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1) There is enough light for one who wants to see.

2) O son of Adam, when you see that your Lord, the Glorified, bestows His Favors on you while you disobey Him, you should fear Him (take warning that His Wrath may not turn those very blessings into misfortunes) .

3) Failures are often the results of timidity and fears; disappointments are the results of bashfulness; hours of leisure pass away like summer-clouds, therefore, do not waste opportunity of doing good.

4) Death is near and our mutual company is short.

5) One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.

6) The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it.

7) Every person who is tempted to go astray, does not deserve punishment.

8) One, who adopts patience, will never be deprived of success though it may take a long time to reach him.

9) Everyone, who is born, has to die and once dead he is as good as having not come into existence.

10) Everyone has an end; it may be pleasant or sorrowful.

11) To refrain from unlawful and impious source of pleasures is an ornament to the poor and to be thankful for the riches granted is the adornment of wealth.

12) Defend your faith (in Allah) with the help of charity. Protect your wealth with the aid of Zakat. Let the prayers guard you from calamities and disasters.

13) He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.

14) When this world favors somebody, it lends him the attributes, and surpassing merits of others and when it turns its face away from him it snatches away even his own excellences and fame.

15) Loving one another is half of wisdom.

16) One of the conveniences in life is to have less children.

17) He who practices moderation and frugality will never be threatened with poverty.

18) When someone is sure of the returns, then he shows generosity.

19) The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.

20) A friend cannot be considered a friend unless he is tested on three occasions: in time of need, behind your back and after your death.

21) To lose or to waste an opportunity will result in grief and sorrow.

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By

YAQUB HASAN RIZVI

          During the days of Muawiyah and Ummayed large number of people were arrested for the simple reason of being Ali (A.S.)’s friends and suffered the most severe tortures, but they did not surrender their love and friendship of Ali (A.S.), and stood firm to the end of their lives. History has recorded the names of such people who faced torture and death courageously for being in love with Ali (A.S.) even hundreds of years after his death. A man like Meesam-e-Tammar who twenty years after Ali (A.S.)’s martyrdom spoke from the crucifying cross, the virtues and human qualities of Ali (A.S.). Those were the days when the entire Muslim community was being suffocated, their freedom crushed, and their souls made prisoners in their own breast. A mortal silence appeared like the mist of death on every face. Meesam Tammar calls the people from the crucifix to come and listen to what he is going to say about Ali (A.S.). People thronged round him to hear him. When the powerful tyrannical government of Ummayed saw danger to their existence they ordered to put a gag in his mouth, when the gag proved ineffective Meesam was slain.

        Similarly Ibne Sikkit was another such lover of Ali (A.S.). He was a great scholar and an authority in Arabic literature. Mutawakkil, the Banu Abbaside Caliph had engaged him to teach his two sons. One day Mutawakkil comparing his two sons with the sons of Ali (A.S.), Hasan (A.S.) and Husain (A.S.) asked Ibne Sikkit who was more dear to him. Ibne Sikkit replied, "By Allah I swear that Ali’s slave Qamber is definitely dearer to me than these two sons and their father". Mutawakkil ordered to severe his tongue, which was immediately cut before the assembled people. This too, two hundred years after Ali (A.S.).

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ALI THE MIRACLE OF MOHAMMAD(S)

BY

YAQOOB HASAN RIZVI

THE PERSONALITY OF ALI (A.S.)

 History tells us that Ali (A.S.) was a man of middle height, stout built and clear fair complexion. He had broad forehead with a few hair on his pate. Big black piercing eyes, handsome face, broad shoulders, powerful arms and rough hands, vast chest and a long muscular neck. He walked with kind disposition, very agile in his movements and courteous in his behaviour. He had a smiling face, pleasing manners and never lost his temper. He never had a servant and never allowed his slaves to work hard. He himself rubbed oil over the body of his camel, even when he was the ruler of the Muslim world. His horse, his turban and his sword had special names. He gave names to everything he used. Often he would carry his household goods himself and if anybody offered to relieve him of the weight he would refuse. His words and deeds bore stamps of nobility, sagacity and courage of conviction. He had his own independent views about life and its problems. He never deceived, misled or betrayed anybody. In various phases and periods of his life, he exhibited marvellous strength of body and mind, which was due to his sincere belief in truth and justice. He used to deal with his officers and relatives very strictly. He reprimanded his own friends, governors and employees even if they accepted a bread as bribe. Warning one of them he wrote, "By Allah if you embezzle with the people’s money, I will take such actions against you that your life will become miserable, humiliated and you will become a pauper". To another he wrote, "I have learned that you have swept the floor and have pocketed whatever you could lay your hands on and have spent on yourself, therefore send all your accounts to me". To one of his officers who had taken bribe from some helpless persons he wrote, "If you do not return their money, and if I get hold of you I will deal with you the way Allah has made me duty bound. I will strike you with my sword and whosoever ever has been attacked by me has gone straight to hell."

       The Prophet (S.A.W) likened him to the gateway of knowledge and wisdom of which he (the Prophet (S.A.W)) was the city. He was the most learned person, the most brave man and the most eloquent speaker and orator. He had such a thorough knowledge of human mind that he always arrived at correct conclusions and never changed his opinions. Even his worst enemies relied on his opinions and advice. They gave him such complicated cases to decide which they themselves found difficult to digest or even understand. History has recorded some seventy two occasions when Umar Bin Khattab declared "Had Ali not been there (to advise), Umar would have been destroyed".

         His judgement was also considered to be the best judgement. Justice was part of his soul and spirit and was attached to his heart. It was his nature, it was an element, a source of power in every part of his body and flowed in his vein like blood. Nobody could set better examples in Muslim law than Ali (A.S.). He possessed complete knowledge of the revelations of Quran and Islamic laws. Whenever complicated matters were brought to him he applied his mind in a correct way and decided the matter which was just. Ali (A.S.)’s help to Umar Bin Khattab’s desperation forced him to confess that, "O Abul Hasan I do not welcome those problems for the solution of which you are not available". When he acted as a judge he always kept the interest of the common man and the society at heart. He is considered as the first judge who justified the right of the common man in a philosophical manner and said, "It is the duty of every ruler to honour the right of the common man even ignoring the interest of the complainant. It is necessary to see that justice is done to the entire society for the maintenance of law and order". He made such laws that people were forced to get together and have links with one another; and in the matter of rights and duties he treated everyone alike.

        Abu Hanifa who is known as Imam-e-Azam was the student of the great grandson of Ali (A.S.). He had learned the Islamic jurisprudence through his father and grand father. In the same way Maalik Ibne Anas received the lessons in Islamic jurisprudence from the grandson of Ali (A.S.) who had learned the same from Ali (A.S.). Maalik learned from Rabeea, Rabeea from Akrama, Akrama from Abdulla Ibne Abbas, and Abdulla Ibne Abbas from Ali (A.S.). Abdulla Ibne Abbas who was the teacher of all these scholars was once asked as to what relations his knowledge has with the knowledge of his cousin Ali (A.S.). Abdulla replied, "The same which a drop has with the ocean".

          Many got perplexed about him and imagined him to be an incarnation of God. But he himself was pious and God-fearing. In his personality so many contrasting facets had so gathered that it was difficult to believe that a human mind could manifest such a combination. It is said that scholars produce students and not followers. Socialist create followers and not a complete man. Ascetics teach submission and not fighting, but in Ali (A.S.) we find the characteristics of a scholar, an ascetic, and that of a Prophet (S.A.W). His school was the school of intellect and thought. The school of revolution, submission, discipline, goodness, beauty, ecstasy and movements. Throughout his life he was harmonized equilibrated being. He had gathered together the perfections of humanity. He possessed a deep and far reaching mind, tender and over flowing affection. He had both perfection of body and perfection of spirit. When he prayed at night, he cut himself off from everything else. And during the day people saw his kindness and altruism and listened to his advice, counsel and wise words. At night the stars looked down on the tears of his worship and the heavens heard his prayers of love.

       He was both learned and wise, he was both a Gnostic and a leader of society. He was both, a man who denied his self, and a soldier. He was both a judge and a worker, a speaker and a writer. In sum he was a perfect man in all it’s senses and all its attractions. He was a scion of a very illustrious rich and noble clan. Yet he ate, dressed and lived like a poor person. He himself grinded barley for his own bread and had given strict orders that nothing should be added to his bread, and even chaffs and husk were not separated from the flour of his bread. His bread used to be so dry, stale and hard which he himself prepared that he had to exert and press it with his knees to break it. He often took his bread with salt and vinegar, and for a change would take vegetables or milk. He would seldom take meat and would say,

        "Don’t make your stomach a graveyard of slaughtered animals." When he went out he carried with him fried and powdered corn which he mixed with water and ate. He humbly patched his shoes and his clothes were of thin coarse cotton material, often woven in his own house, with patches on it. Sometimes he wore a mantle as his shirt and used to tie it to his waist, with a rope. Once an enemy taunted him for his dress, Ali (A.S.) replied, "Let go! It is the kind our people can afford. Why don’t you think of their lives and dresses. I shall improve my standard of living after I succeed in improving theirs."

         Even when he was the ruler of the Muslim world, he wore the same old shirt that he had brought from Madina. When somebody pointed at the patches on his dress he said "this patchy dress produces the feeling of modesty and love of God. My dress is not a display of pride. It is a dress which is worn by all". To him wealth was for the use of other needy persons and not for himself and his family. He never hid his earnings because the purpose of his earning was to help the needy and the oppressed and to save them from the exploitation of the tyrants and to make their lives happier. Change of time and change of circumstances did not bring any change in his bearing or character. Even when he was acclaimed as the Caliph of the Muslim world he was the same Ali (A.S.) as the people had seen during the previous regimes. He lived in a simple house and hated the whole paraphernalia of pomp and show. He used to tell the people of Kufa, (a city of Iraq , the capital of the Muslim world) "I have come to your city with my own dress, my own camel and my own saddle. If I return with anything else from here, you may then call me dishonest". In his house he said, "A wise man never loves a house which he has to vacate soon. I have before my eyes my own permanent house (Heaven) where I have transferred all my belongings, and I will be going there soon." He never worried for his food, water or peaceful sleep. Because he could never forget that many people in his own country could not afford a single bread and many slept hungry. And then he said, "Should I be content by being called the leader of the faithfuls without sharing their agony?". He believed that if a ruler fails to establish the right of the people and remove the wrongs done to them he is the worst person on earth. In him the qualifications of a poet, soldier and a saint were united. He had a soft corner for the old, weak, infirm, disabled and poor people. Children were his favourite. He loved nature and watering the trees was his favourite job. Whenever he passed through the mountains of Ohad he looked at them with love and said, "This is the mountain that loves us and we love it too."

          He was one of those persons who had power to attract and the power to repel. And both these powers were extremely strong. Perhaps nowhere in the world can another Ali (A.S.) be found, in any century or epoch. He had remarkable friends truly historical, ready to sacrifice themselves on him, forbearing, burning with love for him like flames from a bonfire and full of light. They deemed giving up their lives in his way to be their aim, and their glory, and they became oblivious of everything in their friendship with him. Years and even centuries have passed since the death of Ali (A.S.), but his attractions still send out the same rays of light, and people are still dazzled when they turn to it.

HUSSAIN (AS) N KARBALA

HUSSAIN(AS)

TUJH PER MERA SALAAM HO EK DASHT-E-BE GAYAH
MERI MUHABBATO KI AQEEDAT WASOOL KAR
AAYA HOO RIFFATO KI TAMANNA LIYE HUE

MERA KHALOOS MERI DUAEIN QABOOL KAR

KARBALA

AY AJNABI TEHAR MUJHE ITNI DUAA NA DAY
PEHLI BHI MERI KHAAK HAY NABIO SAY SHARMSAAR
MERI HADO SAY JULD GUZAR JA BA-AHTIYAT
MAIN KARABALA HOO MERI TABAHI SAY HOSHYAAR

HUSSAIN(AS)
TERE UJAAR PAN KA MERE PAAS HAY ILAAJ
TUJH KO KHABARNAHI KAY MAIN ISA (AS) KA NAAZ HUN

MAY NAY TO BACHPANAY MAY FARISHTO KO PAR DIAY
APNA MARAZ BATA MAY KAARSAAZ HOO

KARBALA
MERI RAGO MAY HANMPTI REHTI HAY SHUB KO MAUT
DIN MAIN MERI FIZA MAY BARASTI HAIN BIJLIAA
SHAAM-O-SEHAR BALAOO KA MASKAN MAY HAR TARAF
HUR SOO BIKHAR RAHI HAIN HAWAOO MAY HICHKIA

HUSSAIN
AY NAINAWA UDAAS NAA HO HOSLA NA HAAR
LAYA HOO TERE WAASTAY PEGHAM-E-ZINDAGI
MAY KHUD UJAR KAY TUJH KO BASAOO GA ISS TARAH
TERI SEHAR BANAY GI MERI SHAAM-E-ZINDAGI

KARBALA
MERA YE MASHWARA HAY MUSAFIR PALAT HI JAA
SHAYAD TUJAY KHABAR NAHI MERE JUNOON KI
GARMI SAY JAA BA LUB HAIN TERE KAAFLAY KAY LOG
LAIKIN MERI RAGO KO ZAROORAT HAY KHOON KI

HUSSAIN
DHOONDAY GA AASMAN TERI ZARRO MAY NIKHATAIN
TUJH KO ATA KAROO GAA WOH POSHAK DEKHNA
MERE LAHOO SAY TUJH KO MILE GA WO MARTABA
KHAAK-E-SHIFA BANAY GI TERI KHAAK DEKHNA

KARBALA
DAWA NA KAR KAY MUJH KO BASANA MUHAAL HAY
AISA KOI JAHAAN MAY PAIDA NAHI HUA
HAR FARD KO TALASH-E-MUSARRAT HAY DEHAR MAY
KOI TABAHIO KA TO SHAEDA NAHI HUA

HUSSAIN
MAY WOH HOO JIS KO SIRF TABAHI SAY PYAAR HAY
MERE HI DUM SAY ARZ-E-TAWALLA BANAY GI TU
MAY ISS TARAH PARHOO GAA YAHA AKHRII NAMAZ
RUTBAY MAY MISL-E-ARSH- E-MUALLAH BANAY GI TU

KARBALA
MUMKIN NAHI KAHI PAY BHI YEH KEEMYA GARI
JO FARSH-E-BERIDA KO KOI TAAJ BAKHSHDAY
AISA KOI BASHAR NAHI DEKHA JO ISS TARAH
ZARRO KO CHOO KAY ARSH KI MAIRAAJ BAKHSH DAY

HUSSAIN(AS)
AY KHAAK-E-BESAMAR MERA AIJAAZ DEKHNA
IK BAAR MERE SAATH ZARA MUSKURA KE DEKH
ZAMIN HOO TUJH KO KHULD SAY BARH KAR SAJAOO GAA
AY KHITA-E-UDAAS MUJHAY AAZMA KAY DEKH

KARBALA
AAYE THAY LOG MUJH KO BASANAY KAY SHOUQ MAY
AIK PAL MAY SUB KAY SUBR KAY SAAGAR CHALAK GAYE
TU TAAZA DUM SAHI MAGAR ITNA KHAYAAL KAR
MERI UDAASIO SAY PAYAMBER BHI THUK GAYE

HUSSAIN (AS)
WO LOG ANBIYA THAY MAGAR MAY IMAM HOO
MUMKIN NAHI KAY DEED KAY BADLAY SHANEED LOO
TUJH KO SANWARNAY KI TAMANNA BHI ZID BHI HAY
CHAL TAY YEH HOCHUKA HAYKAY TUJH KO KHAREED LOO

KARBALA
MUJH KO SANWARNAY KI TAMANNA HAY GAR TO SUN
ITNA LAHOO TO HO KAY MAY JIS SAY SANWAR SAKOO
ROZ-E-AZAL SAY HAY MERI QISMAT BUJHI HUI
KIA KUCHH HAY TERE PAAS MAY JIS SAY NIKHAR SAKOO

HUSSAIN (AS)
LAYA HOO APNAY SAATH BAHATAR(72) DILO KA RANG
IS KAY SIWA NAZAR MAY KAII AUR GURR BHI HAIN
CHAY (6) MAAH KAY SHEER KHUWAR BHI HUMRAH HAY MERE
BEHNO KI CHADRAIN HAIN SAKEENA KAY DURR BHI HAIN

MUSLIM, HABIB, JOAN SAY ASHAAB HAY YAHA
JO MAR BHI JAYE AUR TUJAY AASRA BHI DAIN
LAYE GAIN WOH BAHAAR YAHA APNAY KHOON SAY
DEKHAY TUJAY MALAK TO FALAK SAY DUAA BHI DAIN

KARBALA
HAR CHAND LA ILAAJ HAIN MERI UDASIAAN
LAIKIN YEH HOSLA YEH MUHABBAT KAMAL HAY
NUSKHAY SABHI DURUST SAHII KHWAHISHAIN BAJA
MAY KIA KAROO KAY TU KOI ZEHRA (SA) KA LAAL HAY

HUSSAIN (AS)
AAHISTA BOL ITNI DALEELAY NAA DAY MUJAY
GUSTAKHIA NAA KAR KAY SHAH-E-MASHREQAIN HOO
LAY ABB LAGA RAHA HOO TERI KHAAK PER QAYAAM
ITNA BHARAK RAHI HAY TO SUN MAY HUSSAIN (AS) HOO

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