RULE OVERHEARTS

ALLAH Almighty, who is the ‘Fatiris Samavaat e filard’ ; He is Ar Rehman. He is ArRahim, the dominion of the earth and the heavens belong to Him. This itself is enough to convey the idea that to rule over hearts is the best of kingship. The Holy Prophet (PBUH), his every life, his preaching, his deeds, every transection,  each minute, each hour, in fact sixty-three years of his life are a glaring example of the above mentioned idea. Be it Zaid bin Haris or Abu Sufyan, be it Najashi or Macaulary; be it Carlyle or Bernard Shaw or Micheal Hart, his Charter of Conduct – the last sermon serves as the constitution for every person, every state in every circumstance for every era. If it is practiced in its true essence, then every king would be ruling over the hearts of general masses just as Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Usman, Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Umer Farooq R.A did. Not to forget Mehmood Ghaznavi, Al-Tutmash and Qutbuddin Aibak. The most uncivilized Arabia became the cradle for learning, culture and civilization only due to those who took the reins of government; and put their hearts and souls together to create a welfare society; to create opportunities for every enterprising individual, to create peace, justice and order. They left an indelible mark in the history of the world.

     Rule over hearts is not a child’s play. First, the ruler has to be too full of the milk of human kindness. He has to practice piety. He has to negate self. He has to immerse his interest for the general interest of the public. Then, only then, one can imprint his name on the hearts of the suffering humanity. This ruling over hearts is no carousel of pleasures; wonderful, beautiful treasures; no song and dance, no music and romance; just pain and heartache! The boast of heraldry; the pomp and show of power are shadows; insubstantial things. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

     What is permanent; what is immortal; what is real….is the love for humanity. That love is won by shunning the madness for courtly life for the light of God. It was the fear of accountability that complled Noushrivan to pray for just a pinch of salt. The same passion drove Mohammad bin Qasim to rush to answer a woman’s call for the safeguard of her modesty. It was the same sway that complled Abraham Lincoln to stand for the anti-slavery act. Nelson Mendela’s twenty-nine years of imprisonment made him the craze all over Africa. Mother Teresa’s pity on those suffering from abject poverty transcended all boundaries and won her the Noble Peace Prize. Jinnah’s supreme cause for freedom won us this cherished homeland of ours.

     Now, for a minute, let’s see the other side of the picture. Pharaoh of Egypt, Alexander the great, Bismarck, Nepoleon, Mussolini, stalin, Lenin, Shah of Iran, Aquine of Philippine, Husn-e-Mubarak and list goes on. Who wants to learn a lesson from their lives for their lust for power, for their ambition, for their desire of extending territiories, for the sole supremacy over the world – neglecting the welfare, the peace, the happiness of their subjects? Near death, they realized the futility of their struggles.

           Ah! The world’s bleeding. The humanity’s almost afraid to know itself. Mother Earth is turning fast into a grave. Daily we come across massacres, murders, extortions, atrocities, child labour, corruptions and high-handedness. You name them, we have them. Each day a new widow howls, a new orphans cries! Why? Why my Lord why? Just fro a few guineas! Shame! Remember! Carve your name on hearts; not on marble!