Breaking of Glasses!

I gave him a set of six glasses made of "glass". They were kept breaking one by one everyday, due to his negligence, until only one was left.

I took back that one glass from him. And bought him another set of six glasses made of "plastic"!

Sufi Love Song in Arabic: "Do not stand far from me"

"Ne Te Tiens Pas Éloigné de Moi" (Do not stand far from me) is a love song sung by Ensemble Ibn Arabi. This song is based on Sufi love poetry of Ibn Al-Farid (Umar ibn `Alī ibn al-Fārid - May Allah mercy on his soul.)

The poet later became famous as the "king of lovers". The poetry reminds us of the Sufi's pain and suffering in love due to separation from his Beloved (i.e. Allah).

I am putting here the lyrics in romanized form (i.e. though poor due to my mediocre knowledge. Pardon for that) also.

  عـذّب  بما شئتَ غيرَ البُعدِ عنكَ   تجدْ *** أوفـى مـحِبّ بـما يُـرضيكَ مُبْتَهجِ

Azzib bima she'ta ghairal bu'di anka tajid *** Aufa muhibbi bima yurdeeka mubtahiji

 وخُـذْ بـقيّةَ مـا أبـقَيتَ مـن   رمَقٍ ***  لا  خيرَ في الحبّ إن أبقى على   المُهجِ

wa khuz baqiyyata ma abqaita min ramaqi *** la khaira fi'l hubbi in abqa ala'l muhaj'i

 مَن لي بإتلافِ روحي في هوى رشأ *** حلو الشمائل, بالأرواح ممتزجِ

mal li b'itlafi roohi fi hawa rasha'in***hulwi'shama'ili bil'arwaahi mum'taziji

مَن مات فيه غراماً عاش مرتقياً *** ما بين أهل الهوى, في أرفع الدّرجِ

mam maata fihi gharama aasha murtaqiya***ma bayna ahli'lhawa, fi arfa'id daraji

تبارك الله ما أحلى شمائله ***** فكم أماتت وأحيت فيه من مهج

tabaraka'llahu ma ahla shamailahu***fakam amatat wa aahyat fihi min muhaji

تراه إن غاب عني كل جارحةٍ ***** فيه كل معنى لطيفٍ رائقٍ بهج

tarahou in ghaba ani kullu jaarihati***fi kulli maana'lateefir raa'iqi bahiji

في نغمة العود والناي الرخيم إذا ***** تآلفا بين ألحانٍ من الهزج

fi naghmati'l audi wan naayar rakheem izaa**ta'aalafa bayna a'lhaani minal hazaji

 (ابن الفارض)

(1181-1235)

- Read the above poetry in whole poem (ما بين معترك الأحداق والمهج) in Arabic.
- Read "Diwan ibn al-Farid", poetry-collection book by Ibn Al-Farid in Arabic language, avaiable at 'The Internet Archive' website
- Read about Ibn Al-Farid's life on 'wikipedia'
- Read some poems of Ibn Al-Farid on 'poetry chaikhana'

“Laylatul-bara’ah” —The night of freedom from Fire

Tonight is “Laylatul-bara’ah”, the 15th Night of Islamic month Sha'ban.

Links:
Following are the links to the enlightening articles on web about this sacred night.

1. Night of Bara'ah , at Darul Ihsan institute site
2. Sha'ban: Merits, Do's, and Dont's , by Mufti Taqi Usmai, at Albalagh institute site (Jump to The Night of Bara'ah, in the article)
3. The Night of bara’ah , at Ashrafia institute site

Limit of Human Belief

Once a man was after a long time meeting his beloved. The rendezvous was an outdoor place.

Soon it started signs of rain, and a little pitter-patter. The man didn't want such early end of meeting, and he prayed with a strong belief in his heart about the rain stopping. As test of belief, he decided to stay their until the rain would stop.

But undesirably the rain got heavy.. and he hurried towards a nearby shed in disquieted manner.

At last he reached there under safe place. After a moment, the rain stopped!

~ Afterwind's fable