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معرفتِ ذکر اور عرفانؔ

معرفتِ ذکر اور عرفان
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کسی بھی چیز کو جانے اور سمجھے بغیر اس کے بارے میں تأثر نہیں دیا جا سکتا اور تأثر کا اچھا ذریعہ الفاظ ہوتے ہیں۔الفاظ کا تقاضا بھی ان کی معرفت ہوتی ہے۔الفاظ کی معرفت نہ ہو تو اظہار بھی اچھا نہ ہو سکے گا۔اظہار تحریر کی صورت میں ہو تو اس کے لئے دو اصناف’’نثر‘‘ اور ’’نظم‘‘ ہیں۔نثر کے ذریعے اظہار کرنے والے کو نثر نگار اور نظم کے ذریعے اظہار کرنے والے کو شاعر کہا جاتا ہے۔عربی زبان کا مقولہ ہے’’الشعراء تلامیذ الرحمان‘‘ شعراء اللہ کے شاگرد ہوتے ہیں۔انسان کو اللہ کی بخشی ہوئی عقل سلیم کا تقاضا یہ ہے کہ انسان اللہ کی بخشی ہوئی صلاحیت سے مالک کی حمد کرکے ایسی شاعری کرے جس سے پروردگار راضی ہو۔
خالقِ ارض و سماء اپنی مخلوقات میں سب سے زیادہ جس تخلیق کو اہمیت دیتا ہے وہ اس کے محبوب محمد مصطفیؐ کی ذات ہے۔فرشتوں کو ساتھ لے کر اُنؐ کی ذات پر درودپڑھتا ہے اور اہل ایمان کو درود کا حکم دیتا ہے۔اُنؐ کو محبت کا مرکز بنا دیا۔اُنؐ کی مدح سرائی میں ہدایت کی کتاب’’قرآن‘‘نازل کیا۔پروردگار جس شاعری سے سب سے زیادہ راضی ہو گا وہ اس کے محبوب کی تعریف و توصیف ہے جسے اہل ادب نے نعت کا نام دیا ہے۔
نعت کہنے کے لئے لازم ہے کہ سرورِ عالمؐ کی ذات کو جاننے اور سمجھنے کی کوشش کی جائے۔دوسرے لفظوں میں حضورؐ کا عرفان حاصل کیا جائے۔نعت کی کتاب’’ورفعنا کی صدا‘‘ کے مصنف محترم عرفان علی صاحب ایک مدرس ہیں اور صاحبِ عرفان بھی ہیں۔اُن کے والدِ محترم سچے عاشقِ رسولؐ ہیں اُن سے وراثت میں عشقِ رسولؐ کی دولت نصیب ہوئی۔پروردگار کی عطا سے اسی کی رضا کے لئے نعت کہتے ہیں۔اللہ بھی راضی،اللہ کا محبوب بھی راضی۔
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Democratic Attitude of Youth Evidence from Pakistan

Since the Arab spring, youth have been politically active in Asia through various modes. Regime revolution or failed takeover on 15 July 2016, in Turkey is its vibrant example. However, it’s unfortunate that the political perception, intention or attitude of youth towards democracy have not been included in the process of policy making. As a result, youth activism in politics remained unrecognized. Therefore, present work is an effort to explore democratic attitude of youth in Pakistan. The state of Pakistan has been selected because 64 % of her population comprises youth. Current study examines democratic attitude through four major independent variables: economic growth, democratic values, public participation and political stability. Data was collected from the respondents who were in between 18-35 years of age by distributing a survey questionnaire which was adopted from the literature. Data was analyzed through SPSS version 24.0. Result of the study suggests that all the developed hypotheses were accepted. Additionally, study finds that despite massive corruption, social injustice, favoritism, nepotism, political instability, economic crisis and many other problems, Pakistani youth overwhelmingly considers democracy, as the potential form of government and dislike any alternative of it. Current study may be the first stone in the stagnant water not only in measuring democratic attitude of young generation but it will also help them to understand what sort of democracy is needed in Pakistan.

Biogenic Synthesis, Characterization and Pharmacological Evaluation of Nano-Particles Prepared by Using the Extracts of Arisaema Jacquemontii, Hedera Nepalensis and Valeriana Jatamansi

Nanobiotechnology and green synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) are novel and efficient alternatives for synthesis of metal NPs using extracts of medicinal plants. Arisaema jacquemontii (family: Araceae), Hedera nepalensis (family: Araliaceae) and Valariana jatamansi (family: Valerianaceae) are important medicinal plants of Himalayas and Kashmir. A. jacquemontii has anti-proliferative property and is traditionally used as snakebite antidote, ringworm killer and to treat skin diseases. Leaf juice of H. nepalensis is given in dyspepsia and leaves paste is applied on ulcers. V. jatamansi is used as tranquilliser, carminative, anti-inflammatory, expectorant and muscle relaxant. The aim of the present study was to investigate the green synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles (NPs) and pharmacological evaluation of the three plants. Methanolic extract solution (50mg/100ml de-ionized water) of selected parts of the test plants was used to synthesize gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). Methanolic extract was mixed with gold chloride (AuCl3) solution (0.1 mM concentration) in 3:1 ratios to produce AuNPs from A. jacquemontii tuber and 4:1 ratios for AuNPs from the rest of the samples. To synthesize AgNPs from tubers, 0.1mM AgNO3 was mixed with extract at 1:5 ratios. AgNPs were formed from H. nepalensis stem and leaves at 1:5 and 1:2 ratios respectively. AgNPs of V. jatamansi root and shoot were synthesized at 1:10 and 1:5 ratios respectively. Preliminary observation of synthesis of NPs was carried out by visual detection of color change from light yellow to dark purple and dark yellow/brown for AuNPs and AgNPs synthesis respectively. UV-vis spectrophotometric analysis further confirmed the synthesis of AgNPs and AuNPs by showing SPR peak in 400-500nm and 500-600nm range respectively. Temperature and salt stability studies of AgNPs and AuNPs revealed the stability of NPs at 20-40°C temperature and at milimolar salt concentration. FTIR confirmed the involvement of mainly carboxylic acid/phenol, tertiary alcohol, alkene, alkane and alcohol of plant extracts in reduction of Au-metal to form AuNPs. XRD analysis revealed that all AuNPs were crystalline in nature and the average nanocrystallite size for AuNPs synthesized from all three test plants was in the range of 6.23nm-10.92nm. Crystals were cubic in nature. SEM analysis revealed average size of 36nm, 32nm, 29nm, 25nm and 24nm for tubers, stem, leaves, root and shoot nanosphere AuNPs. According to XRD data, synthesized AgNPs were mainly crystalline in nature. SEM results reported size of synthesized AgNPs in 30nm-49nm range. AgNPs of all the samples were spherical in shape. FTIR analysis revealed the involvement of mainly alkenes, carboxylic acids, ether and aromatic ring (aryl) groups in reduction of Ag-metal. Overall among all the tested microbes, P. aeruginosa was the most sensitive microbe (62-88% growth inhibition) followed by C. albicans (59-82% growth inhibition). The most resistant bacterium was K. pneumonia (35-47% growth inhibition). V. jatamansi showed better antimicrobial activities than the other two tested plant species. AgNPs reported greater antimicrobial activity than AuNPs. Among all the tested extracts, generally, n-butanol fractions and methanolic crude extracts showed higher antioxidant activity. NPs also reported their antioxidant potential. Phytochemical screening of extracts indicated the presence of several bioactive compounds in the extract including flavonoids, sterols, saponins, tannins, alkaloids and oils in different extracts of different parts of all the three test plant species. On the basis of these results it is evident that all the three plants can be used for stable and active NPs synthesis that posses antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. Extracts of test plants also revealed antifungal, antibacterial and antioxidant properties due to the presence of bioactive compounds in it.
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