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Unit#01:Vi
sionandMission
Readingsel
ecti
on1.
1 THEFAREWELLSERMON(
Speech)
ProphetMohammad( Peacebeuponhi
m)
StudyQuest i
ons: -
Q1.Whenandwher edidTheHol yPr ophet( S.A.W)del iverhi sl astser mon?
Ans: TheHol yPr ophet( S. A. W)del iveredhi sf arewel lser monont he9t hdayofDhul
Hijj
ah10A. H.( 632C.E)i nt heUr anahv all
eyofMountAr af at( inMecca) ,att heendof
hisf i
rstandl astpi lgri
maget oMakkah.Thi smoment ousaddr esswhi chhegav eis
knownast he‘ Farewel lSer mon’ (Khut ba-eHaj j
atul -Wi da) .Al argenumberofpeopl e
assembl edov ert hereatt heoccasi on.
Q2.Whom di dTheHol yPr ophet( S.A. W)askt or epeatt heser monsent enceby
sent enceaf terhi m andwhy ?
Ans: TheHol yPr ophet( S. A. W)appoi ntedhi st rustwor thyandpi ousf oll
ower“ Rab’ ahI bn
Umay yaI bnKhal af ”whowasf amousf orhi sloudv oice, tor epeatt heser monsent ence
bysent enceaf terhi m.Itwasahugepr ocessi onofov er120, 000pi lgri
msandhi sv oice
coul dnotr eachoutt oallt hosewhower epr esent .Themessageoft heHol yPr ophet
(S.A.W)wassoi mpor t
antt hathewant edt oconv eyi tt oal lhi sf oll
ower s.
Q3.St atei ny ourownwor dsdi dTheHol yPr ophet( S.A. W)sayaboutt hel ifeand
Proper tyofMusl im Br ethr en?
Ans: TheHol yPr ophet( S. A. W)sai d, “Yourlivesandpr oper tiesar esacr edt rustamongst
you, sor etur nthet hi
ngst ot heirrightfulowner s”.TheHol yPr ophet( S.A. W)f orbadet he
peopl efrom t akingt hel i
vesandpr oper t
iesofot her s.He( S.A. W)sai dthatal lthe
believersar ebr othersandt heyar enotal lowedt oconf iscat eort akeany t
hingoft hei r
Musl im br other sunl awf ullyorf orcef ull
y,unlesst heygi v ei tt ot hem wi llingly.
Q4.Whatdi dTheHol yPr ophet( S. A.W)i nst r
uctt hepeopl ewi thr egar dt ot heirwomen?
Ans: TheHol yPr ophet( S. A. W)inst ructedt hepeopl et obeki ndandaf fect i
onat et ot heir
women.Hesai d, “Youhav er i
ghtsov eryourwi vesandy ourwi veshav er ightsov ery ou”.
TheHol yPr ophet( S.
A.W)sai dthatt heyshoul dremembert hatt heyhav et akent hem as
theirwiv esonl yunderAl lah’ strustandwi thhi sper mi ssi on.Womenhav ebeenst ated
thepar tner sandcommi ttedhel per st omen.Menhav et of eedandcl othet hem.
Q5.WhatdidTheHolyProphet(
S.A.
W)sayaboutt
hesuper
iori
tyofoneindi
vidualover
anot
her?Whatitdependsupon?
Ans:TheHolyPr
ophetMohammad( S.
A.W)sai
daboutt
hesuperi
ori
tyofoneindiv
idual
overanot heri nthesewor ds, “Al
lmanki ndisf rom Adam andEv e.Ther
ei snopr eference
foranAr abov ert henon- Arabnort henon- Arabov eranAr ab.Awhi tehasnomer itov er
abl ack,simi larl
yabl ackcannotcl aim anysuper iorit
yov erawhi t
e”.Noonei ssuper ior
toot heront hebasi sofcast e,raceandcol our. “
Super i
orit
yandpr efer
enceonl ydepends
onPi etyandGoodact ions”.
Q6.Whatdi dhesayabout“ KhatmeNabuwwat ”?
Ans: TheHol yPr ophet( S.A.W)ist hel astProphetofAl lah.Noot herProphetwi llcome
afterhim.Hesai dabout“ Khat meNabuwwat ”inthesewor ds, “Opeopl enoPr ophetor
messengershal lcomeaf terme.Iam t helastprophetofGodandnonewf aithwi l
l
emer ge”.Thepr ocessandr outi
neofappoi ntingprophet sandmessenger sbyAl might y
All
ahhasbeent ermi natedandseal ed.Noonewi llbeappoi ntedasPr ophetaf terhim.
HisPr ophethoodwi llcont i
nueunt ilthe“DayofJudgment ”.
Q7.Whatdi dTheHol yProphet( S. A.W)askt hepeopl etowar dst heendoft heser mon?
Ans: Towar dst heendoft heser mon, t
heHol yPr ophet(S.A. W)askedt hepeopl eifhe
hadf ait
hf ullydeliv er
edhi smessageunt othem.Thousandsofpeopl erepli
edl oudl yand
withonev oicethathehad.Vi brantwor ds“AllahummaNa’ am”echoedl i
ket hunder
throughoutt hev al l
ey.TheHol yPr ophet( S.A.W)r ai
sedhi sf orefingerandsai d: “OAl l
ah
bearwi tnesst hatIhav econv eyedy ourmessaget oy ourpeopl e”.
Q8:Whatwasthesigni
fi
canceofthev
ersesreci
tedbyt
heHolyProphet(S.A.
W)?One
t
radi
ti
onhasi
tthatAbuBakrSiddi
q(RA)cri
edwhenheheardtheseverses.Why?And
whydidt
heHolyProphetsayt
hathemaynotbeamongsthispeoplethey earaf
ter
?
ANS: TheHol yProphetreci
tedversesaboutt
hecompl et
ionofI
slam,whichhe
hadjustreceived.Thereli
gionI
slam hasbeenselect
edandcompl et
edbyAllah
Almightyfol
lowingwhichonecansucceedi nthisworldaswell
asi nthe
hereaft
er.
HazratAbuBakr( R.A.
)wast heclosestcompanionoftheHolyPr
ophetandhe
weptasheper ceivedfrom t
hev ersesthatt
heHolyProphethadf
ulf
il
ledhi
sduty
ofdeli
veri
ngthereligi
onofAl l
ahtot hepeopleandwil
lsoonbedepar
tingt
omeet
All
ahAlmighty.TheHol yProphetsaidthat“hemaynotbeamongsthispeopl
e
theyearaft
er”ashehadf or
eseenhi simminentdeat
h.
Q9.Ther
eisonl
yoneclauseaboutworshi
ppingAll
ah.Therestareal
laboutther
ights
ofmenandwomenandhowt heyshoul
dliv
ei nt
hesociet
yandt hei
robl
igat
ionswith
regar
dtooneanot
her
.Whyi sther
emor eemphasisonmani nsociet
y?

ANS: Thepreserv
ationofasoci alor
derdependsoni tsmember sstri
ctl
yadheri
ng
toIsl
amicpr i
nci
ples.Coll
ect i
vemor ali
tyisexpressedinQur ani ntermsof
equal
ity,
justi
ce,f
airness,brotherhood,mercy,compassi on, sol
idari
tyand
fr
eedom ofchoice.TheHol yProphetemphasi zedther i
ghtsoft hemenand
womenast heyweret oresideint hi
swor l
dinawayt hatAllahwant edandhe
bel
ievedthatitwasimpor tantforMusl i
mst oincorporat
et het eachi
ngsofAllah
 i
ntot
hei
rdai
lyact
ionsi
nor
dertoavoi
dhur
ti
ngany
one,
sincei
ntheend,
they
woul
dbeaccount
ablef
ort
hei
racti
ons.
Q10:Whatdot
her
eli
giousschol
arsoft
odayemphasi
zemostof
tenupon?Whathasi
t
r
esul
tedi
n?
ANS: Thescholarsoft odayemphasi zeuponwor shippingAl l
ahbybr i
ngingtoli
ght
theimportanceofprayingf i
vetimesadayandf ollowingot herpil
l
arsofI sl
am.They
donotgiv easmuchi mpor tancetot hebasi cmor alvalueslikeequalit
y,j
usti
ce,
fair
ness,brot
herhood,mer cy,compassi on,andt heobl i
gationsandt he
responsi
bili
ti
esthatthemenandwomenhav einthesoci ety.Unli
kewhatt he
Prophetsaidinthelastsermon, theschol arsdonotpayheedt oensur i
ngthatthe
peopleshouldalsoincorporateIslami cteachingsi ntotheirdailyl
iv
es.Ther esul
tis
thatpeoplearepiousyetunf ai
thfuli
nt heirnormal dealings.
Q11:Whathast
heHol
yPr
ophet(
S.A.
W)sai
daboutwomenandsl
avesi
nhi
slast
addr
ess?
TheHol
ANS: yPr
ophet(
S.A.
W)i
nst
ruct
edt
hepeopl
etobeki
ndandaf
fect
ionat
etot
hei
r
women.Hesai dthattheyshouldremembert hattheyhavetakenthem asthei
rwives
onl
yunderAl lah’
strustandwi t
hhispermissi
on.Womenhav ebeenstat
edthepar t
ners
andcommi ttedhelperstomen.Menhav etof eedandclothethem.Aboutslaves,
the
Holyprophetclearl
ystatedthatifyouhaveslavesorservants,heorsheshouldeatthe
samef oodasy ouandweart hesameclothesasy ou.Anexampl eofthi
sfeaturewas
HazratBil
al(R.A)andhishighpodium inIsl
am.

Readi
ngsel
ect
ion1.
2 JI
NNAH’
SVI
SIONOFPAKI
STAN(
SPEECH)
MohammadALIJINNAH
St
udyQuesti
ons:
-
Q1.Whenandwheredi
dMuhammadAl
iJi
nnahdel
iv
ert
hisspeech?
Ans:MuhammadAl iJi
nnah,thefoundingfatherofPakistanandt hegreatestpol
i
tical
l
eaderoftheMusli
msoft hesubconti
nentdel i
veredthisunforgett
ableandhistor
ical
speechon11thofAugust,1947inKar achi
.Headdr essedthef i
rstConsti
tuent
AssemblyofPaki
stanasthefir
stGov ernorGeneralofPakistan.
Q2.Whattwofunct
ionsofConst
it
uentAssembl
ydi
dMuhammadAl
iJi
nnahr
efert
oin
t
hebeginni
ngofhisspeech?
Ans:MuhammadAl iJinnahmani f
estedtwomai nfuncti
ons, t
heConsti
tuentAssembly
hadtoperfor
m.Thefirstfunct
ionoftheAssembl ywast oframethefutureConsti
tut
ion
ofPaki
stan.TheQuaidtoldthemember sofConst i
tuentAssemblythattheyneededto
workver
yhar dandshowgr eatsenseofresponsibi
li
tyfortheeff
ecti
veper f
ormanceof
thi
stask.Thesecondfunct
ionoftheConsti
tuentAssembl
ywast oplayi
tsr
oleas
completel
ysoverei
gnandindependentbodyastheFeder
alLegi
slat
ureofPaki
stan.
Q3.Whatdi
dhesayaboutt
hef
ir
stf
unct
ionoft
heAssembl
y?
Ans: I
nt hebeginni
ngofhisspeechhesai dthatthefi
rstfuncti
onoftheAssembl ywas
tofr
amet hefut
ureConsti
tuti
onofPakistan.TheQuaidtoldthemember sofConst ituent
Assembl ythatt
heyneededt oworkhardandshowgr eatsenseofr esponsibi
li
tyforthe
eff
ectiveper for
manceoft hi
staskasitwast heneedofnewbor ncountr
y.He
ment i
onedsomeoft hosepr i
nci
pleswhichwouldprovidebaset otheconstit
uti
onof
Pakistan.Thesepr i
nci
plesincl
udedmaintaini
nglawandor derandpr ovi
dingcompl ete
fr
eedom andequal i
tyt
oal lt
hecit
izensofPakist
an.
Q4.Whatdi
dhesayaboutsecondf
unct
ion?
Ans: Aboutthesecondf uncti
onQuaid-e-
Azam saidthattheConsti
tuentAssemblyis
supremei nrankandaut horit
y.Thesecondfuncti
onoft heConsti
tuentAssemblywasto
playitsrol
eascompl etelysoverei
gnandindependentbodyast heFederalLegi
slat
ureof
Pakistan.Hehopedt hatthisAssemblywouldtakeenoughmeasur estoel
iminat
eall
socialevil
s.
Q5.Whatl
egacydoesMuhammadAl
iJi
nnahr
efert
oinhi
sspeech?
Ans: MuhammadAl iJi
nnahref
erstolegacyofgr eatevilsli
ke‘nepoti
sm’ andJobber y
whi chhavebeenpassedont ous.Heclarif
ieshispositionthathewoul dnev ertoler
ate
anyki ndofnepoti
sm andJobberyoranyinfluencedirectlyorindi
rect
ly.Heal sotell
s
clearl
ythathewouldnotallowothergovernmentof fi
cialstoindulgei
nt heseatanyl evel
,
l
oworhi gh.Heexpressedcomplet
edisli
kef orthi
sattitude.Hesai dt
hatt hefir
stand
foremostdut yoft
hegov er
nmentistoeliminatetheseev il
s.
Q6.Whatar
etheQuai
d’sv
iewsaboutt
hedi
vi
sionofI
ndi
a?
Ans: Ji
nnah’sviewsaboutdi v
isionofIndi
awer eclearandstraightfor
war d.Hesai dthat
therearemanypeopl ewhodonotagr eewiththedivi
sionofIndiabutnowi tshouldbe
accepted.Quaidt er
medt hedivisi
onofIndiaasmi ghtyrevol
utionwhichis
unprecedented.Hesai dthatthedivi
sionwast heonlysoluti
ont oIndi
a’sconst i
tut
ional
problems.TheI deaofUni t
edIndiacouldneverhav eworkedandwoul dhav eledtoa
terr
if
icdisaster
.Hef urt
hersay sthatt
hefuturehistor
ywoul djusti
fyit
.
Q7.Whatdoeshesayaboutt
hemi
nor
it
ies?
Ans:Inhisspeecht heQuaid-
e-Azam didnotnegl ectt
herightsofminorit
ies.He
fav
our edthem bysay i
ngthatthemi nori
ti
esar etheci
ti
zensofthisstateofPaki st
an
wit
hequal r
ight
s,priv
il
egesandobl i
gations.Theyarefreetoprofessthei
rreli
gionand
gotot hei
rrespecti
veplacesofwor shipinthedomi ni
onofPakistan.Bothmaj orit
ies
andmi nori
ti
esshoul dworktogetherasf i
rst
,secondandl astci
ti
zensofPaki stan.
Reli
gion,caste,
colourandcreedhav egotnot hingtodowi t
hthebusinessoft hest at
e.
OR
“Youarefreetogotoyourt
emples:
youar
efreetogotoanypl
aceofworshi
pint
he
stateofPakist
an.Youmaybel
ongtoanyr
eli
gionorcast
eweareal
lci
ti
zensandequal
cit
izensofthestat
e”

Q8.Whatki
ndoffr
eedom doesMuhammadAl
iJi
nnahenv
isi
onf
ort
hepeopl
eof
Paki
stani
ngener
al?
Ans: Accordingtot hev i
sionofMuhammadAl iJi
nnahthef reedom forthepeopleof
Pakistaningener almeanst hatinthedomi nionofthePaki stantheli
ves,propert
iesand
bel
iefsofi t
ssubj ectswoul dbef ul
lypr ot
ected.Al
l t
hecommuni tiesandsect i
onsof
peoplewoul denjoyt hef ullf
reedom ofequal ri
ghts,pr
ivi
leges,andobl i
gationsas
ci
ti
zensoft hisstate.Heal soenv i
sionedacompl eterel
igiousf r
eedom, inwhich
i
ndividualswoul dbef reet ogot otheirmosques,templesoranyot herplaceofwor shi
p.
Q9.WhatdoesM.
AJinnahmeanby“ Hi
nduswoul
dceaset
obeHi
ndus,
andMusl
i
ms
woul
dceasetobeMusli
ms”?Expl
ain.
Ans: MuhammadAl iJinnahsaysinhisspeecht hatint hecour seoftime“ Hinduswoul d
ceaset obeHindus, andMusl imswoul dceaset obeMusl i
ms” .Hewant edtosayt hatall
woul dbeequalcitizensofPakistan.Religi
onistheper sonal mat t
erofev eryindi
vidual
orgroupbutpoliticall
yt heywouldbet hecit
izensoft hestate.Theywoul denjoyfull
fr
eedom andt heirfundament alri
ghtswoul dbepr otectedbyt hestate.Theser emar ks
didnotmeant hatbot hthe‘Hi
ndus’andt he‘Musli
ms’ wouldloset heirseparate
i
dent i
ti
es.Si
mpl ybot hwi ll
worktogetherforthepr osperi
tyofPaki stanasi t
sequal
ci
tizens.
Q10.Makeal
istoft
hef
undament
alpr
inci
plest
hatcompr
iseJi
nnah’
svi
sionof
Paki
stan?
ANS: Jinnahv isualizedPakistanasamoder ndemocrati
cSt ate,
baseduponI sl
ami c
pri
nciples.Heenv isionedthattherewouldbecompl et
ejusticeandequali
tyforallthe
i
ndividuals.Het ol
dt hepeoplet hatPr
ejudi
ce,i
llwi
ll
,part
ial
ityandfavori
ti
sm arenothis
pri
nciples.Al l
t hesect i
onsoft hepeoplewouldbeabletopr acti
cethei
rownr eli
gious
bel
iefs.Paki stanwoul dbeani dealst
atefr
eefrom t
heev il
sandcur seofbri
bery,
corr
upt i
on, nepot i
sm andj obberyandonedayi twouldbecomeagr eat
estnationofthe
world.
Q11.Havi
ngreadJi
nnah’
svi
sionofPaki
stan,andthel
istoff
undament
alpr
inci
ples
t
hatyoumadeinanswert
oquesti
on10abov e,say
;
a.Whathav
eweachi
evedandwhatnotwi
thr
egar
dtoJi
nnah’
svi
sionofPaki
stan?
b.Dowehav
ethePaki
stant
hatJi
nnahwant
ed?WhyYesorwhynot
?
c.Wher
edi
dwegoast
rayasr
egar
dtoachi
evi
ngt
hePaki
stant
hatJi
nnahwant
ed
 f
orus?
ANS: Accor dingt othev isi
onofJi nnah,itcanbesai dthatcert
ainpri
ncipleshav ebeen
takenunderconsi derat
ionbutt heyhavenotbeenf ull
yestabli
shedti
llnow.Apr operl
aw
andor dersy stem hasbeensetupbutduet oitsinadequat ei
mplement ati
on,itdoesnot
havet heposi ti
v eeffectswhichJi nnahexpect edf r
om i t
.Simil
arl
y,t
hef actor
st hat
Jinnahwi shedt oeradicatesuchasbr i
bery,corruption,nepoti
sm andjobberyar esti
ll
foundi nthegov ernmentsy stem today,thuscausi nggr eatdamaget ocountryinall
aspect s.Thepr incipl
eofuni t
yment i
onedbyJi nnahal socouldnotbef ull
yachievedas
therear esti
llflawst hatneedt obecor rected.Inanut shellwecansaywehav egone
astrayinnotf ol l
owingt hegoldenpr i
nciplesofourdy namicleader.
Q12.I twoul
dappearthatwe,asPaki
stani
s,hav
efai
ledtoachi
evethevi
sionoft
he
fatheroft
henat
ion,sofar:whati
sthebestwaynowf orust
oreal
isehi
svisi
on?
Discuss
Whatshoul
dwedot
omakePaki
stanast
abl
eandpr
osper
ouscount
ry?
ANS; Thiscount rywasf oundedi nthenameofI slam.Thebestwayt orealizeQuaid’s
visionandmakePaki stanast ableaswel laspr osperouscount ryistofollowthegol den
rulesofQur anandSunnah.Ourbi ggestfl
awi st hatwehav edev i
atedf r
om t hepathof
Islam.Weneedt obeeducat ed,civi
li
zed,rel
igiouslyenli
ghtenedandmustr espectthe
rightsofot hers.Onlyi nt hi
swayt heevil
sprev ai
linginoursocietyi.einj
ust i
ce,
cor ruption, i
ndiscri
minat ioncouldbeer adicated.Anef fect
ive,impar t
ialandindependent
j
udi cial system mustbeest abli
shedandev eryonewhet herrichorpoor ,highorlow,
pr i
vileged, orunpr i
vi
leged, mustal lbetakeni ntot r
ial
incaseofv i
olat
ion.

Unit#01:Visi
onandMi
ssi
on
Readingsel
ecti
on1.
3THEBLADESOFGRASS
StephenCrane
Q.Readt
hefir
stst
anza.WhatdoesGodaskt
hel
it
tl
ebl
adesofgr
ass?Whatdot
he
bl
adesofgr
asssayinresponse?
Ans:OnthedayofjudgementGodsummonedbl adesofgr assandaskedthem about
thei
rdeedsandacti
onsonear t
h.Theyal
li
mpati
entlyst
artedtorel
atethei
ractionsand
boastedthei
rvi
rt
uousdeeds.Onlyonebl
adeofgrassstoodasideandfeltashamedof
whathehaddonei nthi
sworld.
Q.Readthesecondst
anza.Whatdoest
heli
ttl
ebl
adeofgr
asssaywheni
tis
addr
essedbyGod?WhywasGodmov edbythebl
ade’
sanswer
?
Ans:Afterl
isteni
ngt
ot heconcei
tedandpr etenti
ousbladesofgrass,Godaskedthe
l
itt
lebl
adewhowasst andi
ngquietlybehindothersandseemedqui teashamedof
hi
mself.Her epli
edt
hathecoul dn’trecal
lanyv i
rt
uousdeedthathehaddone.Ont he
contr
ary,hehadabittermemor yofhi sbaddeedsonl y
.Godwasmov edbyt hebl
ade’
s
answerbecauseGodl ikeshumi l
i
tyandr epentance.Hewasv er
ymuchpl easedwit
hhis
conf
essi
onandcal
l
edhi
mthebestamongstal
l
.
Q.Thispoem usesapersoni
fi
cati
on.Personi
fi
cati
onistal
kingaboutinani
mateand
abst
ractobj
ectsasift
heywer ehuman.Whydoest hepoetusebladesofgrassto
communicatesuchafundamentalidea?Whydidn’
theusemant oconveyhisi
dea?
ANS:Thepoetusesat r
ivi
alobjectofnat uret ocommuni cat
ehi sideabecausehewant s
toemphasizethequalit
yofhumbl eness.Gr assneverrai
seshi ghabovet hesurfaceand
i
susuall
ytrampledunderman’ sf eetwher easmanwhoconsi dershimselfastrong,
power
fulbeingisalsoveryweakandf ragile.Asman’sposi t
ionisf ari
nferi
ortothatof
GodAlmighty,gr
asshasbeenusedt odepi ctthi
sdiff
erence.InfrontofGod’ ssuperi
ori
ty,
manisasinsigni
ficantasbladesofgr ass.