Change yourself first!

I don’t know from where to start today because I feel extremely disgusted today. I have not been watching news lately because all what I get see on the idiot box is depressing stories. We hear stories of corrupt politicians and hear about the stupid ones too. Such as the street smart lady MPA from Punjab who was caught buying jewelry on a fake credit card. An economy can never succeed if the leaders are dacoits.

If that is nothing, the idiot box presents you with news related to the type of entertainment our leaders take pleasure in. The ex president enjoys to have a singing competition with Ustaad Hamid Ali Khan, the Ex - FBR chairman dances like the royal maids of the Mughals drunk and the father of a former Chief Minister of Punjab likes to see foreign lasses dancing on local tunes. This nation cannot succeed if we choose such leaders because their hearts are diseased which troubles them and us in chorus.

This set of reckless leaders, have made life wretched for others and comfortable for them. Leaders win, they loot when they are in power and they live a lavish life in the foreign, in self exile, when without power. This will for eternity remain the trend if we, the good people, choose to remain shush every time they perform dire feats. More, the laypeople are always suffering due to inflation and now recently due to terrorism because of the so called war on terror declared by the Ex Zionist President of USA. Unfortunately, inflation and terrorism have controlled the minds of the people in such a way, that we stop thinking ways to stop the wrong happening in front of our naked eyes. People, please “think” it makes the government nervous.

But, the fault does not lie in the leaders, the fault lies within us because we choose them to be our representatives. Honestly, they are the true representatives of the Pakistani Nation. Our neighborhoods are filled with immorality for years but we chose to preserve it – Diamond Market in Lahore. More, we love to receive extra money on interest and take advantage of it at any given opportunity, our households are run on incomes derived out of interest. If that’s not it, for guys getting a new girl everyday into their beds has become as easy as one changes clothes and vice versa. And the worst, the good people always choose to remain silent…

Will this injustice ever stop? When will we be conferred with fine leadership?

The answer is straightforward – injustice will end and good leadership will appear once we the members of this realm, which was a dream of another Muhammad turned into a reality by another, change ourselves first by adopting good moral values. This country was made for the Muslims of the Indian Sub Continent and not for people who come to us begging for votes on the name of race, creed and color. So let’s live the change, because if you need to change others and bring them towards the good i.e. to get hold of sincere leaders, you need to look at your shortcomings and change yourself first!

Good is waiting to enter in our lives, only if we allow it.

This Ramadan, spread smiles into the lives of the deprived...

Do the Right Thing....Be on the Straight Path..

Let’s start with some verses from the Holy Quran - Chapter 23: Surah al Mu’minun (The Believers), Part 18:

1. Successful indeed are the believers.
2. Those who offer their Salat (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness.
3. And those who turn away from Al-laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allah has forbidden).
4. And those who pay the Zakat.
5. And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts)
6. Except from their wives or (the slaves) their right hand possess, - for then, they are free from blame;

Successful indeed are the believers, believers who follow the Quran and the Hadith by applying the wisdom into their lives rather than by just reading it. And, certainly, I don’t mean to say that one would not get blessings if they only read. Surely, one would get blessings for the remembrance of the Lord, but the blessings would be in abundance if we start applying the knowledge bestowed on us by The Lord practically into our lives.

As the month of Ramadan has arrived, to revolutionize life towards good is going to be a lot easier. To achieve success, first, one has to start praying seriously and obediently to The Lord. One has to ask Him for the dynamism to destroy the evil present inside and the one prevailing in the world (outside), seriously. Concurrently, one has to be obedient by respecting the time of Salat which can be achieved by offering prayers at the right time and for men preferably in the mosque.

Most importantly, Zakat is an aspect of Islam which gets disregarded quite often by the Muslims around the world. I believe the reason for the weakness in the economy of Muslim countries has been the ignorance in paying the Zakat. As time went on and due to the gift of enlightened moderation also, deliberations on Islam reached to new lows in our households which let unawareness about Islam to triumph. People were made to focus more about the world they are living in today than about the worlds, heaven and hell, they would eventually reside in forever by the enemies of Islam and by the greatest hypnotizer of the century – the idiot box – the television. Let’s stop this ignorance, let us open The Book or let us reach to those who know The Book well so that we pay our Zakat and make our society and economy stronger.

Having said that; another reason for the downfall of our society which has led to the rise in crime and immorality has been because of the majority of the Ummah has desired to keep their mouths shut on the topic of illegal sexual activity. In the world of today, shamefully, we know about Red Light Districts operating in our cities, but we don’t dare to close or opinionate about them - such as the Diamond Market in Lahore. In fact, many of such businesses have associations with the ones in power so that no one dares to speak or act against them. But do remember, fortune favors the brave and The Lord supports and guard those who stand for the truth. So, this Ramadan, let’s give our lives a new start, brothers will lower their gaze when they see their sisters and the females would dress properly so that the brothers don’t get enticed! And all those who can write well, please protest at every forum about illegal sexual activities present in their area. Let’s become strong from inside and wait to get married guys, I am sure the wait for marriage - which is also an opportunity for legal sex - and for the right spouse will have more pleasure than doing ‘it’ everyday with a new one which takes one closer towards the fatal illness of AIDS.

Hence, this Ramadan, we will try to change ourselves so that we don’t feel ashamed when we stand in front of Allah to pray and ask for forgiveness. Undoubtedly, the satisfaction achieved by accomplishing a life closer to the Quran and Hadith would bring peace in the world and in the hereafter one would inherit the best place in the heaven which is proved from the following verses of the Surah mentioned at the beginning of the article:

7. But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors;
8. Those who are faithfully true to their Amanat (all the duties which Allah has ordained, honesty, moral responsibility and trusts) and to their covenants;
9. And those who strictly guard their (five compulsory congregational) Salawat (prayers) (at their fixed stated hours).
10. These are indeed the inheritors
11. Who shall enter the Firdaus (Paradise). They shall dwell therein forever.