“Education is the strongest way to explore the hidden truth of the universe, inside and outside us. It is the helping formula to embellish the human nature, character, habits, thoughts and practical works which enables the society to play a positive role in the progress of country. As our Quaid said, ‘Work, Work and Work’. It is the only way towards the renaissance of Islam.”
We all know the importance of education. It is the most important aspect of any nation’s survival today. Education builds the nations; it determines the future of a nation. ISLAM also tells us about Education and its importance. The real essence of Education according to ISLAM is “to know ALLAH” but I think in our country we truly lost it.
Neither our schools nor our madrassa’s are truly educating our youth in this regard. In schools, we are just preparing them for “Money”. We are becoming too much materialist in our life. We aren’t educating them we are just preparing “Money Machines”. We are only increasing the burden of the books for our children and just enrolling them in a reputed, big school for what, just for status quo??? On the other hand in our madrassas we are preparing people who finds very difficult to adjust in the modern society. Sometimes it seems that they are from another planet. A madrassa’s student can’t compete even in our country and the World is so far from his reach. He finds it very difficult to even speak to a school boy.
It is crystal clear that Islamic Education is necessary for Muslims to get the same prestige our elders achieved during early times but it is also a fact that without modern education no one can compete in this world. There are many examples of Muslim Scholars who not only study the Holy Quran but also mastered the other subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy and many more, with the help of Holy Quran.
I believe with the current education system we are just narrowing the way for our children instead of widening it. There is no doubt that our children are very talented, both in schools and in madrassas, we just need to give them proper ways to groom, give them the space to become Quaid-E-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Alberoni, Abnal-hasham, or Einstein, Newton. The education system we are running with is not working anymore. We have to find a way to bridge this gap between school and madrassa.
Asfira Islamic Educational Complex is built on the same concept. An institution which not only groom good muslim but Muslim Intellectuals/ Scholars who performs in all walks of life. An institution which imparts a nice blend of modern education with Islamic perspective to develop Islamic thought in our young scientists, engineers, doctors. An institution that focus on setting a foundation for young children to become Allama Iqbal, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Alberoni, Abnal Hasham.
