Fazl-e-Umar — Page 297
Fazle Umar 297 “These books will be written in such plain and simple Urdu that even a novice will be able to understand them. In this way my wish is that these books are writ- ten in this style that the first book will consist of fifty pages, the second of eighty pages and the third approximately one hundred and fifteen pages…And so that the writers compile these books in simple Urdu with care and after having done the appropriate research, I shall award them a monetary prize…These books: 1. will contain every type of subject matter. 2. they will be in easy-to-understand Urdu. 3. They will not contain any type of technical terminology. It is because of these terminologies that subjects become difficult to understand. “However, because some eager individuals may also end up in the meetings of scholars and may want to enjoy their discourses, for this reason these technical terms will be included as notes in the margin. In this way, the student will not need to enquire what Berkeley said and what Kant said. Rather the margin will contain quotations from Berkeley and Kant or references to other books. Hence, the student will be able to convert his general knowledge into more tech- nical knowledge whenever he wishes. With this aim in mind every fact will be referenced on the bottom of every page so that whoever wishes to broaden his horizons can do so easily. This organised system will have many sub-categories. First: For children, i. e. from primary education up to sixteen years of age. However, anyone who has only a basic ability in reading and writing should also be able to benefit. Second: For older children i. e. for students attending High School. Third: For grown ups irrespective of the fact whether they are studying in col- leges or doing their own research. Fourth: Purely for girls.