Assalam-o-Aalikum -
I appreciate the comments. I request you to read following in a broader term of a nation which has one Allah, one Quran and one prophet and not in the limited sense of one flag.
I wish we understood the difference between Islam and Muslims. There is a reason why new reverts to Islam are far better muslims. they do not have misconception where nationality or culture are supported when they conflict with religion. Islam has no problem with cultures if they are in conflict to Islam. Allah promised us that Islam will previal. if you remmeber, in 12th century muslims were some of the most lazy people who never stood to defend themselves. Soon, tataris killed them and those races do not even exist. then those tataris came to Islam. in the same token, nationalities do and might die out but Islam will previal. ever wondered why new muslims are far stronger, patient and practicing while we, the so-called born muslim are not even educated correctly by our families (in most cases, npot all).. many times the new muslims have to be saved from muslims practicing culture or nationalistic agendas.
<b>Pakistan and Islam</b>
if we love Pakistan because it is for Islam and we practice Islam then Alhamdulillah, for us any muslim country would be important. applying that it could be "Sab sey pehley Malaysia" or "Sab sey Pehley Mauritania". in that case nationality doesn't matter. but all of you are smarter than me.. all of you know that nationlistic slogans only get once message across and that is about nationalism. let us sit back and ponder what are we here for (as in surah baqrah, ayahs 30s) and what have we become.
this is misconception which everyone is working hard to push in our minds especially our Youth's. Pakistan and Islam are not 100% same if that was the case we would have seen Islam being implemented in Pakistan. if you know, Islam was primarily used for family law and in 1973 it was made part of the constitution and its implementation is dependent on the government (which is not a khilafah by any means).
Making a country for muslims doesn't mean it is made for Islam. I agree with you that we have to care about Pakistan but Alhamdulillah there are so many people who support Pakistan in the sense of religion. they purely support it in the shade of sacrifices made by more than 1 million people who wanted to live as independent muslims. even Quaid (who never claimed to be religious scholar) had a vision of Pakistan as a practicing lab.
Nationalism is what Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) warned against. He mentioned that those who die in the state of supporting tribalism, die in the state of Jahiliyyah. We started in the name of tribes and now we are into nationality.
life after death is serious matter for all os us. once again, can we stand in front of Allah and say that when we said "Sub sey pehley pakistan", we meant "sab sey pehley Islam". if Insha-Allah pakistan practiced true Islam, it will be in its entirety, we cannot skip half of Islam and use other. If Pakistan gets on this route, it will help only Pakistan. but if not, History has seen nations coming and going and no one even remembers them today.
Please do love Pakistan but just as much as any other muslim country because they are all ours. our Ummah. Our salvation in this world is only through that kind of Unity and not is false slogans which separate us. Going by this, we ultimately take care of lot of our internal problems about unity as well. Allah said that he created us in tribes to make it easy for identification. following one Allah, all of us tribes are one and together.
My dear brothers and sisters, it is of paramount significance that we understand the aim of this life. even not now, may be 10 years down the road this will make more sense to us. as we approach towards death, may Allah broaden our horizons. I pray for all of us.
Posted on 9/2/2003 4:47:53 AM
