Thursday 29 September 2016

Adil Mufti sent you a video: "Motivational Iqbal's Urdu #Poetry (English Subtitles)"

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Motivational Iqbal's Urdu #Poetry (English Subtitles)
I find it very difficult to translate from one language to another especially such a high class poetry. The message gets delivered but eloquence gets lost. I hope the viewers like it and I thank God for helping me through it. May God have mercy upon Iqbal's soul.
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Friday 16 September 2016

[Fwd: Adil Mufti sent you a video: "Third Wave Part 1"]

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Unlike anthropologists and historians , who describe transformation of world in terms of Ice Age , Stone Age , Bronce Age , Agriculture Age , Industrial Age and the Information Age , Alvin Toffler describe this transformation in terms of Waves i.e., Agriculture Age as first wave , Industrial Age second wave and third wave -the Information Age .
While inspired by his own late father and late Gen. Habibullah Khan Dr Adil Mufti has been influenced by Allama Iqbal , Philosopher Bertrand Russel and Alvin Toffler .ICIL -Pakistan has been set under the inspiration and influence of these five people
Third Wave Part 1
After the agricultural revolution and industrial revolution, the world is now entering a third era known as Third Wave. VOA's Abdul Aziz Khan talks to world famous futurist Alvin Toffler about this new era.
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Adil Mufti has shared a video with you on YouTube:
Unlike anthropologists and historians , who describe transformation
of world in terms of Ice Age , Stone Age , Bronce Age , Agriculture Age ,
Industrial Age and the Information Age , Alvin Toffler describe this
transformation in terms of Waves i.e., Agriculture Age as first wave ,
Industrial Age second wave and third wave -the Information Age .
While inspired by his own late father and late Gen. Habibullah Khan
Dr Adil Mufti has been influenced by Allama Iqbal , Philosopher
Bertrand Russel and Alvin Toffler .ICIL -Pakistan has been set under the
inspiration and influence of these five people


Third Wave Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKPA5oaDFZw&feature=em-share_video_user

After the agricultural revolution and industrial revolution, the
world is now entering a third era known as Third Wave. VOA's Abdul Aziz
Khan talks to world famous futurist Alvin Toffler about this new era.

Fw: BERTRAND RUSSEL PHILOSPHY FOR LAYMEN






Philosophy for Laymen"
The Need of Teaching Philosophy to People

In this essay, Russell explains very briefly the uses of philosophy. Philosophy, he says, means a love of wisdom. Philosophy in this sense is what people must acquire if the new technical powers achieved by man are not to plunge mankind into the greatest conceivable disaster. However, the philosophy which the ordinary people should be taught is not the same thing as the philosophy of specialists.

The Theoretical Function of Philosophy

Philosophy has always had two different objects: to arrive at a theoretical understanding of the structure of the world; and to discover and propagate the best possible way of life. Philosophy has thus been closely related to science on the one hand and to religion on the other. On its theoretical side philosophy partly consists in the framing of large general hypotheses which science is not yet in a position to test. (When it becomes possible to test such hypotheses they become part of science, and no longer belong to philosophy,) There are a number of purely theoretical questions, of everlasting interest, which science is unable to answer at present. Do we survive after death? Can mind dominate matter, or does matter completely dominate mind? Does this universe have a purpose, or is it driven by blind necessity? To keep alive the interest in such questions is one of the functions of philosophy.

The Practical Aspect of Philosophy

On its practical side, philosophy can greatly increase a man's value as a human being and as a citizen. It can give a habit of exact and careful thought. It can give an impressive breadth and scope to the conception of the aims of life. It can give to the individual a correct estimate of himself in relation to society, and of man in the present to man in the past and in the future. It can offer a cure, or at least a palliative, for the anxieties and the anguish which afflict mankind at present.
 


VOICE OF AMERICA INTERVIEW OF ALVIN TOFFLER ABOUT THIRD WAVE

URDU VERSION OF ABDUL AZIZ KHAN OF VOA INTERVIEW OF ALVIN TOFFLER ABOUT THIRD WAVE

Thursday 8 September 2016

CHAIN OF JUSTICE - JEHANGIR JUSTICE

The Famous  Emperor Jehangiri Insaaf ( Justice )

Horse demands Justice from Emperor Jehangir

Here is a famous story of Jehangir dispensing justice from his "Chain of Justice"

Mughal Emperor Jahangir, who was fond of dispensing justice to his subjects, ordered a huge bell to be hung up in his palace. The Emperor appointed Qazis, the ablest of his judges in all cities of his empire. He had made it known throughout his kingdom that when anyone needed justice that demanded his personal attention, all they had to do was come up to the bell and pull the rope at any hour of the day in his palace or any other locations. Instantly a judge would make his appearance and hear the matter between the disputing parties. If they felt that justice had not been served to the fullest, they had to ring the bell to summon the emperor at his palace or wherever he had camped at that time.


All went well for a number of days, and there was hardly a complaint that needed to be resolved by the emperor. However, in the course of time the bell rope, which had withstood rain and sunshine for several seasons, got worn out at Delhi market place. One day it broke and bell fell with a loud thud. Someone who saw the bell falling down, brought some dry straw, twisted it into a rope and restored the bell at its place.

Now, it so happened, that the bell was rung violently on a hot afternoon. The citizens of Delhi who had not heard the bell rung for a long time were surprised and immediately made their way to the marketplace. A judge who had his house close to the place too rushed out and made his way through the excited crowd and demanded: "Who has rung the bell?" Everyone pointed his finger at a large, gaunt, half-starved horse, whose bones could be seen clearly through its skin in many places, totally unconcerned to the tumult that he had caused, happily munching at the dry straw hoping to make a meal out of it. He had rung the bell by tugging at the straw.

Who is the owner of this wretched animal?" was the judge's next question, and an old man standing in the crowd said: " Sir, it belonged to the Commander-in-Chief of the Emperor's army. He was once a fine horse of the purest Arab steed, which the emperor has personally presented to him for proving his gallantry in the battlefield. The Commander of the emperor's army would ride on him proudly, but he has now become too old and feeble to be of much use, and his master has turned him out of the house so that he gets his food from wherever he can. He saw the straw that was dangling at the end of the rope, and in trying to eat it the poor horse had rung the bell of justice.

And justice shall he have!" the judge announced. He ordered the commander and the Emperor to be brought to the market place. Jehangir was in Delhi palace at that time. Without much delay the Commander of the Emperor's army and the Emperor Jahangir arrived at the scene. The judge explained to the Emperor the extraordinary situation, which compelled him to seek the presence of his Royal Personage.

The Emperor was full of rage when he heard the complete story. He turned to his Commander and asked him whether the charges that were leveled against him were true? The Commander nodded his head in acknowledgement. At this, the Emperor rebuked him sharply: "Are you not ashamed to allow your faithful servant to get into this condition after years of service. He did you good service while he could, the least you can do is give him shelter in some corner of your stable and provide him enough to eat", the Emperor thundered. He warned him of stripping him of his rank and military honours, if the orders were not complied with. The commander bowed his head and promised that he would never let the horse wander in the city and would feed him properly.

Thus the old feeble horse got justice in olden times if someone gave correct justice without bias it was phrased as Jehangiri Justice