Random thoughts - 3

Should’ve paid heed to what The Maker had to say about life, it’s a delusion. The more you know, the more it reaffirms that you know not and the more you feel swindled whether relations, politics or life in general.

Textbooks indoctrinated us that in 1965, the enemy next door attacked in the darkness without prior warning, violating international conventions but we fought hard. The passion, the fervour and the desire to contribute our bit increased in the growing years. Later realisation that Operation Gibraltar started way before this attack kind of took the zing away. But I liked Aslam in my Urdu textbook who got up early in the morning and went for a walk in the garden. No one can break my perception of Aslam, no matter what. 

In 1971, enemy tricked Bengalis. Again we fought hard but lost. Later, it dawned that democratically elected popular leader was denied his right to rule because relatively fair looking, a bit tall and arrogant Westerners couldn’t accept supremacy of lesser Pakistanis. 

Russian drive to warm waters was a sham. Pakistan was dismembered to bring ZAB in power but he was hanged because US needed a dictator on the helm and the dictator needed religion to shield his shenanigans. The aura of his tahajjud was stronger than his gifts of sectarianism, extremism and fares political entities and like MNS and MQM. 

It was time for Zia ul Haq to go. So he was killed to bring back ZAB’s daughter and musical chair began between BB & MNS. Finally, we could establish that establishment was the only permanent party.

9/11 was about to happen and again US needed a dictator with unlimited political powers and military wherewithal, so Musharraf was asked to send MNS packing. They gave MNS safe passage because with his ‘acumen’ he had already become an asset which could be installed later as and when needed. 

GWOT progressed alright but Musharraf would bluff them by sending few pennies on covert programs. So he had to go. But with him BB was also becoming redundant and they needed more reliable source like AAZ who knew one language - like Americans ‘in dollar he trusted’. 

Establishment’s decay started. No more double cross with Americans. The degeneration in society, insecurities and deprivations of past reflected in un-satiated lust for power and money through extensions. 

Shoddy finished product of the system, Bajwa blew its cover. The lower the standards of the top men in leadership and integrity, the better for US to keep the control their colony.

Surah Al Kahf- Ayah No 19

Assalam o Alaikum 

Juma Mubarak. Time to recite and understand Al Kahf- the Cave of protection and hope.

Moving to today's Ayah No 19, the scene changes from last Ayah where the Boys were asleep and were being looked after by Allah swt. Since, the build up was about their pdotracted sleep, so they had to awaken at some at some point. They woke up after sleep three centuries. Similarly, Prophet Uzair AS also slept for a century. These are the two exceptionally long sleep durations wherein laws of physics were suspended by The Creator of physics just to make us understand the concept of awakening in the Hereafter. Also keep a note of the fact that when laws of physics are suspended 'metaphysical phenomenon' comes into play. And

we are going through the most metaphysical Surah of Quran. 300 years of sleep is not physics? More interestingly they woke up and gave the impression as if they had slept for few hours. Where were their souls all this time? How they survived this long? Questions must arise and answers must be sought. 

The Boys took to the Cave because Oneness was being challeged and the first victim of this onslaught is always the faith in Hereafter. Weakening of faith in Hereafter weakens faith in accountability. And life becomes a meaningless pastime.

Death is the greatest philosophical conundrum unless we align ourselves with the concept of the same taught by Allah swt. Accepting death as sleep solves the riddle. Death makes us ordinary mortals, whereas, continuation of life after death (in another form) makes us extraordinary immortals. 

Let's get back to our Ayah of the day. So like being  awake from any sleep, the Boys got up unaware of the time they had slept for. As natural reaction, they wanted to know how long they had slept? Again, the Boys carry the day by making a calculated guess of a day or part of it and leaving the matter totally to All Knowing to know how much they had slept. Their level of faith and its manifestation in words, actions and submission was par excellence. No wonder, to this day and in this moment, we talk about them. Now, as it happens when boys hang out, they shift their focus to food. So, they decide to get food from city and ask for it to be good one along with other provisions. Not only that, they unanimously decide to remain cautious/ polite. Interestingly, this seven alphabets word وليتلطف comes in the center of Quran. More precisely, alphbets ت and ل bifurcate Quran into two equal halves in terms of word count. How amazing, this one word with its nuances becomes complete code of life i.e. be polite and careful. 

May Allah make us polite and careful. Ameen

Pakistan, Israel and US

Astounding parallels between Pakistan and Israel with their common patron in US. Both have Abrahamic lineage.  Only two monotheistic nations created in the name of God/ religion. Both use religion as political tool. Both ruled by liberals mostly atheists. Both allow practice of respective religions only as long religious practices conform to the political agenda of the rulers. Ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Israel is state sponsored likewise ethnic cleansing of Christians and Hindus is also allowed to happen to a certain degree and then the state intervenes and sometimes it does not at all.  Religious parties used as tools and people duped by nationalism of the type that suits rulers. Both controlled by the establishments. Both armies not willing nor able to take on the neighbours and always looking towards US for aid and intervention except that in case of Pakistan, US’ help never arrived in 1971 nor it ever will. Both countries commit atrocities against their own people through powerful agencies. Agencies have freehand to do anything and everything to keep people aligned with state - not religion not god. Whether dissident Bengalis or Bugtis, Afghan settlers of Muslim Taliban, Punjabi or Pathan those who are out of favour of establishment are all quashed. Israel is no different; from Naqaba to Gazan genocide they relentlessly pursue suppression and expansion policy. Now let’s see how Israel became why it has become today. 

World is in control of Christian Zionists who created Judaic Zionists. Christian inside every Zionist wanted to exact revenge of Christ’s crucification and Zionist inside that symbolic Christian wanted to execute devil’s plan on God’s earth. They turned ancient Abrahamic religion of Judaism to ethnic nationalistic identity. Orthodox Jew also got trapped in the fancy slogans like ‘People without land and land without people’. In reality, Jew were without land nor they occupied land without people. Historically, they were marginalised and executed by Babylons, crusaders and Hitler. They always prospered under Muslim rule. Zionists tricked them. They broke the convention of not forming a Govt on a piece of land until the Messiah returned. Zionists were the project of imperialistic colonial legacy. Even places like Uganda and Argentina were proposed for Jewish settlement but Theodore Herzl an Austrian Hungarian journalist and political activist (not a practicing Jew) considered the father of modern day Judaic Zionism insisted on Palestine - apparently promised land. Just like we misinterpret Islam, Jew do it at will. 

Creation of Zionist state of Israel is fraught with contradictions like Pakistan. Clergy is pawn of establishment with an on/off button.  One major difference is that unlike Israel we lost land whereas Israel always found reasons to further land grabbing agenda just like they wish to raze northern Gaza to ground and take it over. They continuously get patronage from  rich and powerful Zionists in US whereas we live in an illusion that US is on our side and our loyalties to US will do us any good. Unlike Israel we are worthless expendable items to US. 

Couple of months back the scenario was different. US demanded us to subjugate to India, install Nawaz Sharif (also approved by India), withdraw from CPEC and go hard on Afghanistan (attack them if possible). Like, American puppies in KSA and UAE, we were all set to recognise Israel but Hamas pooped the party before it began. All the hopes of getting billions of dollars into Pakistan went crashing like a castle of sand. And now we quietly approach China for help and dependent on next tranche of IMF loan. We are again left in the lurch for our unnatural, impractical and harmful allegiance to US. 

Pakistan’s center of gravity is its people who at the moment are enslaved by US slaves. One day they might break these shackles of slavery, fear and despair. Insha Allah

Surah Al Kahf - Ayah No 18

Assalam o Alaikum. Juma Mubarak. Al Kahf time. Kahf is the Cave of refuge from forces of evil. And we need this refuge more than ever before because we are under attack 24/7, while moving from home to office, from university to market, from functions to funerals, we are being constantly mislead. Bombarded and fooled by information sans wisdom. We are being hoaxed by media lies. We are being deluded to look with lascivious eyes. We are being duped to talk in licentious manner. We are being tricked to put God behind material god. Fear Zionusts more than Allah.  How miserable? How turbulent? How messy? Ability to differentiate right from wrong is inbuilt in our consciousness. However, a veil shrouds our ability to discern right from wrong. Cutting through this fog of confusion is the greatest challenge humanity faces today. Al Kahf offers the lense to see through this intense fog of confusion. So let's spare some time today to recite and understand this magnificent Surah.

Moving over to today's Ayah No 18. In last Ayah, Allah swt fondly mentioned that if you were there you would have seen how His miracle was at work. Sun was providing The Boys at sleep with due sunlight and would incline in the afternoon.

Continuing with the same affection, Allah swt sketches their state in the cave with His magical poetic prose. If you (us or anyone) were there, you couldn't tell they were sleeping or awake. He swt made arrangenents in the Cave to turn them over from left to right and vice versa to avoid stiffness, bedsoars and maintaining their blood circulation. Whereas, their dog (namely Qitmir) sat at the front edge of the Cave. Though sleeping, Qitmir gave a ferocious look to passersby so that no one would try entering the Cave or in other words disturb The Boys' sleep. Look at the attention to details and care. Allah swt doesn't like to interfere with human freewill, so He swt created a scenario that onlookers would see the dog and wouldn't think of entering the Cave. On the other hand, He swt made arrangenents for The Boys' sustenance like a loving mother. 

Such were the privileges and VIP treatment The Boys got during their sleep in the cave. What happened next, shall follow next week.

May Allah swt make us like Kahf Boys. Ameen

Kakar at LUMS & cancel culture machine

Caretaker PM was mostly babbling. Trying to make sense out nonsense is what he has been selected for. Defending indefensible is part of his job description. 

Yet to his surprise and horror, the audience was informed and youthful exuberance can deliver sucker punch to duds like CPM. I heard the speech before sharing my thoughts on it. It was babbling. Small fraction of system beneficiaries won’t understand this but universities are the real deal. Oxford used to shape Britain’s political future. An institution with credentials like LUMS is the best yardstick to measure what’s the nature of our problems. PM’s thrashing at LUMS is being rejoiced by majority but will it change anything? It is nothing more than momentary catharsis. Optimism must be kept alive but there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Despondency rules riot. Indignant yet articulate students at LUMS represent true feelings of Pakistanis. For state this amounts to treachery. A cancerous mindset. A problem which is real. But our way of dealing with the problems is to cancel dissent voices whether journalists, politicians or students. It is systematic. If someone doesn’t budge by harassment then his manhandling takes effect. If this doesn’t work then his/ her immediate family is troubled. Next step is levelling moral or financial corruption charges. If it doesn’t shake the individual's resolve then he/she is incarcerated like so many men and women presently jailed in Pakistan. If still they persist they are tortured like animals. During third degree torture, one may loose a tongue (like Imran Riaz) or life (like Arshad Sharif). At every stage the level of trauma is raised. Trauma like never seen before. It leaves people with scars on their bodies and souls, also leavong deep rooted hatred for those who commit these atrocities for generations to come.

Wonder who does it?

Situation is worsening. 

Like 2.2 Mn Gazans, 250 Mn Pakistanis are also living in open prison except those who can leave are let go (except dissent voices). One: they get rid of educated people who may have the propensity to think. Two: they will inadvertently remit money to their families. Money which will contribute to the state revenues and help state modernise its torture skills and allow state functionaries enjoy more perks and privileges.

Bottom line. The narrative is controlled by Zionists all around the world with their accomplice rulers in Muslim world as well. We are no exception. Pakistan is a miniature sample of how the world functions today. Disagreement with the narrative activates cancel culture machine. Once this this machine cranks it doesn’t take any prisoners.

Every Gazan soul shall stand as witness against us

Every ruler, people and military in the Muslim world should die of shame and fear the afterlife for their abandonment of the Palestinians, for Allah will account us and every single Gazan soul will be an irrefutable witness. We have no excuse as our eyes, ears and tongue will testify against us that we witnessed the “cries of death” and genocide unfold in full view and remained in our palaces, presidencies, homes and barracks.  

To the rulers, people and militaries of the Muslim world, below is a message from the Palestinians broadcast through Turkish TV;

"Tell Muslim countries not to offer funeral prayers for us. We are alive and you are dead."

To the Muslim leaders and their forces,

You are a disgrace to the memory of Salah ad Din Al Ayubi who was unwilling and unable even to perform Hajj because of his wish not be accounted by Allah for failing to liberate Palestine and Jerusalem. 

You are not Allah’s force but of Washington and Israel. For you are willing to give your lives for their causes and obey their commands through your enslaved leadership. 

But know, that your empty chants of Allah o Akbar have no meaning. Save them for the cause of the Americans. 

The real lions and Allah’s soldiers are exactly where they should be. Either fighting the Israelis or in Jannah alive as martyrs, for as the beautiful people of Palestine have spoken directly and told us emphatically that;

“We are alive and you are dead”

“Never say that those martyred in the cause of Allah are dead—in fact, they are alive! But you do not perceive it. Do not say that those killed in God's path are dead; they are alive, though you do not realize it (Al Baqarah 2:154)

May Allah help Palestinians and shake the Muslim world to take action against Israel. Ameen

Trap of the Zionist Criminal Narrative on Israel

 Statements have gravity, meaning and consequences. 

The West, it’s government and it’s  media, led by the Zionist Jews, have, as they have done throughout their history, created an intellectual vice which aims to legitimise Israel’s actions and blunt it further by creating sympathy for its position. This is usually done through immediate connections to the holocaust which are repeated by the pro- Zionist Jews as legitimacy for Israel’s actions. 

On this occasion of genocide in Gaza the buzz statement is “Israel has the right to defend itself”. Such is the nature of this imposition that it has put Muslims including those that oppose Israel’s genocide under immense pressure to work within this statement as if it is a legal position. But it is not.

Muslims need to fight back on this statements and obliterate its validity. For the “right of self defence” in international law only relates to states and external attacks and is clearly enshrined in Art. 51 of the UN charter. It does not apply to occupied territory which the Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem fits under, based on Israel’s occupation following the 1967 war, and is clearly laid out in UN Resolutions 242 and 338 as illegal based on international law according to which territorial acquisition as a result of war is illegal and must be returned.  

Consequently, according to the Western justification for Israel’s action, it would mean “green light” and precedent for regimes like India to argue the same with Kashmir and Kashmiri resistance. 

So Muslims, especially in the West and liberal desi confused horse in Pakistan need to avoid falling for this sword which has been put over their necks and who now in public discourse, start with statements such as “we understand that Israel has the right to defend itself” or the actions of Hamas in attacking Jews is “abhorrent”. For this is the subjugated narrative of the weak and the Zionist move to protect Israel and her genocidal criminality as well as their treacherous nature.The effects of this narrative on the Muslims can be clearly seen amongst the collaborators, hypocrites, and opportunists Muslim rulers whose financial and political interests are contingent upon Western powers’ approval. Unfortunately, there are no exceptions among Muslim whereas non Muslim states like Columbia and Ireland registered protest and Columbia went a step further by expelling Israeli ambassador. Even non- Muslim who have a conscience have resigned from their job instead of accepting coercive gagging.

Finally, Muslims need to be careful not to fall into the trap set by the Zionists and their Western protectors, and expose their true contradictions and reality in an articulate but forceful and open manner. For recognising and parroting “Israel’s right to defend itself”, mean legitimacy of decades of occupation, torture, killing, imprisonment, collective punishment and dehumanisation of the Palestinians. 

Only Allah knows the whole Truth.