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TheRealAlexandertheGreatWhowasAlexander,theGreattheAlexanderofMacedoniaorUmarFarooq

(rh)of Islam?Historians of theworld are dutybound to answer this question.

ThesearethedaysoftheSMS,themobilemessagingsystemconveysthoughtsin

secondsfromonecorneroftheworldtoanother.Readersandviewersalsoutilize

thismodernfacilitynowyesterdaysomeonesentamessagetomewishingIhad

writtenacolumnonUmarFarooq(rh).Thisremindedmethatthatdaywasthe

day of themartyrdom of Umar Farooq (rh) and I am now thinkingwho 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.

Wehavebeen told thathewasagreatgeneral, conquerorandking inhuman

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 tocompare theconquestsand theachievementsofAlexanderandUmar

Farooq(rh).

Please compare.Alexanderwas the sonofaking thebest instructors taught

himhowtorideahorse,hehadtutorslikeAristotleandwasofferedthethroneat

theageoftwenty.Ontheotherhand,UmarFarooq (rh)didnothaveanyroyal

ancestoreveninhissevenpreviousgenerations,grewupmindingherdsofgoats

andsheepandhadnotgottrainedintheartofwarfromanyone.Alexanderhad

conquered1.7millionsquaremilesoflandintenyearswithanorganizedarmy


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Umar Farooq (rh), in ten years, conquered 2.2 million square miles of land

includingtheRomanandPersiansuperpowerswithanunorganizedarmy.Even

inthese

days

of

satellites

and

missiles

and

submarines,

no

ruler

has

adomain

as

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

commanderwhodeposedthestrongestgeneralof Islam,KhalidbinWaleed(rh)

rightinthebattlegroundandnoonedaredtodisobey.HeremovedSaadbinAbi

Waqas(rh)fromthegovernorshipofKufa,firedHarithbinKaab(rh)asagovernor,

confiscatedthewealthofAmrobinalAas(rh)andrecalledthegovernorofHamas

andassignedhimtograzingthecamels.Noonedaredtodisobey.

Alexander conquered 1.7million squaremiles of land but could not give any

systemtotheworld,whereasUmar(rh)gavesuchsystemsasarestillprevalent

theworld over.He added the phrase prayer is better than sleep to the Fajr

azaan, the taravih prayerswere formally initiatedduring his rule,he instituted

punishmentfor

the

consumption

of

liquor,

started

the

Hijra

system

of

accounting

fordates,gavetheconceptofthejail,fixedsalariesforthemuezzins,arrangedfor

lightinthemasjids,formedthedepartmentofthepolice,laidthefoundationsfor

a complete system for the delivery of justice, got the irrigation system

implementedandestablishedmilitarycantonmentsand the formalarmy.Umar

(rh), for the first time ever in theworld, granted stipends for the infants, the

handicapped,widowsandthehelpless.Hewasthefirstevertogivetheconcept

ofthedeclarationofassetsbytherulers,thegovernmentofficialsandthe rich.

Heestablished

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.


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Heusedtosleeponbaregroundatnight.Hisshirthad14patches,amongthem

oneofred leather.Heused towear thickcoarseclothandhatedsoft fineone.

Wheneverhe

appointed

someone

on

agovernment

position,

he

would

get

an

estimate of hiswealth and keep itwith himself. If thewealth 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

theonly rulerever toadmit thateven ifadogdiedofhungeron thebankson

riverTigris

during

his

rule,

he

would

have

to

bear

the

punishment

for

this.

His

justicewassuchthatwhenhedied,aherdsmancamerunninginafarofflandin

hisdomain shouting men,Umarhasdied.Peopleaskedhim inastonishment

who, thousands ofmiles fromMedina, informed him of this in ajungle. The

herdsman saidas longasUmar (rh)wasalivemy sheepused tomovearound

fearlessly inthejungleandnobeastdaredtoeven lookatthem.Today, forthe

firsttime,awolfhastakenawaymygoat.Thefearlessnessofthewolfindicatesto

methatUmarisnomore.

I inviteallthehistoriansoftheworldtoplaceAlexanderbeforeUmar(rh).They

will find Alexander to be a gravel in front of amountain 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


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letter leavesa postoffice,when a policemanwears a uniform,when a soldier

goesonaleaveaftersixmonthsofduty,whenagovernmentpaysastipendtoa

child,adestitute,

awidow

or

ahelpless

person,

the

society

automatically

accepts

Umar (rh) as TheGreat and acknowledged him to be the biggest Sikandar

ever,exceptforthoseMuslimswho,intheirdeepsenseofinferiority,lookaround

infearevenwhenrecitingthewordsoffaith.

TheMuslimsofLahorehadoncedaredtheEnglishthatiftheyoncedecidedtoact,

theywillremindthemofChangezKhan.UponthisJawaharlalNehruhadsmiled

and said that sadly theseMuslims citing the example of Changez Khan had

forgottenthat

there

was

an

Umar

(rh)

also

in

their

history.

We are also forgetting today that among uswas oneUmar Farooq (rh) about

whomtheProphet(pbuh)hadsaidthatiftherecouldbeaprophetafterhim,he

wouldhavebeenUmar(rh).


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