Motivation means a lot when human does something which is not very common in day to day life. Literature review indicates that there are rarely available studies on motivation for reading the holy Quran in Pakistani context. Therefore, the current study intends to find out basic types of motivation for reading holy Quran, factors involved that motivate to read with and without translation in their L1. Last but not least, gender based motivational (if any) difference. To research a quantitative study was adopted in which a survey based questionnaire was filled via Google form from randomly selected 218 students of 7 universities of Sindh, Pakistan. Collected data is descriptively analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Version 22). The findings revealed three most important motivating factors for reading the holy Quran: (1) it is the best book for mankind (∑4.6422); (2) it is a guideline to live better and happier life (∑4.6009); (3) it is compulsory for every Muslim to read (∑4.5642). Moreover, university students are more intrinsically (∑41.1651) than extrinsically (∑34.0642) motivated for reading the holy Quran. Meanwhile a great difference is being found in university students’ motivation for reading the holy Quran with and without translation. The Mean score of reading without translation is ∑9.8073 and with translation is ∑4.9862. An independent t-test informed that there is no significant difference between male and female students’ motivation for reading the holy Quran. The research claims that youth are losing their intrinsic motivation for reading the holy Quran because of extensive use of social media. It suggests that university students should read with translation because it helps their academic as well as personal life.

Dr Nabi Bux (N. A Baloch 1917 - 2011) was one of the remarkable personalities of Pakistan. He was a great thinker, educationist, scholar, researcher and author of various scholarly books. He made splendid contributions to several disciplines that included Islamic studies, Sindhi Civilization and Culture, Education, History, Archeology, Musicology, Anthropology and Folklore. His work exists in Sindhi, Urdu, Arabic, Persian and English language. His service to Sindh stands valuable. He tried to revive the ancient literature as well as folk literature of Sindh. One of his utmost efforts was to explore the ancient manuscripts of Sindhi scholars from the various libraries of the World. He is recognized as the eminent educationist, thinker, and historian of Pakistan; therefore, he was honored with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1968), Sitara-e-Quaid-i-Azam (1971), Pride of Performance (1979), President's Award for Pride of Performance (1991), Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2001) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (2011). Dr N.A Baloch was very unique in his views and ideas for educational disciplines. His comprehensive work on education is named: National System of Education and Education of Teacher. In this book, he gave his precious ideas and views to reform our educational system. This brief study sought to understand the Dr N.A Baloch`s educational thought and its services to educational process, and discussed this with other aspects of epistemological concepts in terms to respect of its aims, curriculum, and role of teacher in education institutions. As the paper aimed to provide an overview of Dr Baloch`s brief biography, his achievements and his profound career.

Makhdoom Abdul Wahid Sevistani (1737-1809) was one of the renowned religious scholars and prolific authors of Sindh. He had great expertise in various branches of Islamic knowledge. Beyaz-e-Wahidi is the most monumental book of Makhdoom Abdul Wahid Sevistani. It is the best of all his literary works. In this article, the biography of Makhdoom Abdul Wahid Sevistani and his work in field of Islamic Jurisprudence is mentioned briefly. Furthermore, methodology to explain and address the various topics, questions and problematic issues and differentiations in Jurisprudence is discussed. No doubt, Makhdoom Abdul Wahid Sevistani collected precious Knowledge from Noble Quran, Hadith, reliable and authentic books of Islamic studies. He also analyzed the deferent opinions and explanations of the prominent scholars of hanafi jurisprudence. This article also deals with his sources and other objects like principles of ifta and fatwa. This article is an attempt to explore his comprehensive efforts and importance of this book.

Imam Shafi`i (150/767 - 204/820) was one of the most eminent Islamic scholars, prolific authors and an earlier jurisprudence and founder of shafi`i school of thought. He had made his great contribution in various religious disciplines including Islamic literature. He also produced writings in poetic form which fulfills the measurements of prosody. Though, he could not compose his own collection of poetry, yet his devotees extracted his poetic work from different writings. The collection of his poetry is named Diwan-e-Imam Shafi`i. His poetry is rich with wisdom, etiquette and ethical values which were abstracted and retrieved from the Holy Qur’an and Hadiths. Due to being quoted far and wide by different scholars, his poetry is acknowledged remarkable and holds prominent place in academia of scholars. This brief study seeks to reveal topics; self-denial, patience, contentment, Tawakkul, and self-pride which were significantly present in his poetry. This study is also undertaken in response to the deep sense of admiration and appreciation for the poetry of Imam Shafi`i.