Allah has created countless creatures in our world and each creature has its unique characteristics.  Vast nations have come and gone in the world.  But do you know what a nation's strength depends on, and what a nation's true spirit is?

            If you look at the history of any nation, surely you will not find any nation that developed by itself, rather you will discover that the power of a nation lies in its civilization. Because people make nations, nations cannot make people.  Perhaps, you are thinking that you already know that the strength of a nation lies in its people.  But, I am not writing just to tell you the fact but to make you convinced and work for your nation.

            Nations need the struggles of civilizations to become everlasting and powerful. Thus, we should all give our best to safeguard our nations from the worst and prepare them for the fairest consequences.

            There are hardly a few people who do not agree that the identity of a nation depends on its people and its culture. In simple words, almost all of us know that a country's real strength is its people.  A nation is what is created by its people and the identity of every human being is his nationality.  Dear readers, a nation is recognized by everyone in the world. There are countless nations in this world. Each of them has its own traditions, cultures, and languages too. The stronger the people are, the stronger the countries and nations can be.

            For example, if you get success today, don't think that this success is only yours.  Your success belongs to everyone associated with you.  Islam reached us today because of personalities like Prophet ï·º, Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique, Umar, Ali, Usman (peace be upon them), and a large list of people as well as because of Muslims like Ibn Sina, Jabir bin Haiyan, and many more Islam is exalted, stimulated and science is complete today because of their services.

            My readers, the power of defense of a nation depends on its people, sorry to overuse the sentence but this is what I am writing for. Let me exemplify that when a person makes a world record then other nations ask where is he from, what is his country, then, people will say that he is from this country. Then people will start believing that yes, he is amazing and people will be associated with the victor because of him and his title other nations will start loving his country.

            What I mean to say is that if our country or nation is failing today, it is all our fault.  If we work hard instead of fighting against each other, we will undoubtedly succeed in leading a better life in our state for we should compete with the western countries, not on battlefields but in the field of education and development, surely we can do it. But, we all must have faith in ourselves, we should love our nations and devote our lives to our country's honor and respect to gain a victory.

            You may have wondered that nations became successful through money but I think you should change the way you think. I mean, no nation can get develop with monetary, gold, diamond, and natural resources if there is no one to utilize the things in a right and satisfactory way.

 

            Let us talk about Pakistan which is naturally rich but it is still among the world's poorest countries. Do you know why? Yes! because the natural resources which are found here are not that utilized. The rate of exports is much lesser than imports. I do not mean that our resources are not being used and our country folk is not able but what I mean is that they, our leaders, are not what they should be.

            Do you know why Arab states are rich? Is mineral oil the only thing to make the economy so strong? Absolutely no, because Arabs are disciplined, they work on trade, the world's richest people prefer to live in UAE, they attract tourists and the Arab states have good ties with the world's superpower, America including other powerful states.

            Let me add more by asking why is Japan so powerful even after severe losses due to the second world war? Because it knew that the only way to development is not war but peace. It worked on its capital resources, by the time Japan produces the world's best innovations be it mobile phones, batteries, etc.

            Do you still believe that a nation develops by itself? And you should not because these are people who develop nations and uplift countries.

            If one wants to see our country more powerful, he must give his best to uplift the nation individually. We should not wait for another to bring betterment to our whole system instead we should do it by ourselves.

 

 

By: Parvez Moula Bakhsh

Malir, Karachi