My Mother

Introduction.

Allah has created all kinds of living species on the earth and in the ocean. First of all, He created all living species in couples (male and female).  Allah/God has also created the emotional love between the couple (male and female) so that they could enhance their species. This couple is the parents (Mother and Father) of their children. As per the capability of father and mother, Allah has assigned the duties to them to look after their children.  We all know very well about the struggle and sacrifices of our mother. My mother was a great woman, and her name was Rasoolan Bibi. Her height was a long and thin body but was very strong in all respect. She was born in 1915 in India District Gurdaspur and migrated to Pakistan with her family on 14 Aug 1947 during the partition of India. I cannot describe the complete golden role that played my mother for us. She died in 1990, God rest her soul in eternal peace. She had extraordinary qualities. A few qualities of my mother are as under:-

Education Desire. 

My mother was an illiterate woman, but she knew the importance of education. She had very much desired to provide education to her children. She told us the difference between an educated and illiterate man. She always respected and appreciated the well-educated person and motivated us to get an education. I remember still these days when school facilities did not exist in our village. My mother carried me daily in her arms and walked in bare feet to another village to drop in a school. After school time, my father took me from school to home. When I passed the secondary school exam, my mom was very happy. My parents were poor; they had no money for my college admission. They were upset but were not disappointed. They did work hard for one year. On the other hand, I also started a job in a woollen mill. In this way, we saved some money, and the next year I got college admission.

Participation in happy and Sorrowful Occasions. 

My mother had positive thinking. She utmost tried to participate in the happy and sorrowful occasions of all people therefore she had enjoyed a good reputation in the village. Usually, people participated in happy events like marriage, engagement or something else at the invitation of the organizer, but she attended some happy occasions without invitation. I want to share that happy event in which she participated without invitation. Once upon a time, a young boy of our village was selected in the Army as Commission Officer. His family called a musical band to celebrate the happy occasion. My mother attended the happy event and offered congratulation to the parents of the boy. She also offered a flower gift to them and gave some money to the musical band. That young boy and his parents were very happy about my mother’s participation. 

My First Teacher. 

My home is my first education institution, and my mom was the first teacher in this institution. She told me how should I talk, deal and behave with others. It means how we should respect elders and love younger ones. Her motivational talks gave me self-confidence and also improved my deciding power. Even, I learned to eat, drink and wearing of clothes from her. She told us how we should keep cleaning our dresses, rooms, beds, books and bodies. She motivated us to play healthy games during our spare time and always speak the truth. On Sunday, she arranged a visit to a historical place to the improvement of our general knowledge. My mother guided us in all fields of life.

A Good Trainer.    

My mother did not learn the proper skill of tailoring, cooking and farming from any Technical Vocational Institute, but she had good practical knowledge of these professions like a course qualified professional. She had established a Vocational Training Centre in front of the house in a mud hut. She provided her service free of cost to the young girls and boys of the village. After training, to polish their skill, trainees also provided their free cost services to the people for some time. Presently, a lot of men and women are earning good who had got training from this centre. They all remember my mom with good words. After the death of my mom, the centre had run by a senior trainee for two years. The senior trainee got marriage and left the village to live with her husband. Now the vocational centre is being run under the supervision of the social welfare organization of the village.      

A Brave Women.  

My mother was a brave woman. On the occurrence of any natural and unnatural problem, she remained calm and did not lose her temperament. She had a strong belief in Allah/God. She guided us that hard work is the solution to all problems. Disappointment is a sin. It makes you a useless, weak and coward man. She encouraged and remained standing with my father in all situations throughout her life. One day during a rainy season, my father was carrying my younger sister in his arms and seemed some worry. My mother asked my father why is worried?  He told her that heavy rain would destroy our mud house. My mother said, don’t worry, our mud house is strong and in good condition. If the rain would damage it, so we could reconstruct it.

A Good Neighbour.         

My mom had all qualities of a good neighbour. She always treated in good manners to all neighbours. Therefore our all neighbours liked her and still remembered her as a good neighbour. She always tried to facilitate the neighbours. She loved pets, and she had two cows. She provided the cow milk and yoghurt free of cost to the poor neighbour for their school-going children.

Co-operative and Sympathetic.                      

My mother was a helpful, cooperative and sympathetic woman. She helped my father in his routine agriculture work. Daily morning, mom helped us with a smiling face for school preparation. An old-aged husband and wife were living near us. Based on sympathy, my mother often cooked some food to serve them. And she also brought water for them from the water point. The old couple had a buffalo, sometime, my mom helped the old couple by cutting grass for the buffalo.

Conclusion.

• As per the universal principle, respect and honours are awarded to those who performed well. In this world, the mother’s performance is excellent. Therefore Allah/God has given her great honour and dignity.

• Mother is a great blessing of Allah in this life and hereafter for us.

• At the world level, in honour of the mother, each year, the second Sunday of May is observed as mother’s day. There is no alternative to your mother because no other can perform the duties of a mother. After Allah, my mother was a unique and great source of power for me.

• Mother has performed her duties and now we are responsible to pay her back. We should do good deeds for her.