EID MILAAD-e-MOHAMMAD and the bomb blast

I am posting a message that Addressed to Zeena khoray for all other Pakistanis:

Khwago wrunro awo khawendoo:

Salamoona.

I have one big problem with Pakistanis attending such outwardly pompous shows. Where is the net result, matalab kho da dey chay where do all the teachings and narrating all those personal traits of our Holy Prophet (saww) show in us?

I hope it had showed in the women who were attending the Milad in that Masjid. When they heard cries of one poor lady, all of them should have brought in the discipline they must have learnt from the mehfil-e-milad immediately into action. Or was it that they thought that they would run out of time for catching one of those bogus Indian plays on Z-TV?

Similarly, if love of the Prophet had been an influencing factor then, the “loving Brailvi Muslims” should not have burnt the Fire Engine nor burnt the personal property.

As a student in the USA, I was once hearing a Christian priest who was telling the weak points of Muslims to his students in order to find opportunities to bring them to Christianity. I was most impressed by one of his points. He said that the Muslims don’t have any concept of character development. They are aware of sin not by the very evil in it, but because what they think the others would say about them if they indulge in it i.e. they are more people conscious than God conscious.

As an example, a Muslim would not go gambling in a Muslim country because gambling is not permitted in the religion, but because if caught what would relatives say. I don’t think Mehfil-e-Milad or Jalsas for the Nabi prepare us character wise.

Another thing – Pakistan is bursting at seams with population. It is not like you will have to make arrangements for a hundred people and every thing will work out fine. In order to have such religious gatherings you have to provide for all required facilities for many thousands of people nowadays. Pakistani infrastructure and training of the organizers just don’t support these pompous shows.

Lastly, I would like to refer to an article published in Dawn few months ago. The article had said that Pakistani newspapers, magazines, TV shows are replete with religious articles and programs that are interactive. Increasingly, Pakistanis are reverting to self proclaimed aamils, astrologers, card readers, palmists and religious healers working through Quranic verses and jinns for getting their problems solved. The article attributed this to lack of education and failure to recognize that problems are our own creations and we are the best people to solve them, of course with prayers to Allah.

In conclusion, I will only say that Pakistani Muslims need to pray a lot, perhaps in small gatherings, emphasize more on character development rather than gaudy show off, and strive to get some leadership positions in the secular world also.

As regards your culminating points regarding Islam and Musalmans, I would like to produce here a verse from a short poem that my wife read in a class last night (its easy enough to understand because it has too many urdu words):

sa dey da deeni tafreeq?

zaka chay sunni ham musalman da awo shia ham musalman da
moong asal maqsad da dunya ke da haq da para kaar da

(Translation 2nd verse: our real objective in this world is to work for the right of our people)

Khpal awo khplyano khyal awo Allah pa aman