A Ship in Danger

At this point in time, the physical and moral existence of Pakistan looks to be in great danger. On the internal front, Baloch, Sindhi and Pashtun nationalisms are at their peak.

Since creation of Pakistan, it is like a ship in which the people on the lower level start making a hole when they want water, just to fulfill their desire without even thinking that this can cause the entire boat to sink. Selfish leaders, politicians, their workers, establishment and those people who only think about their own benefit are damaging the country, instead of struggling to achieve their real destination. They are following the wrong direction as influenced by world powers. As a result, they are diverted to love of this world to an extreme and are ready to do anything for material gain, whether wrong or right. No one is thinking about life after death – the abode of a permanently happy life. Our ship is being shaken by a storm. Alas, the nation is going towards destruction.

Our work should be to awaken our people, inspire our hearts and motivate the various communities living in Pakistan, and undo the damage by returning to the basics: iman (belief) and love of Allah (swt). Only Allah (swt) is our Anchor who can save the ship from sinking. First iman (belief) must be installed in the people, and then their morals should be purified. So that good deeds grow and bad deeds diminish.

Many people might, at this point, argue that the vast majority of Pakistanis already have iman – however, when we talk of iman, we should not talk of only lip service. Iman has so much to do with action: our behavior, our policies should be informed by our iman. When properly established, our iman will automatically enable us to protect the minority populations in Pakistan, just as our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) enjoined us to do. It will empower us to give due rights to every province, so that unity and brotherhood will grow. It will ensure that we will work to end injustice and corruption and create a more just and humane society, as per the guidelines of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

This, indeed, is true iman, one that is based not just on words but action as well.