word against them in public, he would have been dealt with strictly!
Why not consider the whole act against the Muslim World?! Why not boycott their stuff?! That's our freedom of expression.. why can't we choose to eat whatever we want to eat?! Why all the freedom is only for the West and not the Muslims?! Why when a nun is covered, she has devoted her self to the religion and when a Muslim woman is covered she needs to be liberated?!
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