Ubaidullah Pandit (عبيدالله پنڈت)

My wings will bring me life, not hubris. Sun's heat won't burn them, Seas won't damp them.  I would rather be Lazarus than Icarus.

I very much value knowledgeable people and the people full of resources. I never consider my day made if I haven’t met a new one. Whenever I happen to find one, I never let go of the opportunity to strike up a conversation with them, to learn something new, something which I don’t know. In order to make the most of them and whatever valuable they’ve in terms of knowledge, I ask for their phone numbers and every e-means to get and remain connected. What may aptly account for t his type of behavior of mine is the saying of the Prophet of Islam to the effect that Knowledge or Wisdom is the lost property of a believer, let him claim it wherever he finds it. ( الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا ). The Urdu poet Haali has beautifully versified it this way:  حکمت کو اک گم شدہ لعل سمجھو جہاں پاو اپنا اسے مال سمجھو The people of intellect and knowledge are no less than an asset, an invaluable one. To me a treasure that is to be explo...