1) Eloquental and Rhetorical Analysis of Surah Fatiha
Author(s):Zafar Hussain & Asfhaq Ali
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VIRTUES OF SURAH FATIHA 1) Quran begins with Surah Fatiha. 2) Prayer begins with it too. 3) This is the first surah which is revealed as a whole. 4) The prophet said: “there is no instance of Fatiha revealed in Towratt, Injeel and Zaboor, even not in Quran. 5) He also said it the healing for every disease. 6) There for the name of surat Fatiha in Hadith is the Surah of healing. ELOQUENCE OF SURAH FATIHA 1. Art of submission: A letter which should be maintained later but come first is called submission. Here, the object comes before the verb and subject which specifies worship and help seeking with Allah only. Therefore, only Allah is worth worshiping and we should seek help from Him only. 2. Attention from the addressing to the disappeared: It means that the speaker uses the addressing words and suddenly turns towards missing or disappeared words or uses the opposite way in the sentence. It is used for keeping audience mind fresh so that they do not feel bored. 3. Tasjee: To equal weight or sound of the words with each other is called Tasjee. This is found in this Surah in the letters of Raheem, Mustaqeem, Nasteen and Alzalyn۔ 4. Straight Path: What is meant by straight path? There is ambiguity in the meaning of straight path. To remove this, it is explained as the path of those whom you gave your prizes. This way is considered commendable in Arabic. READER’S BENEFITS This article is based on Surah Fatiha’s Tafseer. In2) Social Evils Caused by Bad Language and its Prevention: A Critical Evaluation in the Light of Islamic Teachings
Author(s):Syed Mubarak Shah & Saeed ul Haq Jadoon
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Tongue has a great position in the body of a person from other organs. It plays pivotal role in the character building of a person. Always good language has a positive result while bad language results disapprovingly. Just as it has great position similarly many social evils are caused by bad language therefore, it is considered necessary to take care of language even with disbelievers as Allah says in Quran. “And insult not those whom they (disbelievers) worship besides Allah, lest they insult Allah wrongfully without knowledge”. (Al-An‘am: 108) The present article discusses some very common social issues caused by bad language.3) Negative Impacts of the Unislamic Festivals and Customs/Traditions on the Society
Author(s):Nasiruddin & Muhammad Anees Khan
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This paper attempts to analyze the negative impacts of un-Islamic festivals, customs and traditions which have crept into the Muslim society. Needless to say that the original pristine Islam that was visible during the time of the Holy Prophet and the rightly-guided Caliphs soon got corrupted and gave way to countless extraneous customs and traditions which could be placed under the rubric of popular religion. Apart from maintaining religious accretions, the Muslim society started observing such practices which were totally alien to Islamic culture such as basant, Saint Valentine Day, New Year Day, and a host of other observances. These customs and rituals are not only a total wastage of time and money but some are in fact very fatal such as basant and occasionally take precious lives. These rituals could not be totally eliminated from the Muslim Society; however, their negative impacts could be neutralized by making an appeal to Islamic consciousness and identity on the one hand and popularizing general education tinged with Islamic values on the other4) Evolution of Urdu Poetry in Kohat
Author(s):Badhsha Munir Bukhari & Ajmal Khan Basar
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In Urdu Literature, poetry has been given great value than Prose and the former started first too. But in Kohat both, prose and poetry took start at the same time in Sixteenth Century, when Bayazid Ansari started work on literary writings and composition for spreading his beliefs in that region. He was an author (prose writer)as well as a poet. In this research the outset and evolution of poetry in Kohat will be discussed. This aspect will be to evaluate that how much affected the whole literary evolution by the literary evolution of Kohat.5) A Study on Two Pashtun Characters of Mushtaq Ahmad Yousafi
Author(s):Farhana Qazi
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Charactersketch, Satire and Comedy are different genres and styles of literature, but a genius can easily merge two or more genres, without breaking rules, to create unique masterpieces. In this connection Mushtaq Ahmad Yousafi gave remarkable masterpieces to literature. In his book “Zarguzashth” he has portrayed a character by the name of “Khan Saif-ul-Malook Khan” and in another book “Aab-e-Gumm” he presented a character called “Haji Aurangzeb Khan” through this he has contributed in the array of charactersketch in world literature in general while in Urdu literature in particular. These two are not just characters but living, pulsating and sensitive human beings. Hence they become the living examples of Yousafi’s art and craft. This article is based on the comparative study and analysis of these two characters (Khaakey).6) Analysis of Dr. Sabir Kaloorvi’s research on Iqbaliat
Author(s):Gulnaz Bano
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Professor Dr. Sabir Hussain Kalorvi is one of the reknown Research Scholar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was born in a small village of Kaloor in Abbottabad in 1949. He was by nature a research scholar and education friendly person. His research mostly revolves around "Iqbaliat", in which he worked honestly and devotedly to highlight the remains of Iqbaliat. The real purpose of Dr. Sahib research work is to highlight the life and ideology of "Shahir Mashriq Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal". Dr. Sabir presented his thoughts in a very simple and logical way. His research work is mostly coloured with explanation and corrective form, which distinguishes him from the other scholars.7) The Importance of Characters in Massnvi, Marsia and Qasida
Author(s):Badshah Munir Bukhari & Anwar ul Haq
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Characters plays a very important role in explaining the views of a poet .the characters also plays a key role in the dramatic situation of a poem and its literary style. The characters of marsia and qasida are generally historical in nature while the characters of masnavi are usually romantic. The characters of marsias and some qasidas are religious for example the Prophet (PBUH) Hazrat imam Hussain, Hazrat abbas, Hazrat zainab etc are the characters of marsias. The comparison and analysis of these characters can guide us to the new aspects and facts of history and literature .in this article these historical and religious characters have been discussed in their specific historical background.8) Literature, Culture and Democracy in ‘Jehan Numa’
Author(s):Tazeen Gul & Sadia Khalil
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Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Awan is a well-known writer of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who had worked on many genre of literature that included travelogue, Biographies, sketch writing, translations and reportage etc. In this article one amongst his reportage "Jehan Numa" will be precisely and critically analyzed to represent the literature, culture and democratic aspects.9) Prison Based and Chivalric Poetry and Prose of Hamesh Khalil
Author(s):Noor ul Basar Aman & Roohullah
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Hamish khalil is one of those writers of Pashto prose and poetry who has not only served Pashtun nation and Pashto language with the help of his writings but has also done great contributions in national politics. For the development of democracy in Pashtun nation, he has endured a lot of hardships. He also faced bad days of prison for the achievement of this goal but never refrained himself from supporting the sacred cause of freedom. He kept his struggle with the power of pen even inside the prison. In this research paper the researchers has carried out a detail evaluation of Hamish khalil’s literary services and struggle which has done with the help of pen in prison.10) Respect of IRSAL UL MISAL in the Poetry of Hamza Baba
Author(s):Shakeel Ahmed and Roohullah
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Hameed Baba is one of the prominent poet of the classic era of Pashto poetry. Along the other characteristics of his poetry, his style of writing is also occupies the place of individuality. Through this article, it is widely elaborated, how he furnished his poetry using the IRSAL UL MISAL and what is his magnificence in this aspect especially.11) Proverbs in Khushal Khan Khattak's Quarters (Rubayat)
Author(s):Noor Muhammad Danish Bhittani & Abdul Hakeem Shah Khattak
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Proverb is the old quality of folk literature. It is full of wisdom and thought provoking. It has its existence in all nations and languages. It is great treasure for every literature. It covers all aspects of life. It has been noted that different languages have similar proverbs for similar purpose but with no difference of meaning. Pashto literature has innumerable proverbs. Pashto speaking people used them according to the demand of situation. Pashto poets have also used it in their poetry .In this paper the Quarters ( rubayat ) of Khushal Khan Khattak has been discussed and viewed in which he used proverbs.12) Status of Society in the Poetry of Qamar Rahi
Author(s):Sher Zaman Seemab, Nasr Ullah Jan & Danish Bhittani
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Qamar Rahi is considered to he one of the greatest and repute Pashto poet of modern Pashto Literature. He has contributed a lot to Pashto literature in prose as well as in poetry. He has composed ghazal and Nazam a like as well as prose. In addition to ghazal, he also translated modern poetry of other languages in to Pashto. Which show his strength and ability in the art of translation. Becides rhymed verse he has composed free verse and blank verse too. His poetry delivers a message of love and fraternity. He was against class discriminations used to throw on this very matte in his poetry. He has represented the common masses and tried to give a modern touch to his poetry. In this article he has been evaluated in term of his representation of the common masses.13) Personality Analysis of Imam Abul-Laith Nasar bin Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Ibrahim Samarqandi
Author(s):Ashfaq Ali, Hafiz Zafar Hussain
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There have been many great and incomparable personalities in Islamic history. Imam Abul-Laith Samarqandi (died in 373 Hijra) is one of those eminent scholars. He wrote many books on Islamic sciences and skills. Every book is remarkable. He was famous for his depth and skill in the field of Islamic Jurisprudence. His book “Muqaddimat-al-Salah (preface to Salah) is a valuable work, which deals with the problems and legal commands of Salah. The given article deals with Imam Abul Laith Samarqandi-his life history, education, teachers, students, his journeys for seeking knowledge and his books. This will help the readers to know about him in detail.14) Literacy in Arab during their Dark Ages
Author(s):Bibi Hamida Syed & Abdur Rahim
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Usually the word “Jahilliya" is associated with the Arabs before Islam. A common perception is this that people could not read or write – or illiterate which is not correct. Many of the Arabic literature in the genres of prose, poetry, epic – style narratives. Along with this the hundreds and thousands of verses, speeches examples, historic incidents were saved in their memory. They were ignorant as they had derailed from the true path of guidance. They had indulged themselves in idol-worshipping and other malpractices. The current article is an attempt to highlight the real meaning of ignorance: Arabs were ignorant and not illiterate.15) Solution of anger in the light of Sunnah
Author(s):Muhammad Abu Bakkar & Nasiruddin
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The anger in itself a humanitarian instinct If anger is out of limit moderation is blameworthy , because this would be the devil. Proceeding from the fact that the anger of course human instinctively cannot pay and Lahu required , but can be treated. The importance of research becomes glinting when it attached to hadith to narrate the virtues of work and its value and positive impact on the community.16) Among the features of interference and texts in the Quranic text
Author(s):Muhammad Zubair Abbasi
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Since the text phenomena has gotten the attention of all the scholarship from all over the world, and it reached at top of that through different application of modern and post modern scholars, the meaning of the text phenomena have been changed generaly. Thus, there other different views regarding the textual theory appeared as much as possible. All of them do not describe except the inspiration by minimizing or maximizing of the concept in light of Holy Qur’an. So for, there are many efforts thay made by many scholars across the world, particularly, by those scholars who refused this new formation of the text or this new textual phenomina, that is why because this concept totally relys on intertext, intertextuality, and intertextual formation of the text. This research goes to discuss another aspect of textuality that can be applied to Holy Qur’an, that applicable without any doubt to this divine text. How this textual phenomenon is applicable to Qur’anic text? This research based on this point is answer to this question.17) Kings and Monarchs’ Support to the men of Letters and Poets in the era of Talpur dynasty.
Author(s):Shafqat Jehan Khattak
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Art and Literature greatly flourished during the reign of Talpur monarchs. They were found of collecting and composing books. A great number of authors and writers used to busy all the time in their court in compiling and composing. They used Camphor in their Libraries for the safety of books. A large number of books were authored and composed in Philosophy, deeper literary understanding. The author in this write up has discussed works of the entire chain of the said dynasty.Volume No. 21
Issue No. 1
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"پیوٹاج "پشاور ىونىوسٹى كا اىسا ادبى مجلّہ ہے جو نہ صرفHECسے منظور شدہ ہے بلكہ اپنے معىار كى وجہ سے ادبى حلقوں مىں پذىرائى بھى حاصل كر چكا ہے۔"پیوٹاج " كا ىہ شمارہ ۲۰۱۴ء اس لحاظ سے اہمىت كا حامل ہے كہ اس مىں جو تحقىقى و تنقىدى مقالات شامل ہىں وہ تمام بىرونى ملك ماہرىن كى آرا اور سفارشات كے بعد شائع ہورہے ہىں۔ اس ضمن مىں پىوٹا كےجملعہ اراكىن اور پىوٹاج كى انتظامىہ لائق تحسىن ہے۔ كہ انھوں نے اس معاملہ مىں كوئى سمجھوتا نہىں كىا۔