جشن آزادی مبارک

ان ہم وطنوں کو آزادی کی سالگرہ مبارک جو اپنے آپ کو پاکستانی سمجھتے ہیں ۔ اللہ ہمیں آزادی کے صحیح معنی سمجھنے اور اپنے ملک کی خدمت کرنے کی توفیق عطا فرمائے آمین ۔ یہ وطن ہمارے بزرگوں نے حاصل کیا تھا کہ مسلمان اسلام کے اصولوں پر چلتے ہوئے مل جل کر اپنی حالت بہتر بنائیں ۔ اللہ بہتر جانتا ہے کہ ہم مسلمان ہیں یا نہیں البتہ پاکستانی نہیں بنے ۔ کوئی سندھی ہے کوئی پنجابی کوئی بلوچ کوئی پختون کوئی سرائیکی کوئی پاکستان میں پیدا ہو کر مہاجر ۔ کوئی سردار کرئی ملک کوئی خان کوئی وڈیرہ کوئی پیر ۔ اس کے علاوہ ہم ان گنت ذاتوں اور برادریوں میں بٹے ہوئے ۔ بڑے بڑے روشن خیال بھی پیدا ہو گئے ہیں جو قائد اعظم کی 11 اگست 1947 کی تقریر کا صرف ایک فقرہ سیاق وسباق سے علیحدہ کر کے کہتے ہیں کہ قائد اعظم نے پاکستان کو ایک اسلامی نہیں سیکولر ریاست بنایا تھا ۔ ان روشن خیالوں سے کوئی پوچھے کہ کیا قائد اعظم نے یہ بھی فرمایا تھا کہ ان کی باقی ساری تقریریں اور اقوال بھول جائیں ؟ ایک نعرہ جو تحریک پاکستان کا لازمی جزو تھا وہ بھی ان روشن خیالوں نے کہیں نہیں پڑھا ؟ پاکستان کا مطلب کیا لا الہ الا اللہ قائداعظم 1942 میں الہ آباد میں تھے تو وکلاء کے ایک وفد کی ملاقات کے دوران ایک وکیل نے پوچھا کہ پاکستان کا دستور کیسا ہوگا اور کیا آپ پاکستان کا دستور بنائیں گے ؟ قائداعظم نے جواب میں فرمایا کہ پاکستان کا دستور بنانے والا میں کون ہوتا ہوں ۔ پاکستان کا دستور تو تیرہ سو برس پہلے بن گیا تھا ۔ قائداعظم کی 11 اگست 1947 کا خطاب رسول اکرم صل اللہ علیہ و سلم کے خطبہ الوداع کے ان الفاظ کی غمازی کرتا محسوس ہوتا ہے ۔ تمام انسان آدم اور حوا سے ہیں ۔ کسی عربی کو کسی عجمی پر کوئی برتری حاصل نہیں اور نہ کسی عجمی کو کسی عربی پر ۔ نہ کسی گورے کو کسی کالے پر کوئی برتری حاصل ہے اور نہ کسی کالے کو کسی گورے پر ۔ سوائے اس کے کہ کوئی پرہیزگاری اور اچھے عمل کی وجہ سے بہتر ہو ۔ گیارہ اگست 1947 کی تقریر سے متعلقہ اقتباس ۔ Now, if we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and prosperous we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well being of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor. If you will work in co-operation, forgetting the past, burying the hatchet, you are bound to succeed. If you change your past and work together in a spirit that everyone of you, no matter to what community he belongs, no matter what relations he had with you in the past, no matter what is his color, caste or creed, is first, second and last a citizen of this State with equal rights, privileges and obligations, there will be no end to the progress you will make. I cannot emphasize it too much. We should begin to work in that spirit and in course of time all these angularities of the majority and minority communities, the Hindu community and the Muslim community – because even as regards Muslims you have Pathans, Punjabis, Shias, Sunnis and so on and among the Hindus you have Brahmins, Vashnavas, Khatris, also Bengalees, Madrasis, and so on – will vanish. Indeed if you ask me this has been the biggest hindrance in the way of India to attain the freedom and independence and but for this we would have been free peoples long long ago. No power can hold another nation, and specially a nation of 400 million souls in subjection; nobody could have conquered you, and even if it had happened, nobody could have continued its hold on you for any length of time but for this. Therefore, we must learn a lesson from this. You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed – that has nothing to do with the business of the State. As you know, history shows that in England conditions, some time ago, were much worse than those prevailing in India today. The Roman Catholics and the Protestants persecuted each other. Even now there are some State in existence where there are discriminations made and bars imposed against a particular class. Thank God, we are not starting in those days. We are starting in the days when there is no discrimination, no distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State.

قائداعظم کی دو مزید تقریروں سے اقتباس ۔ Eid-ul-Fitr Message to the Nation on 18th August, 1947 This is our first Eid immediately following in the heralding of free independent Sovereign Pakistan having been established. This day of rejoicing throughout the Muslim world so aptly comes immediately in the wake of our national state being established, and therefore, it is a matter of special significance and happiness to us all. I wish on this auspicious day a very happy Eid to all Muslims wherever they may be throughout the world --an Eid that will usher in, I hope, a new era of prosperity and will mark the onward march of renaissance of Islamic culture and ideals. I fervently pray that God Almighty make us all worthy of our past and hoary history and give us strength-to make Pakistan truly a great nation amongst all the nations of the world. Eid-ul-Azha Message to the Nation, on 24th October, 1947

God often tests and tries those whom he loves. He called upon Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice the object he loved most. Ibrahim answered the call and offered to sacrifice his son. Today too, God is testing and trying the Muslims of Pakistan and India. He has demanded great sacrifices from us. Our new-born State is bleeding from wounds inflicted by our enemies. Our Muslim brethren in India are being victimized and oppressed as Muslims for their help and sympathy for the establishment of Pakistan. Dark clouds surround us on all sides for the moment but we are not daunted, for I am sure, if we show the same spirit of sacrifice as was shown by Ibrahim, God would rend the clouds and shower on us His blessing as He did on Ibrahim. Let us, therefore, on the day of Eid-ul-Azha which symbolizes the spirit of sacrifice enjoined by Islam, resolve that we shall not be deterred from our objective of creating a State of our own concept by any amount of sacrifice, trials or tribulations which may lie ahead of us and that we shall bend all our energies and resources to achieve our goal. I am confident that in spite of its magnitude, we shall overcome this grave crisis as we have in our long history surmounted many others and notwithstanding the efforts of our enemies, we shall emerge triumphant and strong from the dark night of suffering and show the world that the State exists not for life but for good life.