Preface
Sab tareef aur sara shukar Allah ke liye hai.
Shahzaib Khan murder case aur NAB officer Kamran Faisal qatl case se mutasir ho kar likha jane wala novel Namal, jo teen saal pehle aik aik harf kaghaz par utarne se shuru hua tha, aaj aik mujassam haqeeqat ban kar aap ke haath mein hai. Yeh khoon aur dil se jude noor aur unhi dono se jude gunahon ki kahani hai. Namal mein aap ko mukhtalif aqsam ke log aik jagah jama nazar aayenge aur woh sab hamari zindagi ke kisi na kisi marhalay ki tarjumani karte hain. In sab mein buraiyan aur achaiyan dono mojood hain. Namal ke achay kirdar itne achay nahin hain aur buray mukammal tor par buray nahin hain. Aap ne in surmai kirdaron ki achaiyon ko apnana hai aur un ki buraiyon se sabaq seekhna hai. Un ke dukhon se apna qataar saaf karna hai aur un ki kamyabiyon se apne liye raah tayyun karni hai.
Kahaniyon mein dil dukha dene wale waqiat ki manzar kashi is liye ki jati hai taake zindagi mein aagay barhtay qari ke seenay mein jo barf jamti ja rahi hai woh kisi kahani ke taap se tootay, to andar roshni aur narmi dakhil hogi. Phir hi woh pighal kar narm parega aur jazbat ko purani shiddat se mehsoos karega. Agar na likha jaye aur aisa na parha jaye to duniya ke dukh aur takaleef humein sangdil aur be-hiss banati chali jayengi.
Namal ko bhi maine is liye likha hai taake aap apne dil ke marz ki shifa bhi pehchanen aur apne khoon ke rishton ke saath wapas bhi jur jayein. Is kitab ko likhne ke liye mujhe bohat se pyare logon ka bharpoor saath hasil raha.
Meri Digest Editor, Ummat-us-Saboor, jin ki rahnumai aur taawun ke baghair koi bhi qist mukammal karna mushkil tha. Ummat ne meri pehli kahani qabil-e-ishaat qarar dete hue kaha tha ke das saal baad woh mujhe sitaron ki tarah chamakta hua dekhein gi. Aaj is baat ko poore das saal ho chuke hain. December 2006 se December 2016 ki yeh lambi musafat main kabhi tay na kar sakti agar Ummat har qadam par mere saath na hotin.
Insaan sirf koshish kar sakta hai. Us ki tehreer ki khamiyon par parda rakh kar use kamyabi Allah deta hai. Allah se dua hai ke woh hum sab ko nakamiyon se sabaq seekhne aur phir se koshish karne ki taufeeq de. Ameen.
Meri jaisa khuloos aur saadgi bohat kam milti hai. Hamari Ummat na hoti to main kya karti? Aur yeh khuloos aur saadgi meri team ke doosre do motiyon mein bhi waise hi mojood hai. Asma Anjum aur Iqra Bint-e-Saleem. Chhoti se chhoti baat aur bade se bade kaam ke liye woh har waqt haazir rehti hain. Mujhe ilm bhi na ho pata aur woh mere kandhon se namahsoos andaaz mein bohat saara bojh utha leti thin. Aap ka shukriya Asma!
Aur phir hum sab ki pyari Iqra Bint-e-Saleem. Namal ki kitab ka title design karna ek taraf, Iqra ka saath jo is arsay mein mujhe asal khushi mein mayassar raha. Meri pyari Asma ke saath meri yeh mazboot team jis ne mujhe kabhi akela mehsoos nahi hone diya, us ka ehsaan main ada nahi kar sakti.
Ayesha Saqib aur mere Facebook page ke tamam members ka shukriya jo mujhe shayari ke intekhab mein meri madad karte rahe. Yeh mera maidan bhi nahi raha tha, magar aap sab ki aur bilkhusoos Ayesha ke baghair main yeh zimmedari itne achhe tareeqe se shayad kabhi sar anjaam na de paati.
Advocate Samia Iqbal aur Advocate Aamna Aftab ka be-had shukriya jin ki rahnumai mere saath har waqt rahi. Aur un tamam logon ka bhi shukriya jin ki jobs ki hassasiyat ki wajah se main un ke naam nahi le sakti. Un ke baghair Namal shuru bhi na ho pata.
Apne naashir-e-mohtaram Gul Faraz Sahib, Ilm-o-Irfan Publishers ka main be-had mamnoon hoon jinhon ne na sirf meri is kitab ko ishaat ka sharaf bakhsha balki har marhalay par meri raaye aur pasand-naapasand ko ahmiyat di. Bohat kam publishers aisi professional soch rakhte hain aur main Gul Faraz Sahib ki dil se mamnoon hoon ke unhon ne kisi bhi mauqe par, chahe woh title ka masla ho ya kitab ko aik jild mein lane ka, hamesha meri raaye ka ehtaraam kiya.
Yahan main book piracy ka bhi zikr karna chahungi ke kis tarah woh hamare idaray aur writers ke liye zeher-e-qatil sabit ho rahi hai. Khaas tor par Karachi aur Hyderabad ke qariyon se guzarish hai ke woh kitab apne mustanad bookseller se khareedein aur is baat ki tasdeeq kar lein ke kitab asal ho.
Nimra Ahmed
6 February 2017
