From: ss511583@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Sohban Shahid)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Jafry, Please listen to me
Date: 13 Apr 92 23:46:39 GMT
Reply-To: ss511583@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Sohban Shahid)
Organization: Engineering College, Colorado State University

Dear  Jafry,

Assalam-o-elaikum,

Brother I'm not in a position to tell you the exact numbers of articles
that you have written but I have gone through most of them. Many of
the netters will say that it is my hard luck. But sincerely I want to
request you in public, because this is the only way you can feel its
intensity. Its very nice that you have time and Almighty God has given
you the opportunity to read as many Islamic books as you can. I respect 
your opportunity to read as many Islamic books as you can. I respect 
your feelings and I'm very much convinced that we are not doing well in
this materialistic world or in your terminology world of Satin. Few of us
are consistently hammering their heads with a hope that they will feel
feel better when they will stop. With due apologies you are also doing the 
same thing. It is sometime beneficial to listen to the other person and give 
due weight to the arguments presented by the second party in the in the 
discussion. There is nothing wrong in it if you try to follow Maulana 
Maudoodi closely but the world doesn't finish at this name. Maulana was 
also prone to mistakes and may be he has overlooked few aspects of the 
problem which we are facing now a days. With such good knowledge you 
can make hundreds of friends by winning their hearts . You have to be 
patient and polite if you are trying to make an argument or presenting 
your opinions with some different approach. One must have some 
flexibilty in his/her approach. You can not force anyone to take your 
words or Maulana's words blindly. Its is our bad custom that we force 
religion on others when we ourselves are not completely following it. I 
mean that its Jamat's old policy that they present  themselves as Sadhoo's 
or pandit's and every one else as less muslims or even Kafirs. Our religion 
definitely not allows us to make judgement on others. May be few of us 
are weak but who knows about future. May Allah give us some more 
knowledge to understand quran and Sunnah better but sure cursing 
others will not solve the problem. We had a bad experience of Zia regime, 
who tried to implement Islamic laws with force without preparing the 
ground first. The result is infront of us and many of us have lost our faith 
in the Islamic system. There is nothing wrong in the Islamic teaching  
and Islamic thoughts but its true that we have not done our homework yet. 
Its my humble request to you that please think twice or even thrice before 
making any judgement or passing any comment on others. Knowledge 
alone can not serve the humanity, otherwise Arstotile, Socrates, Ibne 
Rushdh and Ibne Khuldoon ........ would have been one of the Apostles. A 
very small advice to you is that " STRIKE THE IRON WHEN IT IS ." 
Hope you will not mind and will show some real good stuff in future. You 
have a dynamite but you are wasting it on small bushes. Looking for a real 
gem,  may Allah simply guide all of us (Amin).

        HangamooN ka Saya Sooni Aankh Mai Hai
        Kaisa Baaddan Hai Aur Kis Pooshak Mai Hai

Allah   Hafiz,

Sohban
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
                                                                        
         -- Oscar Wild

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