Ihsan
Ihsan (or Ehsan or Ahsan or احسان) is an Arabic term meaning "perfection" or "excellence," which is related to the word "goodness" (Ara. husn). It is a matter of taking one's inner faith (iman) and showing it in both deed and action, a sense of social responsibility borne from religious convictions. In Islam, Ihsan is the Muslim responsibility to obtain perfection, or excellence, in worship, such that Muslims try to worship God (Arabic Allah) as if they see Him, and although they cannot see Him(Due to believing Allah is not made of materials), they undoubtedly believe he is constantly watching over them. That definition comes from the hadith (known as the Hadith of Gabriel) in which Muhammad states, "[Ihsan is] to worship God as though you see Him, and if you cannot see Him, then indeed He sees you." (Al-Bukhari and Al-Muslim).[1]
Ihsan, meaning "to do beautiful things," is one of the three dimensions of the Islamic religion (Ara. ad-din): islam, iman and ihsan. In contrast to the emphases of islam (what one should do) and iman (why one should do), the concept of ihsan is primarily associated with intention. One who "does what is beautiful" is called a muhsin. It is generally held that a person can only achieve true ihsan with the help and guidance of Allah, who governs all things.
Some Islamic scholars explain Ihsan as being the inner dimension of Islam whereas shariah is often described as the outer dimension:
From the preceding discussion it should be clear that not every Muslim is a man or woman of faith (mu'min), but every person of faith is a muslim. Furthermore, a Muslim who believes in all the principles of Islam may not necessarily be a righteous person, a doer of good (muhsin), but a truly good and righteous person is both a muslim and a true person of faith.[2]
Ihsan "constitutes the highest form of worship" (ibadah).[3] It is excellence in work and in social interactions. For example, ihsan includes sincerity during Muslim prayers and being grateful to parents, family, and God.
Ehsan or Ihsan is also a male name among Muslims.
Popular Personalities
Aitzaz Ahsan
Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan (Urdu: چودھری اعتزاز احسن ) (born September 27, 1945) is a Barrister-at-Law by profession, Senior Advocate Supreme Court and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. He is also a writer, human rights activist, politician, former Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Interior, Narcotics Control (1988-1990) and Education. Elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1994, he eventually succeeded as the leader of the House and the leader of the Opposition between the years 1996 and 1999. Currently he is president of the Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association. Aitzaz Ahsan has been under arrest periodically in 2007 for his involvement in the effort to restore Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan after President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf suspended the constitution and subsequently removed Chief Justice Chaudhry from the bench.
Ehsen Naveed Irfan
Ehsen Naveed Irfan Urdu:(احسن نويد عرفان) is a social worker and has socio-political interests & is a student of M.B.B.S from Frontier Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan. He is the eldest grandson of Dr. M Irfan[[[1]] (the renoun psychiatrist of Pakistan, see List of psychiatrists) & son of Dr. Naveed Irfan[[2]][[3]].
8th october 2005, when a huge earthquake hit the Northern Areas of Pakistan, he along with his group mates served the patients in the emergency hospitals & health care units.
In September 2006, Asad Jameel Khan & he organised a car racing event for the 2nd time in the history of NWFP, where people from all parts of Pakistan came to see the event.
In early 2007,he was selected by Caritas International NGOs, where he & other crew members were trained for a street theater performance.The moto was to educate the affected people of earthquake about hazards in an affected area.Trained by a Professional artist Miss Bukhari, he gave various performances in Northern Areas of Pakistan,Kashmir& Balakot, where they educated hundreds of homeless people from all ages.
He joined TV in July2007, as a host, where he still is helping in raising issues like poverty,corruption,education in his town & Hazara Division. He did the 2nd car racing event in Abbottabad in May 2007 & named it "Automotive 07", a great number of people from all age groups came and enjoyed the event. His moto was still safe driving.
In the same month he requested the Pakistan's National Cricket Team to visit his institute Frontier Medical College on a charity show arranged by him,in which the International Fame band " Heart Beats " came in to raise charity for the poor of NWFP & introduced their magzine " Motivated " which has a message that " Everybody can Help " the needy & the poor.
In early 2008, he along with other members of the committee arranged the first ever SEERAT-UN-NABI ( S.A.W) conference done in Abbottabad & Hazara Division, in which Islamic Scholars from different parts of Pakistan came to deliver lectures to students. 17th July 2008, was the day when he did a successful medical camp in the village Bhanda Peeraan (Pakhli Sarkar) where he called expert doctors from different parts of Pakistan, working with Shaheena Jamil Hospital Abbottabad & Irfan Hospital Mansehra. At the end of the day, it came in the notice that more than 1500 patients who came for the checkup had gastro problems; he immediately called the press & requested the current member of National Assembly to take good measures about the water contamination & the road transportation of that area. Hence filter plant projects started in different union councils of Pakhal a month later.
On 14th August 2008 [[4]] , he arranged the biggest public oriented charity raising event in the history of Abbottabad, where more than 2100 people came to see the event. The slogan of Automotive remained discouragement of rash driving & promotion of safe car racing events in Pakistan.
He visited the central prison Mansehra with his MBBS class mates on a Forensic Medicine trip,where he found out that the child prisoners were not being provided physical games, which play an important role in the grooming of physical & mental behaviour. Thus on 18th August 2008 he donated indoor & outdoor accessories to the prison, which included soccer,volley ball, basket ball, Badminton & alot of indoor board games. He has alot of achievement in the promotion of blood donation & discouragement of corruption in different department.
He attended a very political meeting with the people of his area on 4th Nov 2008, where they requested him to lead in the development of their area, which was always reglected in the past 4 governments.According to the resources of the news papers the students & teachers of Hazara University Dhodial from 10 union councils of Pakhli Sarkar(lower Pakhal) had a huge problem in the travelling towards the university, because of the bad conditions of the road of Peeraan Bandha. He thus called it an important issue, discussed it with the current members of Provincial & National Assembly & did a press conference on 5th November regarding the issue.
He is also an active member of many political, social & religous organizations:
- President Frontier Welfare Society,
- Finance Director Seerat-un-Nabi (S.A.W) Committee Abbottabad,
- M.D Irfan Neuropsychiatric Hospital Mansehra,
- Joint Secretary Jinnahabad Wellfare Society,
- TV Host, where he is raising different issues & brings to public,
- Social Work Coordinator Beacon House School System,
- Organizer of Automotive Car Racing Events,
- Former organizer Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insafs student federation, Insaf Student Federation Hazara Division.
Syed Mohammad Ahsan
Syed Mohammad Ahsan Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan H.QA. S.PK. S.Q. D.S.C. (Urdu: ﺴﻴﺩ ﻣﺤﻣﺪ ﺍﺣﺴﻦ) (born 1921) was Governor of the Province of East Pakistan from 1 September 1969 to 7 March 1971. Prior to that, he was the Commander in Chief of Pakistan Navy from October 20, 1966 to August 31, 1969)
Admiral Ahsan was born and bred in Hyderabad Deccan. He joined the Royal Indian Navy and rose up to the rank of a Lieutenant before independence of Pakistan. At the time of independence of Pakistan in August 1947, Lieut. Ahsan chose to join the Royal Pakistan Navy, and was assigned the position of ADC to the founder and first Governor General of Pakistan Mohammed Ali Jinnah. He had also served as the ADC to Lord Mountbatten as well.[1][2][3]
References and Further Reading
Murata, Sachiko (2000). The Vision of Islam. I. B. Tauris. pp. pp. 267-282. ISBN 1-86064-022-2. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
The Mysteries of Ihsan: Natural Contemplation and the Spiritual Virtues in the Quran
By JAMES W. MORRIS
References
See Also
External links
- Al–Ihsaan - Perfection In Acts Of Worship by Imâm al-Madîna al-Munawarrah 'Alî Abd-ur-Rahmân al-Hudhaifî
- Hadith of Angel Gabriel Hadith #2 from An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
- Ihsan – the Gnostic Knowledge of Mankind
- http://www.geocities.com/faizee/ihsan1.htm
- Concept of Ihsan in the Quran
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