The Personality of Quaid-e-Azam
Mohammad Ali Jinnah amazes me. When people in the whole nation were resisting
the rule of the British Empire, he was with them but unlike others he never
ever reacted outside the boundaries of the British Law. His Personality’s
Political and Law abiding stance is one of the most unique things the world
might have witnessed. Unlike other freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson
Mandela Qaid-e-Azam’s way of gaining freedom was very different.
Mahatma Gandhi is famous for his
struggle for Independence through non-violent protests. Though non-violent he
did go to jail a lot… he spent estimated 7 years in jail during the fight for
freedom. Likewise Nelson Mandela too had spent years in jail before the
apartheid in South Africa finally lifted.
But, Quaid-e-Azam was different.
What makes our nation’s Founding Father’s impeccable and inspiring personality
so different? Mr. Jinnah, our beloved Founding Father is probably one of the
only freedom fighters who never went to jail.
Mohammad Ali Jinnah through his
study of law and his politically witted mindset beat the British at their own
game. During the whole period of his influence in British ranks for a separate
Islamic state he never broke a single law which the British imposed on the
people of India. Due to playing a role with such impeccable political sanity he
never ever during the whole fight for freedom went to jail. His calm and
subtle trait was what led us to have one of the most inspiring Founders and one
of the most empowering nation in the world, especially for the Muslim world.
A very happy birthday to our
nation’s father, Mr.Jinnah. I hope that
one day each citizen of this nation will follow in the footsteps of our
founding father Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and abide to the law even
though of the enemy.
