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Memories (Episode 7-A)<\/h1>\n

The Beginning of My Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hadhrat Shaykh al-Islam \u2018Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (may Allah have mercy on him) did not have his own house in Karachi. However, Mr. S.M. Qureshi, a leader of the Muslim League, owned a bungalow in Amil Colony on Jamshed Road, in which he had requested Hadhrat to stay. Hadhrat was therefore staying in that house and our respected father (may Allah have mercy on him) would frequently visit him at his house to discuss the challenges facing the newly formed country. Often, he would also take me along so that I could receive Hadhrat\u2019s supplications (du\u2019a). I remember sitting one day before Hadhrat with a Q\u0101\u2019idah Baghdadiya in my hand, wrapped in a beautiful cloth satchel. It is likely that on that occasion, our respected father (may Allah have mercy on him) had taken me along so that Hadhrat could initiate my education.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Hadhrat Mawlana Ihtisham al-Haq Thanwi (may Allah have mercy on him) had established a mosque, with a tin-sheet roof, in Jacob Line, adjacent to his house. He had also established a small madrasa within the mosque where children were taught the recitation and memorization of the Noble Qur\u2019an. Our respected father (may Allah have mercy on him) enrolled my elder brothers in that madrasa, where my respected brother Muhammad Wali R\u0101zi was memorizing the Qur\u2019an under Q\u0101ri Muhammad Zakariyya and Hadhrat Mawlana Mufti Muhammad Rafi\u02bf Usmani under Hafiz Naz\u012br Ahmad. Due to my young age, instead of enrolling me in that madrasa, our respected father placed me under Hadhrat Mawlana N\u016br Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) to study the Q\u0101\u2019idah Baghdadiya at home.<\/p>\n

The Q\u0101\u2019idah was not yet completed, rather a significant portion of it was still remaining, when we learnt via a letter from Deoband that a niece of mine (who was a year older than me) had started reading the first Juz<\/em> (Alif<\/em> L\u0101m<\/em> M\u012bm<\/em>) of the Qur\u2019an. I have mentioned before that Hadhrat Mawlana N\u016br Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) had a penchant for accomplishing the most challenging tasks in quick time. When he came to know that my niece, who is almost the same age as me, has started the Alif<\/em> L\u0101m<\/em> M\u012bm Juz<\/em> in Deoband, he said to me: \u201cYou have read enough of the Q\u0101\u2019idah. We shall begin the Juz<\/em> \u2018Amma<\/em> for you.\u201d I therefore started reading the Juz \u2018Amma<\/em> before completing the Q\u0101\u2019idah. In this manner, Hadhrat Mawlana N\u016br Ahmad continued teaching me Qur\u2019an recitation until I completed seven ajz\u0101, whereupon he said: \u201cNow that you have become familiar with the words, continue reciting the remainder of the Qur\u2019an on your own daily.\u201d Thereafter, after briefly reviewing the Urdu Qaa\u2019ida (elementary learning guide) of \u201cBahishti Zewar\u201d, we commenced \u201cBahishti Gohar\u201d.<\/p>\n

I still remember that when I started the lesson of \u201cBahishti Gohar\u201d, its first sentence was: \u201cAt first, this world was nonexistent\u201d. I found it quite difficult to comprehend the meaning of \u201cnonexistent\u201d[1]<\/sup><\/a>, and to understand its meaning, I persistently questioned my teacher. Anyhow, I had only studied a few lessons from \u201cBahishti Gohar\u201d when Hadhrat Mawlana Ihtisham al-Haq (may Allah have mercy on him) initiated the teaching of more advanced books in his madrasa, and gradually this developed into regular classes where eminent scholars such as Hadhrat Mawlana Badr \u2018\u0100lam (may Allah have mercy on him) also taught, and perhaps, for some time, my respected father (may Allah have mercy on him) as well. Mawlana N\u016br Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) became engaged in teaching at this madrasa, so I had to study some chapters of \u201cBahishti Gohar\u201d and \u201cS\u012brat-e-Kh\u0101tam al-Anbiya\u201d from my respected mother (may Allah have mercy on her), but I do not remember which portion I studied with whom. These two books were my entire world of Urdu language learning. I did not study any other book besides these two to learn Urdu.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I continued reciting the Noble Qur\u2019an daily on my own. I would sit on a bed with the Noble Qur\u2019an placed on a pillow and read some portion of it every day. Sometimes, I would also read aloud to my respected mother or another family member. This continued until one morning, all praise is for Allah Most High, I completed the reading of the Noble Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n

I would observe that whenever a child completed reading or memorizing the Noble Qur\u2019an, a formal ceremony, known as \u0100m\u012bn ceremony, was usually organized. Sometimes, sweets would be distributed to celebrate the occasion. But when I completed my \u201cautonomous\u201d reading, no one even knew that I was completing the Noble Qur\u2019an that day. I still remember the sadness in my heart when I read the last verse and closed the Noble Qur\u2019an, alone in the room; no one to witness, no one to listen, no celebration, no joyous gathering.<\/p>\n

Finally, I informed my respected father (may Allah have mercy on him) that I had completed the reading of the Noble Qur\u2019an that day. He was very pleased and sent my two elder brothers (Mawlana Wali R\u0101zi and Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Rafi\u02bf Usmani (may Allah grant them a long life) to the bazaar to buy me a present. I waited impatiently in the balcony of our house for their return. When they appeared in the distance, I saw them holding a blue toy car, playing with it on their way back. I was overjoyed to receive that toy car. It was a simple yet beautiful car (perhaps automatic toy cars did not exist by that time), but to me, it was a treasure of the universe. Now I realize that at each stage of our mortal lives, the things we hold dear and close to our hearts become laughable in the next stage. And a time will finally come when all the wealth, properties and material possessions of the world will seem more meaningless than toys.<\/p>\n

\u0628\u062f \u0646\u0627\u0645\u0626 \u062d\u06cc\u0627\u062a \u062f\u0648\u0631\u0648\u0632\u06d2 \u0646\u06c1 \u0628\u0648\u062f \u0628\u06cc\u0634
\n\u0622\u06ba \u0647\u0645 \u0628\u062a\u0648 \u06a9\u0644\u06cc\u0645 \u0686\u06c1 \u06af\u0648\u06cc\u0645 \u0686\u0633\u0627\u06ba \u06af\u0630\u0634\u062a
\n\u06cc\u06a9 \u0631\u0648\u0632 \u0648\u0642\u0641 \u0628\u0633\u062a\u0646\u200f \u062f\u0644 \u0634\u0648\u062f \u0628\u0647 \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0648 \u0622\u0646
\n\u0631\u0648\u0632 \u062f\u06af\u0631 \u0628\u0647 \u06a9\u0646\u062f\u0646 \u062f\u0644 \u0632\u06cc\u0646 \u0648 \u0622\u06ba \u06af\u0630\u0634\u062a<\/span><\/p>\n

Translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The infamy of this life is no more than two days,<\/em>
\nEven those, O Kal\u012bm! What can I say, how they passed by?<\/em>
\nOne day passed in attaching the heart to this and that,<\/em>
\nAnd the next in trying to detach the heart from these things<\/em><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, this is how my education began.<\/p>\n

…………….(Continued)…………….<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> Translator: The Urdu word used was \u201cn\u0101p\u012bd<\/em>\u201d (meaning \u201cnon-existent\u201d in English), which was difficult for a child to comprehend<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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