ڈاکٹر احمر لاری مرحوم
۲۸؍ فروری کو پروفیسر احمر لاری بیاسی برس کی عمر میں اپنے خالق حقیقی سے جاملے، اِناﷲ وَاِنا اِلَیہ رَاجِعُون۔ وہ گورکھپور یونیورسٹی کے شعبہ اردو سے تعلق رکھنے والے قابل اور محنتی استاد تھے جن سے ان کا شعبہ، ملک میں معروف ہوا اور وہ خود پروفیسر محمود الٰہی جیسے لائق ترین صدر شعبہ کی سرپرستی و رہنمائی میں ملک کے اچھے لکھنے والوں میں شمار ہوئے۔ بظاہر نجیف و نزار بیمار نظر آتے لیکن قلم بڑا توانا تھا۔ حسرت موہانی ان کی تحقیق کا مرکز رہے، ان کا تحقیقی مقالہ جوبعدمیں کتاب کی شکل میں شائع ہوا ان کی غیرمعمولی محنت سے اپنے موضوع پر اسی طرح مصدر و مرجع بن گیا جیسا خود ان کے ایک رفیق پروفیسر افغان اﷲ خاں مرحوم کا فراق پر مقالہ تھا، حسرت موہانی سے ان کا یہ تحقیقی تعلق، مستقل رشتے میں یوں بدلا کہ انہوں نے حسرت موہانی کے تذکرہ شعراء اور ارباب سخن کوبھی مرتب کرکے شائع کیا۔ ارباب سخن کا مقدمہ ان کی تنقیدی صلاحیت کا بڑا خوبصورت آئینہ ہے جس میں اردو تذکرہ نگاری کا انہوں نے جامع اختصار سے جائزہ لیا ہے۔
ان کی کتابوں میں گلدستۂ نازنیناں، نکات سخن، غالب اور غالبیات اور اردو تنقید کا ارتقاء، نام بھی آتے ہیں۔ انہوں نے مختصر تاریخ گورکھپور بھی مرتب کی۔ ان کا اصل قصبہ لار تھا لیکن انہوں نے پیمان وفا گورکھپور سے ایسا باندھا کہ بالآخر اسی کی خاک کا حصہ ہوئے۔ بیماری آزاری کے باوجود وہاں کی علمی و ادبی مجلسوں میں ضرور شریک ہوتے، پروفیسر افغان اﷲ خاں مرحوم کے بعد ان مجلسوں میں ان کے دم سے رونق تھی۔ افسوس ان کے جانے کے بعد ویرانی کا احساس اور زیادہ ہوگا کہ محض علم و ادب کا ایک شیدائی ہی نہیں ایک ملنسار، غمگسار...
Dr. Najeeb Al-Kailani is considered one of the most famous writers who enrithed the library of Islamic Literature. He has written around forty novels, seven collections of short stories, three dramas, and fives Diwans, apart from the many critical studies in the field of Islamic Literature. It is not possible to ignore the status of AI-Kailani and his eminence in the field which he has tackled. The novels which he has produced revolve round several points: >_ In his early novels he presented different aspects of the real life in Egypt. His work also include the novels which picturize the problems of the Muslims outside the Arab World, like Central Asian States, China, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Nigeria. They also deal with the contemporary issues related to Muslims like the reformation of the society, bringing out the disturbances with all its shapes and its remedy by inviting the people with good means and Islamic values. X. r. i. They deal with Islamic History and Seerah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and his guided Caliphs
Islamic Studies is taught at undergraduate level as compulsory core subject in engineering programs following the recommendations of national educational policies of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan, but the contents of the course are only the repetition of what student had studied earlier in their course of studies from beginning, also the topics selection do not match with the cognitive maturity of learners neither their professional needs. This exploratory study was to find the need for revision in the content of Islamic Studies course at undergraduate level in engineering discipline. A cross- sectional exploratory survey was conducted to discover the needs for the topics of interest for the subject of Islamic Studies at undergraduate engineering program. Needs in the current study are considered as gaps between the existing course contents and preferred contents or topics by the respondents. The data was collected through purposive sampling from 808 research respondents of engineering (from both Public and Private Higher Education Commission (HEC) recognized, and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) institutions of Karachi as well as general universities, total 12 universities). The sample comprised of five categories: students of engineering discipline (541), teachers of engineering discipline (170), Teachers of Islamic studies (experts) teaching in Engineering discipline,Teachers (experts) of Islamic Studies that are teaching to wide range of academic disciplines (32), and engineers who are working as professionals (65). The gender representation in the sample remained 66% (male), and 34% female respondents. A questionnaire using extent data analysis technique for structure and content was developed to collect data. Face and content validity of the tool were determined firstly through self-validation, secondly it was determined through expert validation; the questionnaire was presented to three experts of Islamic studies. Against 92 items 78 items received positive agreement. Two items showed negative agreement, and fourteen items showed no agreement. Percentage of overall agreement was 0.898549_ Kappa, suggestions of one of the three experts were incorporated. Thirdly a small scale pre-test was conducted to further ensure the validity of the tool. Informal pre-test was applied on a small, non-probability sample of45 Electrical Engineering undergraduate students of 7th semester, 09 Polymer & Petrochemical Engineeringundergraduate students’ of 7th semesters and 02 graduates of Mechanical Engineering of public sector University of Engineering and Technology. Responses of 12 teachers from Electrical and Polymer & Petrochemical departments (6 from each) were also recorded. Findings of pre-test related to structure, layout and vocabulary were used to make necessary changes before the pilot study. Questionnaire was also translated into national language Urdu.It went through Expert Validation with three Language Experts. Against 85 items the percentage of overall agreement remained Kappa Po: 0.882351. All suggestions were incorporated accordingly. The questionnaire was a blend of quantitative (closed questions with a prescribed range of answers), and qualitative (two open ended) questions. In piloting phase, data was collected from 65 (47 male (72%) and 18 females (28%) respondents of public sector university of Engineering and Technology and private sectorUniversity of Engineering and Technology, the two Major public and private sector Engineering Universities. Frequency of responses showed the content validity. Data for the main study was collected in two phases: at first stage the data was collected from 808 respondents during March 2013 to July 2013. Cumulative results of hypotheses testing disclosed that nine themes out of thirteen themes received unanimous agreement from all four groups of respondents. However, four themes i.e. theme three four, nine and twelve did not receive unanimous agreement of respondents although the percentages of agreement remains higher. In response of the qualitative query regarding “suggested topics if any other than surveyed items” various topics received from respondents which were divided and merged by the researcher in the 32 appropriate themes. From the categories; 93 out of 541 (17.19%) students,24 out of 170 (13.95%) teachers of engineering discipline,19 out of 32 (59.37%) teachers of Islamic Studies discipline, and 15 out of 65 (23.07%) engineering professionals proposed topics of repetitive nature. Either these were already in the survey form or proposed by respondents uniformly. Subjective analysis revealed that interest of society is influenced by the socio-political aspects of the country.124 out of 541 students, 62 out of 170 teachers of engineering discipline, and 15 out of 65 professionals commented positively in response to last opinionated question. After analyzing the data, it was presented to three subject experts for endorsement at second stage. Experts endorsed the final list of topics presented to them for comments. Each of them positively commented towards the research outcomes. Thirdly, data was also collected from 90 participants (professional Engineers) working in core fields outside Karachi. At the time of data collection (July, 2013), these Professionals were working with private sector Limited Company. This further validated the results. The finding of the study proves the notion of needs as gaps. Cumulative results indicates thatnine themes out of thirteen themes are taken as ‘needs of the research participants’ across categories while significant variation in agreement observed for the remaining four themes with above 75% agreement . Moreover, comments received from participants proved their interest towards subject of Islamic Studies as academic discipline.