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شمس العلماء عبدالرحمن شاطرؔ

شمس العلماء عبدالرحمان شاطرؔ مرحوم
دکن ٹائمز مدراس میں یہ پڑھ کر بہت افسوس ہوا کہ مدراس کے مشہور و ممتاز فلسفی شاعر مولانا شاطرؔ کا وسط اپریل ۱۹۴۳؁ء میں انتقال ہوگیا۔
ارکاٹ احاطۂ مدراس میں اسلامی علم و تمدن کی فراموش شدہ تاریخ کا ایک ورق ہے، نواب ارکاٹ کا محل ارکاٹ کے جنگی خاتمہ کے بعد خود شہر مدراس ہے، شمس العلماء عبدالرحمان شاطر اسی برج فلکی کے آفتاب تھے، عمر ستر کے قریب ہوگی، اردو، عربی، فارسی اور انگریزی زبانوں سے واقف تھے، نواب صاحب ارکاٹ کے سکریٹری بھی تھے اور مدراس ہائیکورٹ میں مترجم بھی رہے تھے، گو وطن مدراس تھا، مگر ۱۹۰۱؁ء اور ۱۹۰۳؁ء میں حیدرآباد دکن کے بزم علمی میں اس کے شریک تھے، جب مولانا شررؔ اور داغؔ اور گرامیؔ حیدرآباد کی زینت تھے، وہ ان کی مجلسوں میں شریک ہوتے تھے اور ان سے اپنے ذوقِ ادب کی پرورش کرتے تھے اور اسی زمانہ سے وہ مولانا کے قریب رہنے والوں اور قریب سے جاننے والوں میں تھے اور ان کی وہی محبت تھی جو حضرت الاستاذ کی وراثت میں مجھے ملی تھی۔
عبدالرحمان مرحوم شاعر تھے، شاطرؔ تخلص کرتے تھے، اشعار حکیمانہ اور فلسفیانہ کہتے تھے، قطعات، رباعیات اور قصائد موزوں کرتے تھے، جدید سائنس اور فلسفہ کے مسائل کو اسلامی الٓہیات سے تطبیق دیتے تھے، زبان سخت تھی اور مشکل الفاظ کے استعمال سے ان کو پرہیز نہ تھا، ان کی سب سے مشہور فلسفیانہ نظم ’’اعجازِ عشق‘‘ ہے، جو ایک طویل رائیہ قصیدہ ہے جس میں جدید و قدیم فلسفیانہ مسائل و آراء سے الہیات اسلامیہ کی تفسیر و تشریح کی ہے یہ نظم ۱۹۰۴؁ء میں لکھی گئی تھی اور اس زمانہ کے تمام اکابر و مشاہیر مولانا حالی،مولاناشبلی، مولانا نذیر احمد، مولوی ذکاء اﷲ خاں، نواب عمادالملک، مولوی سیداکبر حسین، پروفیسر عبدالغفور شہباز، امجد...

Shrinking Civic Space in Pakistan: Response and Strategies of the Civil Society

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