Isaiah 63:1
"Nijat dainey par qaadir."
Alfaaz “najat dene” se hum us azeem mansuba-e-najat ko ba-tor-e-majmooi murad lete hain jis ki shuruat ilahi irade se hui aur takmeel hamari kaamil taqdees par hui. Yaqeenan, najat aik aisa jaami lafz hai jis mein Khuda ki saari rehmat yak-musht simat aati hai. Masih sirf tauba karne walon ko “najat dene par” hi qadir nahin, balkeh woh insaan ko tauba ki taraf maayil karne par bhi qadir hai. Woh apne imaan lane walon ko aasman ki badshahi tak le kar jaayega, aur is se bhi barh kar woh najat paane walon ko aik naya dil ata karta aur un ke andar imaan ko ja-guzain karta hai. Woh paakeezgi se nafrat karne wale ko paakeezgi se mohabbat karne wala bana deta hai, aur apne naam ki haqaarat karne walon ko apni mohabbat ke zariye apne huzoor ghutne tekne par majboor kar deta hai. Najat dene ki qudrat ka mafhoom yahin khatam nahin ho jata, kyun ke yeh ilahi qudrat is ke baad bhi isi tarah zahir hoti hai. Imaandar ki zindagi Qadir-e-Mutlaq Khuda ke kiye hue mo‘jizaat ka aik musalsal silsila hai. Jhaari jalti hai magar bhasm nahin hoti. Woh jise paak banata hai, use paakeezgi mein qaim rakhne par bhi qadir hai, neez woh unhein apne khauf aur mohabbat mein qaim rakh kar un ki hifazat karta hai, taake unhein mehfooz rakh kar aasman ki badshahi mein pahuncha de. Masih ki qudrat is mein nahin ke woh kisi ko imaandar bana kar use apne haal par chhor de, balkeh woh jis naik kaam ko shuru karta hai use poora bhi karta hai. Jo murda jaan mein zindagi ka pehla beej daalta hai, wohi is ilahi zindagi ko qaim rakhta aur mazboot bhi karta hai, taake woh gunaah ki har zanjeer ko tor kar us ke abadi aur kaamil jalal ki miraas ko haasil kare.
Ae imaandar, is mein tere liye baray hauslay aur pukhtagi ka paighaam hai. Kya tu kisi azeez ke liye musalsal dua kar raha hai? To apni du‘aon se baaz na aa, kyun ke Masih najat dene par qadir hai. Tu bargashta ko wapas laane mein be-bas hai, magar tera Khuda Qadir-e-Mutlaq hai. Us ke zor-awar baazu ko thaam le aur us se iltija kar ke woh apni qudrat ko zahir kare. Kya tu khud apni haalat se pareshaan hai? Khauf na kar, kyun ke us ki quwwat tere liye kaafi hai. Chahe mu‘aamla gunaahon se najat ka ho ya zindagi ki sa‘ubaton aur pareshaaniyon se najat ka, Yesua najat dene par qadir hai. Is ki sab se bari daleel yeh hai ke us ne tujhe najat di hai. Yeh baat hamare liye hazaar-ha shukranay ada karne ke laayiq hai ke hum ne use halaak karne par qadir nahin, balkeh najat dene par qadir paaya.
Matthew 14:30
"Jab doobnay laga to chilla kar kaha ay Khudawand mujhay bacha!"
Khudawand ke khadimon ke liye doobne ke auqaat, dua mein jhukne ke auqaat hote hain. Patras ne apni is jokhon bhari muhim-jooi ka aaghaz karte waqt dua ko nazar-andaz kiya tha, lekin jab doobne laga to jaan chali jaane ke khatre ne use fariyadi bana diya, aur agarche us ne pukarne mein takheer ki, phir bhi us ki iltija suni gayi. Jismani dard aur zehni karb ke lamhaat mein hum fitri tor par dua ki taraf khinchay chalay jaate hain, jaise tooti hui kashti maujon ke dhakkay se kinare ki taraf ja lagti hai. Lomri hifazat ke liye apne bil mein daurti hai, parinda panah ke liye jangal ki taraf urr jata hai, aur isi tarah aazmooda imaandar salaamti ke liye fazl ke takht ki jaanib lapakta hai. Aasman ki azeem panah-gaah tak pohanchne ka wahid rasta dua hai; hazaron toofan-zada kashtiyan wahan panah pa chuki hain, aur jab bhi toofan uthay to danaai isi mein hai ke hum poori quwwat ke saath isi ki taraf rukh karein. Baaz soorton mein mukhtasir duaein bhi kaafi hoti hain, Patras ki fariyaad mein sirf chaar alfaaz thay magar woh us ki fori aur hungami zaroorat bayan karne ke liye kaafi thay, kyun ke dua mein tawaalat nahin balkay quwwat matloob hoti hai, aur zaroorat jitni shadeed, fori aur sangeen hogi dua utni hi mukhtasir hogi. Agar hamari duaein mein ghuroor ke fazool par kam aur parwaaz zyada ho to woh behtar hoti hain, kyun ke alfaaz ki kasrat dua ke liye waisi hi hai jaise gandum ke liye bhoosa; qeemti cheezein kamyab magar anmol hoti hain, is liye lambi lambi duaein ke bajaye Patras ki tarah chand alfaaz par mabni magar haqeeqi dua kaafi hoti hai. Hamari nihayat sangeen pareshaaniyan Khudawand ke liye madad ki nishaniyan hoti hain, aur joonhi khatre ka shadeed ehsaas hota hai to hamare andar se be-sakhta pukaar uthti hai jise Yesua ka kaan foran sun leta hai, us ka kaan jhuk jata aur dil pighal jata hai jis ke baad us ka haath harkat mein aane mein dair nahin karta. Hum aakhri lamhe mein apne Malik ko pukarte hain magar us ka musta‘id haath hamari takheer ki talafi fori aur mo‘assar amal se kar deta hai; agar hum museebat ke tond-o-tez paniyon mein doobne ke qareeb hon to aaiye hum apni iltijayein apne Najat Dahinda ki taraf uthayein aur use pukarein, is yaqeen ke saath ke woh humein halaak nahin hone dega, kyun ke jab hum apne liye kuch nahin kar sakte tab Yesua sab kuch kar sakta hai, aur agar hum us ki qawi madad ko apni rozmarra zindagi mein saath le kar chalein to hum yaqeenan bach jaayenge.