Bismillaah-Hir-Rahamaanir-Raheem

Yaahyā^(a.s) Kī Taaleem

Iṅjeel : Mattā 3:1-17

Un dinoṅ Yaahyā^(a.s) logoṅ ko paanī se paak karte the. Wo ek jagah jiskā naam Yahudiyā ke registaan me logoṅ ko Allaah taa’alā kā paiġaam dete the.⁽¹⁾ Yaahyā^(a.s) logoṅ se kahte the “Taubā karo kyuṅki, Allaah taa’alā kī baadshaahī tumhaare bahut qareeb hai.”⁽²⁾ Bahut waqt pahale Allaah taa’alā ne Yaahyā^(a.s) ke baare me Yashaayaah^(a.s) ko bataayā thā, ki koī registaan me chillā rahā hogā, ‘Allaah taa’alā kā seedhā raastā banā ke taiyaar karo.’⁽³⁾ Yaahyā^(a.s) ke kapḍe uṅṯ kī khaal ke bane hue the aur unkī kamar par ek chamḍe kā kamarabaṅd thā. Wo khaane me ṯiḏḏī aur jaṅglī shahad khaate the.⁽⁴⁾ Log Yaahyā^(a.s) ke paas Yerushalam se, Yahudiyā se aur Jorḏan nadī ke ās-paas ke ilaakoṅ se āte the.⁽⁵⁾ Wo log apne gunaah qubul karte the phir Yaahyā^(a.s) unko Jorḏan nadī me ġusl de kar paak karte the.⁽⁶⁾ Jis jagah par Yaahyā^(a.s) logoṅ ko ġusl dete the, us jagah par bahut saare Yahudī mazhabī rahanumā āte the jo Fareesī aur Sadukī the.

Jab Yaahyā^(a.s) ne unheṅ dekhā to kahā, “Tum sab saaṁp ho. Tum logoṅ ko kis ne ḳḥabardaar kiyā ki Allaah taa’alā ke azaab se bhaago jo uskī naafarmaanī karne waaloṅ ke liye āne waalā hai.⁽⁷⁾ Apne dil ko saaf karo aur us tarah se zindagī guzaaro ki jaise tumne gunaahoṅ se taubā kar lī ho.⁽⁸⁾ Tum log apne āp me ye mat socho ki tum log Ibraaheem^(a.s) ke ḳḥaandaanoṅ se ho kyuṅki iskā koī faaydā naheeṅ hai. Maiṅ tumko bataatā huṅ ki Allaah taa’alā Ibraaheem^(a.s) kī aulaadoṅ ko in pattharoṅ se bhī paidā kar saktā hai.⁽⁹⁾ Peḍ kī jaḍoṅ tak kulhaaḍī pahuṅch chukī hai. Har wo peḍ jo accẖe phal naheeṅ dete haiṅ unko kaaṯ kar āg me ḏaal diyā jaaegā.⁽¹⁰⁾ Maiṅ logoṅ ko gunaahoṅ kī taubā ke liye paanī me ġusl de kar paak kartā huṅ. Lekin, koī hai jo mere baad āegā jo mujhse bhī zyaadā azeem hai. Maiṅ uske jute bhī uṯhaane ke laayaq naheeṅ huṅ. Wo tum logoṅ ko Allaah taa’alā ke nur aur āg se paak karegā.⁽¹¹⁾ Wo ek jagah ko saaf kar rahā hai taaki gehuṅ kī safaaī kī jā sake. Wo accẖe gehuṅ ko baaqī se alag kar degā. Wo gehuṅ ko godaam me rakhegā aur bhuse ko jalā degā, jis kī āg kabhī nā bujhne waalī hogī.”⁽¹²⁾

Tab Īsā^(a.s) Galeel se Jorḏan nadī par āe taaki Yaahyā^(a.s) unko paanī se ġusl de sakeṅ. Yaahyā^(a.s) ne unko rokne kī bahut koshish karī.⁽¹³⁾ Yaahyā^(a.s) ne kahā, “Āp mere paas ġusl lene kyuṅ āe haiṅ? Jabki mujhe āpse ġusl lenā chaahie.”⁽¹⁴⁾ Īsā^(a.s) ne kahā, “Ye Allaah taa’alā kā hukm hai islie ye zarurī hai ki ham ise purā kareṅ.” Ye sun kar Yaahyā^(a.s) ġusl dene ke liye raazī ho gae.⁽¹⁵⁾ Īsā^(a.s) jaise hī paanī se baahar āe to āsmaan khulā aur Yaahyā^(a.s) ne dekhā ki Allaah taa’alā kā nur kabutar kī tarah neeche āyā aur Īsā^(a.s) par naazil huā⁽¹⁶⁾ aur āsmaan se ek āwaaz āī ki “Ye merā chunā huā numaaiṅdā hai, jisko maiṅ bahut pyaar kartā huṅ aur maiṅ isse bahut ḳḥush huṅ.”⁽¹⁷⁾