2 Timothy 4:8
"...Mere wastay raastbazi ka wo taj rakha huwa hai..."
Ae mutashakkik, tu aksar yeh kehta hai ke “mujhe andesha hai ke main kabhi aasman par ja nahin sakoon ga.” Khauf na kar! Khuda ke sab log wahan zaroor jaayenge. Mujhe aik qareeb-ul-marg aadmi ka yeh saada magar nihayat pur-asar qol be-had pasand hai jis ne kaha ke “mujhe apne abadi ghar jaane ka koi khauf nahin, main apna sab kuch pehle hi wahan bhej chuka hoon. Khuda ki ungli darwaze ki kundi par meri muntazir hai aur main us mein daakhil hone ke liye tayyar hoon.” Jab kisi ne us se poocha ke “kya aap ko apni zameeni miraas se mehroom hone ka khauf nahin?” to us ne jawab diya ke “hargiz nahin, kyun ke aasman par mere liye aik aisa jalali taaj rakha hai jise Jibraeel farishta bhi nahin pehan sakta, woh kisi aur ke sar par jach hi nahin sakta, woh sirf mere liye hai; aur aasman par mere liye aik aisa takht bhi rakha hai jis par Paulus rasool bhi nahin baith sakta, kyun ke woh mere liye tayyar kiya gaya hai aur faqat mujhe hi mile ga.” Ae Maseehi, yeh khayal tere liye kis qadar khushi ka baais hona chahiye ke tera hissa mehfooz hai, kyun ke hamara abadi aaraam baqi hai. Tere zehan mein yeh sawal zaroor ubhar sakta hai ke kya main ise kho to nahin sakta, magar iska jawab hai ke hargiz nahin, kyun ke teri aasmani miraas Yesua Masih mein mehfooz hai. Agar aap bhi Khuda ke farzand hain to aap ise hargiz nahin khoenge; yeh aap ka abadi ajar aur bakhra hai, itna hi yaqini jaise aap pehle hi wahan pohanch chuke hon. Ae imaandaro, aao hum Nabu ki choti par kharay ho kar us achay mulk Kanaan ko dekhein. Kya aap maut ki is choti si nadi ko dhoop mein chamakte hue dekh nahin sakte aur kya aap us ke paar abadi shehar ke minaaron ko nahin pehchante? Kya aap us aasmani sarzameen aur us ke masroor bashindon ko nahin dekhte? Yeh baat jaan lijiye ke jis din aap parwaaz kar ke wahan pohanch jaayenge to un bohot se gharon mein se har aik par yahi likha paayenge ke yeh ghar falan shakhs ke liye mehfooz hai, faqat usi ke liye jise Khuda ke saath abad-ul-aabaad rehne ke liye utha liya jaayega. Ae mutashakkik, is khoobsurat miraas ko dekh, yeh tere hi liye hai. Agar aap bhi Khudawand Yesua par imaan rakhte hain, agar aap gunaah se sachi tauba kar chuke hain, agar aap ko bhi naya dil inayat kiya gaya hai, to aap Khuda ke logon mein shaamil hain, aur aap ke liye aik jagah muqarrar hai, aap ke liye aik taaj rakha gaya hai, aur aap ke liye aik khaas makaan tayyar hai. Koi doosra aap ka ajar nahin le sakta, woh aasman mein aap ke liye mehfooz hai, aur aap use zaroor haasil karenge, kyun ke jab sab barguzida jama kiye jaayenge to us abadi jalal mein phir koi takht khaali nahin rahe ga.
Job 19:26
"Mein apnay is jism mein se Khuda ko dekhun ga."
Ayyub ki is paakeeza, imaani aur jalali umeed par ghaur kijiye ke woh yeh nahin kehta ke main muqaddaseen ko dekhunga, agarche is mein bhi beshumar umeed pinhaan hai, balkeh woh kehta hai ke main Khuda ko dekhunga. Woh yeh nahin kehta ke main motiyon se bane phaatkon ko, yashb ki faseelon ko ya sone ki sarkon ka nazara karunga, balkeh us ki kaamil umeed aur aarzu isi aik haqeeqat mein malfoof hai ke main Khuda ko dekhunga. Yahi aasmani ajr ka asal khulasa, lubb-e-lubaab aur tamaam imaandaron ki zinda aur jalali umeed hai. Is waqt woh imaan ke waseela se ibaadat o riyaazat, dua aur rifaqat mein Khuda ko dekhne se khushi paate hain, magar aasman mein un ke liye aik haqeeqi aur rubaroo deedaar muntazir hai, aur yun jab woh use jaisa hai waisa dekhenge to poori tarah usi ke mushabeh bana diye jaayenge. Khuda ki mushabahat se barh kar aur kya tamanna ho sakti hai, aur Khuda ke deedaar se afzal aur kaunsi khwahish ki ja sakti hai? Baaz log is aayat ko yun parhte hain ke “main apne jism mein Khuda ko dekhunga”, aur woh is mein Masih ki taraf ishara paate hain jo “mujassam kalaam” hai, aur is mein woh abadi aur jalali deedaar ki jhalak bhi dekhte hain. Magar tafseer khwah kuch bhi ho, yeh baat to yaqini hai ke abadiet mein Masih hi hamari nazar ka wahid markaz hoga, aur us ke deedaar ke siwa humein kisi aur khushi ki koi haajat baqi nahin rahegi. Koi yeh mat samjhe ke yeh dekhne ke liye aik bohat hi tang aur yak-rukhi halqa hoga, kyun ke agarche yeh nazara bhi apne andar khushiyon aur masarraton ka aik jahan samoye hue hai, to bhi is ki jehatein aur tarafein la-mehdood hain. Is se muraad Khuda ki jumla sifaat aur khusosiyat ka nazara hai jin mein se har aik apni jagah la-mutanahi aur la-mehdood hai, is liye is mein kabhi thakan ya bojhal-pan ka koi andesha na hoga. Us ke kaam, us ki nematein, hum se us ki mohabbat, aur us ki jalali tadabeer o af‘aal, yeh sab hamesha nai aur abadi haqeeqatein hongi. Buzurg Ayyub is deedaar ko aik zaati aur infiraadi nemat ke tor par dekhta aur kehta hai ke “jise meri aankhein dekhen gi woh koi doosra nahin”. Aap bhi aasmani masarrat ko apne liye haqeeqat bana kar sochiye aur ghaur kijiye ke woh lamha aap ke liye kaisa hoga, kyun ke likha hai ke aap ki aankhein Badshah ko us ke haqeeqi jamaal mein dekhen gi. Duniya ki har roshni dekhte dekhte madhham ho jaati hai, magar yahan aisi roshni hai jo kabhi madhham nahin hogi aur aik aisa jalal hai jo kabhi maand nahin padega, kyun ke wada yahi hai ke “main Khuda ko dekhunga”.