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The Order of Nature<br />

Zauq Dehlavi (1739-1854) is a famous poet of the Urdu<br />

language. One of his couplets reads:<br />

Gul-haye rang rang se hai zinat-e-chaman<br />

ai Zauq is jahan ko hai zeib ikhtilaf se<br />

(A variety of flowers of different hues and shapes make<br />

up the beauty of the garden. O Zauq, it is by variety that<br />

this world has been rendered beautiful.) This is the law<br />

of nature. If you stood in a garden you would find each<br />

plant, each tree different from all the others. The flowers<br />

of each tree would show their splendour in their own<br />

unique style. The whole garden would appear to possess<br />

great diversity. Even birds would be singing in different<br />

voices. Everything in nature is a unique specimen of<br />

variety.<br />

This variety is present in all the things of this universe,<br />

as well as in man. The study of biology and psychology<br />

tells us that one human being is totally different from<br />

another. Not only thumb impressions but even the cells<br />

of one man are different from those of another. One<br />

man’s eyes do not resemble anyone else’s. This<br />

UNIFORM CIVIL CODE—A CRITICAL STUDY 35

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