امید کی خوشی
by سر سید احمد خان (Sir Syed Ahmed Khan)
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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan analyses Hope (Umeed) as the most vital force of human existence. Hope drives the crying infant, the hard-working student, the patient farmer and the repentant sinner. He contrasts it with despair (Na-Umeedi), a spiritual sin that leads to decay, appealing to his countrymen to face the future with unyielding optimism through education and reform.
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Hope at Every Stage of Life
Sir Syed argues that without hope the human mind would collapse into darkness. Hope manifests at every stage of life: the infant cries in hope of its mother's milk, the student toils in hope of a bright future, the farmer sows in hope of a rich harvest, and the repentant sinner prays in hope of divine mercy.
He contrasts hope with despair, which he calls a spiritual sin and a mental prison. A nation that loses hope falls into laziness and decay, while a society that preserves hope keeps innovating and rebuilding after every crisis. He urges his countrymen, suffering under colonial rule, to shed despair and reclaim their glory through education, hard work and rational reform, making the essay a manifesto of the Aligarh Movement.