The state of Pakistan was established through the force of ideology- and this ideology is the defining essence that gave the country the strength to survive these six decades. This state was born with a miracle, it has been sustained by miracles, and it is destined to show the world how to work miracles too. The dream of a separate homeland where this ideology could and would direct the Muslims lives culminated on a sacred night and a sacred date- Friday, 27th Ramadan. It is a territory that has been paid for not in gold, but an entity much more valuable- blood. Against all natural laws, this newborn nation dealt with and survived the refugee overflow, the first war over Kashmir, the water dispute with India, a financial emergency and much more, with just a makeshift army and hardly any industry or infrastructure, before it was a year old. We have suffered blows and recovered time and again, so much so that we surprised the world again by becoming the only Muslim nuclear power. Is it all coincidence? It would be too far-fetched to call our entire history that.
We see the power our ideology wields, the immense potential that is ours to tap. Allama Iqbal and the Quaid-e-Azam were two figures who tried to explain this potential to us; Iqbal through his writings, and the Quaid followed up by actually providing us with the instrument we must use to empower this ideology: the state of Pakistan. The two-nation theory was not a new idea; it was the expression of facts visible to all. Jinnah refuted all argument opposing it when he said We are a Nation of a hundred million with our distinct culture and civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, legal laws and moral codes, customs and calendar, history and traditions, aptitudes and ambitions. In short, as Muslims we have our own distinctive outlook on life. By all cannons of international laws, we are a nation.
And what is more, we are a nation entrusted with a responsibility. The physical separation became inevitable with the passing of the Pakistan Resolution in 1940 after the events during the Congress Rule, and the celebration of the Day of Deliverance by Muslims across India when it ended in 1939. The significant part was the role that the new state was to play in geopolitics. The second Islamic ideological state of the world even shares the substance of its name with the first, Madina-Tayyaba. It is a fourteen hundred year old legacy that this nation must take its turn to uphold. Just as the Conquest of Makkah proved to be symbolic for Islam in times that came, the prophesied victory in the Ghazwa-e-Hind, ours to claim, is indicative of the role this ideology-driven nation will play in restoring peace to the world.
The foundation for Pakistan was laid when the first Muslim entered the subcontinent, and it will continue to live until the last Muslim survives in this region. Pakistan is not a merely a shape on the map- it is the air that a nation of 170 million breathes every second, the lifeline of the very deen of Islam itself.
We see the power our ideology wields, the immense potential that is ours to tap. Allama Iqbal and the Quaid-e-Azam were two figures who tried to explain this potential to us; Iqbal through his writings, and the Quaid followed up by actually providing us with the instrument we must use to empower this ideology: the state of Pakistan. The two-nation theory was not a new idea; it was the expression of facts visible to all. Jinnah refuted all argument opposing it when he said We are a Nation of a hundred million with our distinct culture and civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, legal laws and moral codes, customs and calendar, history and traditions, aptitudes and ambitions. In short, as Muslims we have our own distinctive outlook on life. By all cannons of international laws, we are a nation.
And what is more, we are a nation entrusted with a responsibility. The physical separation became inevitable with the passing of the Pakistan Resolution in 1940 after the events during the Congress Rule, and the celebration of the Day of Deliverance by Muslims across India when it ended in 1939. The significant part was the role that the new state was to play in geopolitics. The second Islamic ideological state of the world even shares the substance of its name with the first, Madina-Tayyaba. It is a fourteen hundred year old legacy that this nation must take its turn to uphold. Just as the Conquest of Makkah proved to be symbolic for Islam in times that came, the prophesied victory in the Ghazwa-e-Hind, ours to claim, is indicative of the role this ideology-driven nation will play in restoring peace to the world.
The foundation for Pakistan was laid when the first Muslim entered the subcontinent, and it will continue to live until the last Muslim survives in this region. Pakistan is not a merely a shape on the map- it is the air that a nation of 170 million breathes every second, the lifeline of the very deen of Islam itself.
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