Rang-o-Noor (BY SA'DI)

THE FRIST DROP

Allah the Almighty causes the rain fall and turns the dead earth alive. So many rivers go dry but when blessings of Allah shower from the sky those rivers begin to flow with full glory. The Holy Quran tells us this point time and again that Allah turns the dead earth alive and Allah will turn the dead people alive again.

The Flowing Rivers

Have you ever estimated the glory of the Muslims who commit the entire Holy Quran to memory? Allah-o-Akbar! The entire Holy Quran is stored in the memory. So elevated words! O yes, the words of Allah who is Lord of all the Worlds. If these words had been sent down upon the mountains, they would have broken them into small bits and fragments. This is the composition in whose every letter and word, there is reward; in every stop there is grace and in whose every punctuation mark, there is blessing. This is the composition that has been present since eternity and will remain forever with no danger of downfall to it. This is the composition brought by Hazrat Jibrail and revealed to the Holy Prophet . All the mights of the world are nothing in comparison with it. This is the composition that elevates the downtrodden and remains with man till death. It does not desert man even in the grave. If a man acquires the treasures of Qaroon and he acquires only one verse of the Holy Quran sacrificing all those treasures and takes it with him to the grave, it means he has purchased a mountain of gold in lieu of soil. The eyes are closed but Allah's words are only at the lips. Allah-o-Akbar! how grand the scene! There is loneliness but tears in the eyes. Allah-o-Akbar! how grand the scene! The people carry the dead to the grave, dig a ditch, bury him in it and come back. When in that loneliness, fright and helplessness the Holy Quran comes to the grave; delight, fragrance and resplendence spread every where. O my dear Muslim brothers and sisters, the Holy Quran is a very great blessing. No knowledge, no degree, no certificate and no post of the world is equal to the learning and memorizing of the Holy Quran. This is the blessing for the acquisition of which we must labour and strive the maximum. The Holy Quran is, no doubt, the solution to all our problems whether that of the world, grave or the Hereafter. The Muslim who is blessed with the recitation of the Holy Quran, memorising the Holy Quran, respect for the Holy Quran, learning of the Holy Quran, acting upon the teachings of the Holy Quran and persuading the world to the Holy Quran is a great king, a great ruler, very glorious and such a flowing river whose glory cannot be expressed in words. Lo! See! America and her allies have attacked Halmand but all of them will be defeated and will retreat because they are facing those who have the Holy Quran with them. O idiots, who can defeat the flowing rivers? Who can hinder the path of the oceans? When these Mujaahid get up at 3 a m, stand at prayer mat and recite full Para of the Holy Quran, all your power is shattered. O by the Lord of Ka'ba, no one can withstand the Holy Quran and those who love and act upon the Holy Quran.

The Drying Rivers

Do you know what was the condition of the Mughals when Indian government was snatched away from them?! It was very pathetic and very admonitory condition. All of them fell from the sky to the ground and actually they died before death. Ah! the princesses of the Taimoor family were sold in the bazaars. So many princes and princesses died in a state that they got neither coffin nor burial. O yes this same thing happens when empire is snatched away. The empire of the Hafiz of the Holy Quran is much vaster than that of the Mughal Kings. He travels through the Surah Al-Baqarah whenever he likes. He flies in the heights of the Surah Al-Anfaal and Surah Baraat whenever he wishes. He is lost in the gardens of and   when he wills. The Holy Quran remains with him moving about, sitting and standing. Now, if the empire of that Haafiz is snatched away i.e. he forgets the Holy Quran, he is rendered worse than the defunct princes. His heart is desertised, his mind is desolate, his soul roams about restlessly and every misfortime knocks at his door. Frankly speaking, such a person dies without death and is deprived of a very big estate. O Allah, be kind! O Allah, be kind! You would certainly have witnessed that there is always sand and mud, dangerous snakes and scorpions in that river. There is loss everywhere. Everyone gains benefit from the flowing river whereas dry rivers can cause only harm. The people who forget the Holy Quran after memorizing it and those who forget after learning are like the dry rivers and there are bushes, thorns, desolations and anxieties. There is no task of Din busying in which man may have forgotten the Holy Quran or learnings. Blessings in the knowledge of the Sahaabah came when they went out to wage Jihaad. The people who coin the excuse of the work for the organization actually tell a lie. It is actually their own negligence and deprivation. Then the flowing rivers are changed into dry ruins in the twinkling of an eye. O Allah, be kind!

Saying of Ibn Mubaarik

The world known Muhadith, Juriconsult and Mujaahid Hazrat Abdullah bin Mubaarik says:

"The man who learns the Holy Quran and forgets it, has actually committed some sin" (due to whose torment the Holy Quran vanishes from his heart) because Allah says:

"The affliction that befalls you is actually due to your misdeeds and Allah forgives many sins."

Hazrat Ibn-Mubaarik says:

Forgetting the Holy Quran is one of the biggest afflictions. Hence it comes to be known that that affliction has come to him due to some sins.

Alas! Ah! How great affliction that he has been deprived of the Holy Quran. O Allah, we seek protection with You!" Deprivation of so great and elevated empire! May Allah forgive! May Allah forgive!

The Efficacy of the Rain.

A few days ago, the farmers who had sowed wheat crops were looking to the sky very wisthfully. Many of them were disappointed that they would be either constrained to stave or to beg that year. There days, Pakistan is covering very strange stages of trials. There is neither electricity nor gas nor flour nor sugar. There is poverty and restlessness every where. Our rulers had said, "We are siding with America against Afghanistan hoping that America will provide us aid and our country will be enriched." But we have observed that ever since American aid has started coming, we are becoming poorer and poorer. Only the bastard can digest unlawful earning. The Pakistanis are the Muslims. They are watching dearness and poverty ever since American aid has started. The world notirous abductor Mr. Parvez Musharif abducted 689 Pakistanis and sold them to America. He has confessed this crime very boastfully in his own book. Our Sister Aaffia Siddiqui was also one of those 689 individuals. A high price was received from America for handing over these people to America but Pakistan is such a country as is committing sins and growing poorer. Still the rulers are not afraid of Allah. It was not raining this year and the farmers were weeping. Then Allah was kind and now it is raining cats and dogs. The thundering of the clouds is being heard continually. The dead lands have turned alive and the dry streams are again flowing very gracefully. Why are the Haafiz who have become dry land or dry rivers sitting disappointed. They should establish two Raka't Istikharah prayers and confess their sin and mistake to Allah. That Lord who turns millions of square miles land alive, has the power to look at us mercifully and turn our dead hearts alive which are a few inch sized. The power of Istikharah is greater than electricity. We Muslims are depriving ourselves of Istikharah otherwise the problems equal to the size of mountains can be solved within minutes. We have regarded Istikharah as a department of astronomy whereas Istikharah is a supplication to get goodness. You should just now observe Istikharah as told by the Holy Prophet in order to regain your forgotten Holy Quran. Some sequence or arrangement will come to the view if Allah wills and the dry rivers will again begin to flow.

The First Drop

The first drop of rain has come to the ground. A religious Institution named Syedina Awais Qarni has been established in Bahawalpur. Only those individuals will be allowed to get admission there who have forgotten the Holy Quran after memorising it. Then they will be made to memorise the entire Holy Quran after the labour of three months which is a very short period for which you can spare yourself easily. Hazrat Qari Muhammad Tahir Raheemi has written in his book "Fazaail-e-Haffaaz-ul-Quran" the entire syllabus and method of memorizing the Holy Quran like the Surah Al-Faatiha. May the administrators of the Madrassah Awais Qarni get benefit from that syllabus!

The admissions to that Resplendent Madrassa are opening from tomorrow i.e. Rabi-ul-Awal 1, 1431. The heart is very delighted and thankful. Some tears are bubbling up again and again and are rushing to the eyes. I wished to participate in the inauguration ceremony of that Madrassah but there is all good in the decree of Allah and we are resigned to Allah's decree. It was years old dream which has now been realized by the grace of Allah. This is the blessing from the sky which is much greater than our lot. Now, so many dry rivers and streams will begin to flow. Then they will exhibit their acumen in the month of Ramazan. There is only one supplication, "May this Madrassah be granted with acceptance with Allah! May its organizers labour for it sincerely! May the branches of this Madrassah open in the entire world very soon!" Is the Holy Quran a thing to forget? Forgetting the Holy Quran is one of the biggest afflictions and misfortunes. May Allah protect us all against this affliction!

Short Syllabus

Warm welcome and supplications for those who come to this Madrassah. May we be able to serve you properly! Those who are away and are unable to come, should labour themselves. Those who memorized a Surah or a verse should try to revive and rememorize it. Those who want to enforce the system of the Madrassah Awais Qarni with them, should contact the Markez after two months. The ladies should make arrangements at their houses. In the end, there is a request to you whether you are near or far, "Do pray for the success and acceptance of this Madrassah with Allah once and only once very sincerely. If you pray, you will also have your share in this sacred task, if Allah wills."

Translated by: Abdullah