Woh humsafar tha magar us say humnawaayi na thi

woh humsafar tha magar us say humnawaayi na thi,
keh dhoop cHayoN ka alam raha,judaai na thi,
na apna ranj na auroN ka dukh,na tera malal,
sHab`e firaq kabhi hum nay yuN ganwayi na thi,
mohabbatoN ka safar is tarha bhi guzra tha,
sHikasta dil thay musaafir sHikasta paayi na thi,
adawateiN thiN,tagHaful tha,ranjisHeiN thiN,
bicHaRhnay walay maiN sab kucH tha,bewafaayi na thi,
bicHaRhtay waqt un aankhoN maiN thi humari gHazal,
gHazal bhi woh jo kisi ko abhi sunayi na thi,
kabhi yeh haal keh donoN maiN yakdili thi bohat,
kabhi yeh marhala jaisay keh asHnayi na thi,
ajeeb hoti hay rah`e sukHan bhi dekh Naseer,
wahaN bhi aa gaye akHir jahaN rasayi na thi,

Last Words of Nabi Kareem S.A.W

Suddenly, there was a person, he said salaam. 'May I come in?' he asked. But Fatimah (rt.anha) did not allow him enter the room. 'I'm sorry, my father is ill,' said Fatimah (rt,Anha) , turned her body back and closed the door. She went back to her father who had opened his eyes and asked Fatimah (rt.Anha) , 'Who was he, my daughter?' 'I don't know, my father. It was the first time for me to see him,' Fatimah (rt.Anha) said gently. Then, Rasulullah (s.a.w) looked at his daughter with trembled look, as if he wanted to reminisce about every part of her daughter's face. 'Know one thing! He is who erases the temporary pleasure; he is who separates the companionship in the world. He is the death angel,' said Rasulullah (s.a.w). Fatimah (rt.Anha) bore the bomb of her cry. The death angel came toward him; But Rasulullah (s.a.w) asked why Jibril (alahsalam) did not come along with him. Then, Jibril (alahsalam) was called. Jibril (alehslam) was ready in the sky to welcome the soul of Habibullah and the leader of the earth. 'O Jibril, explain me about my rights in front of ALLAH?' Rasulullah (s.a.w) asked with a weakest voice. 'The doors of sky have opened; the angels are waiting for your soul.' 'All jannats open widely waiting for you,' Jibril (alehsalam) said. But, in fact, all this did not make Rasulullah (s. a.w) relieved, his eyes were still full of worry.. 'You are not happy to hear this news?' asked Jibril (alehsalam). 'Tell me about the destiny of my people in future?' 'Don't worry, O Rasul ALLAH (s.a.w). I heard ALLAH tell me: 'I make jannat haram for everyone, except the people of Muhammad (s.a.w) who are inside it,' Jibril (alehsalam) said. It became closer and closer, the time for Malaekat Izrail (alehsalam) to do his work. Slowly, Rasulullah's (s.a.w) soul was pulled. It was seemed that the body of Rasulullah (s.a.w) was full of sweat; the nerves of his neck became tight. 'Jibril, how painful this sakaratul maut is!' Rasulullah (s.a.w) uttered a groan slowly. Fatimah (rt.anha) closed her eyes, Ali (rt.anho) sat beside her bowed deeply and Jibril (alehsalam) turned his face back. 'Am I repugnant to you that you turn your face back o Jibril?' Rasulullah (s.a.w) asked the Deliverer of Wahy. 'Who is the one who could see the Habibullah in his condition of sakaratul maut,' Jibril (alehsalam) said. Not for a while, Rasulullah (s.a.w) uttered a groan because of unbearable pain. 'O ALLAH, how great is this sakaratul maut. Give me all these pains; don't give it to my people.' The body of Rasulullah (s.a.w) became cold, his feet and chest did not move anymore.... His lips vibrated as if he wanted to say something, Ali (rt.anho) took his ear close to Rasulullah (s.a.w). 'Uushiikum bis shalati, wa maa malakat aimanuku - take care of the saalat and take care the weak people among you.' Outside the room, there were cries shouted each other, sahabah held each other. Fatimah (rt.anha) closed her face with her hands and, again, Ali (rt.anho) took his ear close to Rasulullah's ( s.a.w) mouth which became bluish. 'Ummatii, ummatii, ummatii?' - 'My people, my people, my people.' And the life of the noble man ended. Could we love each other like him? Allahumma salle 'ala Muhammad wa baarik wa salim 'alaihi. How deep is Rasulullah's (s.a.w) love to us. May Almighty Allah guide all of us to the Right Path and give all of us the courage to accept the Truth in the light of Qur'an and Sunnah and to reject all things which are in contradiction to the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah. (Ameen!) Please pass this around; perhaps you would be a reason to awaken the love of the Prophet (PBUH) in someone's heart.

List of winner’s of Miss World

1951 – Kiki Haakonson, Sweden
1952 – May Louise Flodin, Sweden
1953 – Denise Perrier, France
1954 – Antigone Costanda, Egypt
1955 – Carmen Zubillaga, Venezuela
1956 – Petra Schurmann, Germany
1957 – Marita Lindahl, Finland
1958 – Penelope Coelen, South Africa
1959 – Corine Rottschafer, Holland
1960 – Norma Cappagli, Argentina
1961 – Rosemarie Frankland, United Kingdom
1962 – Catharine Lodders, Holland
1963 – Carole Crawford, Jamaica
1964 – Ann Sidney, United Kingdom
1965 – Lesley Langley, United Kingdom
1966 – Reita Faria, India
1967 – Madeiline Hartog Bel, Peru
1968 – Penelope Plummer, Australia
1969 – Eva Reuber Staier, Austria
1970 – Jennifer Hosten, Grenada
1971 – Lucia Petterle, Brazil
1972 – Belina Green, Australia
1973 – Marjorie Wallace, USA
1974 – Anneline Kriel, South Africa
1975 – Winelia Merced, Puerto Rico
1976 – Cindy Breakspeare, Jamaica
1977 – Mary Stavin, Sweden
1978 – Silvana Suarez, Argentina
1979 – Gina Swainson, Bermuda
1980 – Kimberly Santos, Guam
1981 – Pilin Leon, Venezuela
1982 – Mariasela Lebron, Dominican Republic
1983 – Sarah Jane Hutt, United Kingdom
1984 – Astrid Herrera, Venezuela
1985 – Hofi Karlsdottir, Iceland
1986 – Giselle Laronde, Trinidad
1987 – Ulla Weigerstorfer, Austria
1988 – Linda Petursdottir, Iceland
1989 – Andeta Kreglicka, Poland
1990 – Gina Marie Tolleson, USA
1991 – Ninebeth Jiminez, Venezuela
1992 – Julia Kourotchkina, Russia
1993 – Lisa Hanna, Jamaica
1994 – Aishwariya Rai, India
1995 – Jacqueline Aquilera, Venezuela
1996 – Irene Skliva ,Greece
1997 – Diana Hayden, India
1998 – Linor Abargil, Israel
1999 – Yukta Mookhey, India
2000 – Priyanka Chopra, India
2001 – Ibiagbanidokibubo Asenite Darego—Nigeria
2002 – Azra Akin—Turkey
2003 – Rosanna Davidson, Ireland
2004 – Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Peru
2005 – Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir, Iceland
2006 – Tat’ana Kucharova, Czech Republic
2007 – Zhang Zhi Li, China PR
2008 – Ksenia Sukhinova, Russia
2009 – Kaiane Aldorino, Gibraltar
2010 – Alexandria Mills, USA
2011 – Ivian Sarcos, Venezuela
2012 – Wen Xia Yu, China PR

Mustard seeds field

How Islam Spread in India

Today, there are over 500 million Muslims throughout the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), making it one of the largest population centers of Muslims in the world. Since Islam first entered India, it has contributed greatly to the area and its people. Today, numerous theories about how India came to be such a largely Muslim land exist. Politically, some (such as the Hindutva movement in India) try to make Islam seem foriegn to India, by insisting it only exists because of invasions by Arab and Persian Muslims. The truth, however, is far from that.

The Earliest Muslim Indians
Even before the life of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in the 600s, Arab traders were in contact with India. Merchants would regularly sail to the west coast of India to trade goods such as spices, gold, and African goods. Naturally, when the Arabs began to convert to Islam, they carried their new religion to the shores of India. The first mosque of India, the Cheraman Juma Masjid, was built in 629 (during the life of Prophet Muhammad) in Kerala, by the first Muslim from India, Cheraman Perumal Bhaskara Ravi Varma. Through continued trade between Arab Muslims and Indians, Islam continued to spread in coastal Indian cities and towns, both through immigration and conversion.

Cheraman Juma Masjid

Muhammad bin Qasim
The first great expansion of Islam into India came during the Umayyad Dynasty of caliphs, who were based in Damascus. In 711, the Umayyads appointed a young 17 year old man from Ta’if to extend Umayyad control into Sindh: Muhammad bin Qasim. Sindh is the land around the Indus River in the Northwestern part of the subcontinent, in present-day Pakistan. Muhammad bin Qasim led his army of 6,000 soldiers to the far eastern reaches of Persia, Makran.

He encountered little resistance as he made his way into India. When he reached the city of Nerun, on the banks of the Indus River, he was welcomed into the city by the Buddhist monks that controlled it. Most cities along the Indus thus voluntarily came under Muslim control, with no fighting. In some cases, oppressed Buddhist minorities reached out to the Muslim armies for protection against Hindu governors.

Despite the support and approval of much of the population, the Raja of Sindh, Dahir, opposed the Muslim expansion and mobilized his army against Muhammad bin Qasim. In 712, the two armies met, with a decisive victory for the Muslims. With the victory, all of Sindh came under Muslim control.

It is important to note, however, that the population of Sindh was not forced to convert to Islam at all. In fact, for almost everyone, there was no change in day-to-day life. Muhammad bin Qasim promised security and religious freedom to all Hindus and Buddhists under his control. For example, the Brahman caste continued their jobs as tax collectors and Buddhists monks continued to maintain their monastaries. Due to his religious tolerance and justice, many cities regularly greeted him and his armies with people dancing and music.

The Jama Masjid in Delhi, India

Patterns of Conversion
The successive waves of Muslim armies penetrating into India followed much the same pattern. Leaders such as Mahmud of Ghazni and Muhammad Tughluq expanded Muslim political domains without altering the religious or social fabric of Indian society.

Because pre-Islamic India was entirely based on a caste system in which society was broken into separate parts, conversion to Islam happened in a step-by-step process. Often, entire castes would convert to Islam at a time. This would happen for many different reasons. Often, however, the equality Islam provided was more attractive than the caste system’s organized racism. In the caste system, who you are born to determines your position in society. There was no opportunity for social mobility or to achieve greater than what your parents achieved. By converting to Islam, people had the opportunity to move up in society, and no longer were subservient to the Brahman caste.

Buddhism, which was once very popular in the subcontinent, slowly died out under Muslim rule. Traditionally, when people wanted to escape the caste system, they would move to the major population centers and convert to Buddhism. When Islam became an option, however, people began to convert to Islam instead of Buddhism, while still leaving the caste system. The myths of Islam violently destroying Buddhism in India are simply false. Buddhists were tolerated under Muslim rule and no evidence exists that shows forced conversions or violence against them.

Wandering teachers also had a major role in bringing Islam to the masses. Muslim scholars traveled throughout India, making it their goal to educate people about Islam. Many of them preached Sufi ideas, a more mystical approach to Islam that appealed to the people. These teachers had a major role in bringing Islam to the masses in the countryside, not just the upper classes around the Muslim rulers.

Did Islam Spread by Force?
While some claim that Islam’s huge population in India is a result of violence and forced conversion, the evidence does not back up this idea at all. Although Muslim leaders replaced Hindu kings in most areas, society was left as is. Stories of forced conversion are very few and often not credible enough to warrant academic discussion.

If Islam spread through violence and warfare, the Muslim community today in India would exist only in the areas closest to the rest of the Muslim world. Thus only the western part of the subcontinent would have any Muslim population at all. What we see instead is pockets of Islam throughout the subcontinent. For example, Bangladesh and its 150 million Muslims are in the far east, separated from other Muslim-majority areas by Hindu lands in India. Isolated communities of Muslims exist also exist in western Myanmar, central India, and eastern Sri Lanka. These communities of Muslims are proof of Islam spreading peacefully throughout India, regardless of whether or not a Muslim government existed there. If Islam spread by force as some claim, these communities of Muslims would not exist.

Conclusions
Islam is an integral part of India and its history. As the Indian subcontinent remains today a multi-ethnic and multi-religious place, it is important to understand the position Islam has in the region. The political claims that some making regarding Islam as if it is an invading religion and foriegn to the people of India need to be defied with the truth of Islam’s peaceful spread throughout India.

[Courtesy: http://lostislamichistory.com]