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WhowasAlexander,theGreattheAlexanderofMacedoniaorUmarFarooq (rh) of Islam? Historians of the world are dutybound to answer this question. ThesearethedaysoftheSMS,themobilemessagingsystemconveysthoughtsin secondsfromonecorneroftheworldtoanother.Readersandviewersalsoutilize thismodernfacilitynowyesterdaysomeonesentamessagetomewishingIhad writtenacolumnonUmarFarooq(rh).Thisremindedmethatthatdaywasthe day of the martyrdom of Umar Farooq (rh) and I am now thinking who was Alexander, the Great the Alexander of Macedonia or Umar Farooq (rh) of Islam. WehadreadasachildthattheAlexanderofMacedoniabecameakingattheage oftwentyandventuredoutofMacedoniaat23.Hefirstconqueredthewholeof Greece.ThenheenteredTurkey.AfterthishedefeatedDariusofPersia,entered Syria, moved to Jerusalem and then Babylon and Egypt and India. In India he foughtKingPorusandfoundedthecityofPhaliainmemoryofhisfavoritehorse. HestartedhisreturnthroughMakran.Hecontactedtyphoidonhiswaybackand diedintheyear323B.C.attheageof33inthepalaceofBakhtNasr. We have been told that he was a great general, conqueror and king in human historyandwasgiventhetitleofAlexander,theGreat.WemadehimSikander Azam, the king of kings. But, today, on the first day of the ninth year of the twentyfirst century, I question all the historians of the world if Alexander deservesthistitlewhenwehaveUmarFarooq(rh).Iinviteallthehistoriansofthe world to compare the conquests and the achievements of Alexander and Umar Farooq(rh). Please compare. Alexander was the son of a king the best instructors taught himhowtorideahorse,hehadtutorslikeAristotleandwasofferedthethroneat theageoftwenty. Ontheotherhand, UmarFarooq(rh) didnot haveany royal ancestoreveninhissevenpreviousgenerations,grewupmindingherdsofgoats andsheepandhadnotgottrainedintheartofwarfromanyone.Alexanderhad conquered1.7millionsquaremilesoflandintenyearswithanorganizedarmy

Umar Farooq (rh), in ten years, conquered 2.2 million square miles of land includingtheRomanandPersiansuperpowerswithanunorganizedarmy.Even inthesedaysofsatellitesandmissilesandsubmarines,norulerhasadomainas vastasthatofUmar(rh)whichhehadnotonlygotconqueredonmerehorseback buthadalsomanagedandruledit.Alexandergotmanyofhisowngeneralskilled during his conquests, many generals and soldiers deserted him, there were rebellions against him and his army even refused to proceed in India, but no companion of Umar (rh) ever had the courage to disobey him. He was the commanderwhodeposedthestrongestgeneralofIslam,KhalidbinWaleed(rh) rightinthebattlegroundandnoonedaredtodisobey.HeremovedSaadbinAbi Waqas(rh)fromthegovernorshipofKufa,firedHarithbinKaab(rh)asagovernor, confiscatedthewealthofAmrobinalAas(rh)andrecalledthegovernorofHamas andassignedhimtograzingthecamels.Noonedaredtodisobey. Alexander conquered 1.7 million square miles of land but could not give any systemtotheworld,whereasUmar(rh)gavesuchsystemsasarestillprevalent the world over. He added the phrase prayer is better than sleep to the Fajr azaan, the taravih prayers were formally initiated during his rule, he instituted punishmentfortheconsumptionofliquor,startedtheHijrasystemofaccounting fordates,gavetheconceptofthejail,fixedsalariesforthemuezzins,arrangedfor lightinthemasjids,formedthedepartmentofthepolice,laidthefoundationsfor a complete system for the delivery of justice, got the irrigation system implemented and established military cantonments and the formal army. Umar (rh), for the first time ever in the world, granted stipends for the infants, the handicapped,widowsandthehelpless.Hewasthefirstevertogivetheconcept ofthedeclarationofassetsbytherulers,thegovernmentofficialsandtherich. He established the institution of punishing the judges who misdelivered justice. He,forthefirsttime,madetherulersaccountable.Heusedtoprotectthetrade caravansatnight.Heusedtosaythatrulerswhodeliverjustice,sleepfearlesslyat night.Hissayingisthattheleaderofthenationisactuallyitsservant.Hisstamp readUmar,deathisenoughofanadmonition.Heneverhadtwodishesonhis table.Heusedtogotosleepwithabrickasapillow.Whiletravelling,hewould juststretchasheetonatreetomakeashadowandgotosleepwheneversleepy.

Heusedtosleeponbaregroundatnight.Hisshirthad14patches,amongthem one of red leather. He used to wear thick coarse cloth and hated soft fine one. Whenever he appointed someone on a government position, he would get an estimate of his wealth and keep it with himself. If the wealth of that person increased during his tenure, he would be held accountable. Whenever he appointedanyoneasagovernor,hewouldadvisehimtonevertorideaTurkish horse,wearfinecloth,consumefineflour,haveagatekeeperorclosehisdoorsto thedistressed.Heusedtosaythatpardoningatyrantisinjusticetotheoppressed. Hissentencemothersgivebirthtofreechildren,sincewhenhaveyouenslaved them is still considered the charter of human rights. He said that he often wonderedhowdidUmar(rh)change?.HewasthefirstCaliphofIslamwhowas giventhetitleAmeerulMomineen. Everyreligionoftheworldhasaspecialcharacteristic,thespecialcharacteristicof Islamisjustice,andUmar(rh)isonewhomakesthistrue.Hisjusticegaveriseto thetermadleFarooqui(thejusticeofFarooq).Hewasindebtwhenmartyred andhisloanwaspaidoffbysellinghisonlypropertyaccordingtohiswill.Hewas the only ruler ever to admit that even if a dog died of hunger on the banks on river Tigris during his rule, he would have to bear the punishment for this. His justicewassuchthatwhenhedied,aherdsmancamerunninginafarofflandin his domain shouting men, Umar has died. People asked him in astonishment who, thousands of miles from Medina, informed him of this in a jungle. The herdsman said as long as Umar (rh) was alive my sheep used to move around fearlesslyinthejungleandnobeastdaredtoevenlookatthem.Today,forthe firsttime,awolfhastakenawaymygoat.Thefearlessnessofthewolfindicatesto methatUmarisnomore. IinviteallthehistoriansoftheworldtoplaceAlexanderbeforeUmar(rh).They will find Alexander to be a gravel in front of a mountain because the empire foundedbyAlexandervanishedjustfiveyearsafterhisdeathwhereastheareas whereUmar(rh)plantedtheflagofIslamstillechowiththesoundofAllahisthe Greatest and people still bow before the Allah of Umar (rh). The name of AlexanderisnowonlyinbookswhereasthesystemsdevisedbyUmar(rh)arestill prevalentinatleast245countriesoftheworldinsomeform.Eventoday,whena

letter leaves a post office, when a policeman wears a uniform, when a soldier goesonaleaveaftersixmonthsofduty,whenagovernmentpaysastipendtoa child,adestitute,awidoworahelplessperson,thesocietyautomaticallyaccepts Umar (rh) as The Great and acknowledged him to be the biggest Sikandar ever,exceptforthoseMuslimswho,intheirdeepsenseofinferiority,lookaround infearevenwhenrecitingthewordsoffaith. TheMuslimsofLahorehadoncedaredtheEnglishthatiftheyoncedecidedtoact, theywillremindthemofChangezKhan.UponthisJawaharlalNehruhadsmiled and said that sadly these Muslims citing the example of Changez Khan had forgottenthattherewasanUmar(rh)alsointheirhistory. We are also forgetting today that among us was one Umar Farooq (rh) about whomtheProphet(pbuh)hadsaidthatiftherecouldbeaprophetafterhim,he wouldhavebeenUmar(rh).

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