Your Role in This Hour of Crisis
By Salim Mastan
Fremont, California
I have been watching the news and programs on Geo TV and reading the Pakistani newspapers. It seems that the TV has nothing to show except negative news. Nothing else.
There is no one who is standing up to proclaim, “We will turn the tide, the country is great, we will make it greater, we will make the needed sacrifices for the sake of our kids, yes, we WILL turn the tide.”
During the critical days of World War II the British people were being bombed every night yet they did not say we should surrender. Instead, Winston Churchill bravely resolved, "We shall fight them on the beaches, we will fight them on the streets but we will never surrender"
Why are the people of Pakistan only talking negative, why is the press and the TV talking so pessimistically? This is the time to heal and nurture hope. Nations either become great or crumble – their ultimate fate depends upon the verve and zest of the intelligentsia. Now is the time to demonstrate that the pen is mightier than the sword.
True, This! —
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold
The arch-enchanters wand! — itself a nothing! —
But taking sorcery from the master-hand
To paralyze the Cæsars, and to strike
The loud earth breathless! — Take away the sword —
States can be saved without it! |
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The first step is to look around and see what is available. Read Surah Rahman, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0UullPIXVA Then which of the favors of the Lord will you deny?
There are too many things Allah SWt has given to Pakistan. Lead the people to the promised land, please stop projecting the gloom and doom picture. It is still not too late.
Give the people and the children of Pakistan hope and reassure them that they live in one of the greatest countries of the world. May Allah SWT protect Pakistan. Ameen.
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