Song of Solomon 3:1
“Mein ne usay dhoonda par na paya.”
Mujhe bataiye ke aap ne Masih ka saath kahan khoya, aur main aap ko bata doon ga ke aap use kahan pa sakte hain. Kya aap ne khalwat mein dua karne se baaz rehne ke sabab Masih ko kho diya? To phir aap ko bilkul usi jagah us ka taalib hona aur use paana hoga. Kya aap ne gunah ke sabab Masih ko kho diya? To phir gunah ko tark kiye baghair koi aur raasta nahi, aur phir Rooh-ul-Qudus ki madad se us uzv ko bhi bekaar karna hoga jismein buri khwahish basi hui hai. Kya aap ne Kalaam-e-Muqaddas ko nazar-andaz karke Masih ko kho diya? To aap ko Masih Kalaam hi mein mile ga. Yeh ek sachai par mabni muhavra hai ke “jo cheez jahan giri ho use wahin talaash karo, to woh tumhein wahin mil jaye gi.” Pas Masih ko wahin talaash karein jahan aap ne use khoya tha, kyun ke wahan se woh aur kahin nahi gaya hoga. Lekin Masih ke paas wapas jana aasaan nahi. John Bunyan humein batata hai ke Masihi musaafir ke liye us aaram-gaah tak wapas jane ka raasta, jahan us ne apna toomar khoya tha, apni poori musafirat mein sab se zyada dushwar sabit hua. Aage ki taraf bees meel chalna, apni khoi hui gawahi ke liye aik meel peeche lautne se kahin zyada aasaan hota hai. Pas jab aap apne Malik ko paa lein to poori mazbooti ke sath us se lipte rehna. Magar yeh kaise hua ke aap ne use kho diya? Aisa qeemti dost, jis ki huzoori itni sheereen, jis ka kalaam itna tasalli bakhsh, aur jis ki rifaqat aap ko itni azeez thi, us se judai kaise ho gayi? Aap ne har lamha us par nigah kyun na rakhi ke kahin woh nazron se ojhal na ho jaye? Phir bhi, chunanche aap ne use jane diya, yeh bare fazl ki baat hai ke ab aap use talaash kar rahe hain, agarche aap dard bhare dil se yeh faryad karte hain ke kaash mujhe maloom hota ke woh mujhe kahan mil sakta hai. Apni talaash jaari rakhein, kyun ke apne Khudawand ke baghair jeena khatre se khaali nahi. Masih ke baghair aap us bheer ki manind hain jis ka koi charwaha na ho, us darakht ki manind jis ki jarron mein pani na ho, us sookhay pattay ki manind jo toofan mein urr raha ho, jo zindagi ke darakht mein paiwast nahi. Pooray dil se use talaash karein, aur woh aap ko mil jaye ga. Bas apne aap ko poori tarah is justuju ke hawale kar dein, aur yaqeenan aap use paa kar bohat khush aur shadmaan honge.
Luke 24:45
“Phir us ne unka zehn khola take kitab-e-muqaddas ko samjhain.”
Jise hum guzashta shaam Kitab-e-Muqaddas ko kholte hue dekh rahe thay, yahan hum use zehnón ko kholte hue dekhte hain. Pehle kaam mein us ke bohot se madadgar ho sakte hain, magar doosre mein woh akela khara hai. Bohot se log Muqaddas Nawashton ko zehan tak pohncha sakte hain, lekin sirf Khudawand hi zehan ko is qabil bana sakta hai ke woh un nawashton ko qubool kare. Hamara Khudawand Yasu‘ Masih baqi tamaam ustadon se mukhtalif hai. Woh apni baat sirf kaan tak hi nahin pohnchata balkay dil o dimagh ke andar ja-gazeer kar deta hai. Doosre sirf tehreer aur taqreer se muamla rakhte hain, magar woh sachai ka androni zauq aur shauq ata karta hai, jis ke zariye hum us ki haqeeqat aur rooh ko pehchanne ke qabil ho jate hain. Fazl ke maktab mein sab se an-parh insan bhi jadeed aalim ban jata hai, jab Khudawand Yasu‘ Rooh-ul-Qudus ke zariye badshahi ke bhed us par zahir karta hai, aur use woh ilahi mash ata karta hai jis ke sabab woh andekhi cheezon ko bhi dekhne ke qabil ho jata hai. Agar hamare zehan ko Mu‘allim-e-Aazam ne khola, saaf aur mazboot kiya hai to hum kitne khush-naseeb hain. Kitne ashaab-e-ilm in abdi haqaiq se na-aashna hain; woh tehreeri ilham se to waqif hain magar us ki rooh ko nahin pehchante. Un ke dilon par parda para hua hai jise nafsani aqal ki baatein hata nahin sakteen. Kuch arsa pehle hamari haalat bhi aisi hi thi. Jo ab dekhte hain woh kabhi bilkul andhay thay. Masih ki sachai hamare liye andheray mein noor ki manind thi jise duniya ne qubool na kiya. Agar Yasu‘ ki muhabbat na hoti to hum bhi aaj tak sarasar nadani mein paray rehte, kyun ke jab tak woh hamare zehnón ko na kholta us waqt tak hum is roohani ma‘rifat tak yun na pohnch sakte jaise aik sheer-khwaar bachcha Ahram-e-Misr par charh jaye ya shutar-murgh ur kar sitaron tak pohnch jaye. Yasu‘ ka maktab hi woh wahid jagah hai jahan Khuda ki sachai haqeeqi taur par seekhi ja sakti hai. Doosre makatib humein yeh sikha sakte hain ke aqeeda kya hai, magar sirf Masih hi humein yeh dikha sakta hai ke is aqeede par iman kaise laya jata hai. Aaiye hum Yasu‘ ke qadmon mein baithain aur pur-josh dua ke sath us ki madad aur rehnumai ke taalib hon, taake hamare kund zehnón mein us ke kalaam ka noor chamkay aur hamari kamzor samajh aasmani baaton ko qubool karne ke laiq ban sake.