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نگاہِ شوق کا قبلہ مدینہ


نگاہِ شوق کا قبلہ مدینہ
الٰہی! ہم کو بھی دکھلا مدینہ

مری چشمِ تصوّر رو پڑی ہے
مری پلکوں پہ آ ٹھہرا مدینہ

سعادت سے ہیں یہ محروم اب تک
نِگاہوں نے نہیں دیکھا مدینہ

کہاں میں عبدِ عاصی اور وہ نگری
’’کہاں میں ہوں کہاں پیارا مدینہ؟‘‘

خدایا! آرزو بَر آئے میری
میں دیکھوں پیارے آقاؐ کا مدینہ

مری راہوں میں قدسی پَر بچھائیں
مری منزل بنے ، مکّہ ، مدینہ

مقامِ حسرت و توفیق یکجا
نجانے کیسے دیکھوں گا مدینہ

مطبوعہ پاکستانی مصاحف سے متعلق چند فنی مسائل کا جائزہ

Error-free printing of Qur’ānic Text is a collective duty of all Muslims. The fact remains that Muslims have performed this duty with devotion and rightly. They also arranged sittings to discuss "Rasm" and " Ḍabt"(رسم اور ضبط) to understand the crux of matter and provide an expression to the most authentic text. No Muslim can intentionally commit any kind of mistake in the text of Qur’ān. However, such possibilities of error cannot be denied due to negligence and inadvertency. The Ministry for Religious Affairs has made it obligatory for all the printing institutions of Qur’ānic text to follow the model of the Qur’ānic manuscript, produced by Anjman Ḥimāyat-e-Islām, yet many Qur’ānic manuscripts with errors are present in the market. Such manuscripts are not only present in some mosques, but also recited. It causes problems in recitation of those verses and might changing the meaning of them. This article points out such scriptures and errors, so it can be identified and to take steps for preventive measures for such errors in future. This article also suggests some policies and strategies for publishing of Qur’ān for avoiding misprints errors.

Cultural Heritage Resources of the Neelum Valley: Challenges and Opportunities

The aim of this study is to document the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Neelum Valley. Furthermore, it intends to examine the impending threats to these cultural resources and also explores the potential means to utilize them for social development of this conflictridden area of Neelum Valley. The study confirms the antiquity of the area and determines chronological order through archaeological discoveries, which is noted to have begun from Pre- historic period 4th Millennium BCE, up to 18th CE. Archaeological sites, epigraphic records, ethno archaeology and cultural material reveal that the valley was inhabited by a civilization which had rich forms of cultural wealth. The intangible cultural heritage has been examined as reflected in crafts, cuisines, dresses, languages, traditional skills, wooden architectures, cultural spaces and continuity of traditions. The study further underscores that these heritage resources are fading out due to the human vandalism in the form of unregulated tourism, cross border firing, war and excessive commercialization in the Neelum Valley. In addition to this, the natural causes of threats range from natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, typhoons to effects of climatic changes. Ignorance about the heritage value and inappropriate protection measures can have a devastating impact on theses cultural heritage resources. Effective protection and preservation of the cultural heritage resources will help promoting heritage tourism which will in turn, generate economic activities in the region. The practical implication of the study is the proposed options of heritage tourism across divide, to bring social development in the area.
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