A lengthy but good read: http://alternativeentertainment.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it-2/
Check it out. Thanks Aleena for the article :)
Ma'Assalama
Hena
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Monday, January 4, 2010
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Layla and Majnoon
"Nizami Kunjehei was one of the poets of the late 6th and early 7th century (hijri). He's one of the most famous poets of stories/poems read at parties and gatherings in Iran. He is famous for 5 books:
1. Makhzanul Asrar
2. Khusru and Shireen
3. Layli and Majnoon (they call her Layli in Farsi, Layla in Arabic)
4. Haft Paykar
5. Iskander Nameh (lifestory of Alexander the Great)
Layli and Majnoon is a Romeo and Juliet-type story.
Layli and Majnoon (not his real name, means madman) lived in the same village. They loved each other a lot, but when her father found out, he married her off to someone else in a village far away.
Majnoon was so caught up in the love of Layli and so depressed at her loss, that he used to wander the deserts and mountains. His father, seeing Majnoon's grief, was very upset and tried to research ways of removing Majnoon's grief and freeing him from the 'pain' of the love of Layli.
Majnoon's father tried to advise his son to help him overcome his grief at the loss of Layli, but the fire of the love of Layli was too strong and all the fatherly advise was forgotten.
Majnoon's father sought the counsel of his relatives who advised him to take Majnoon to Makkah and that perhaps the association with Allah will lessen his grief. But when they got to Makkah, all Majnoon prayed for was for Allah to take some years of his life and give them to Layli (i.e. prayed for her long life) and no other prayers!
When the father heard this prayer of Majnoon, he understood that the pain of the love of Layli has no cure.
Basically at the end of the story, Layli dies in childbirth. Majnoon travels to visit her grave and cries so much there that he dies too."
Taken from: http://qumgirl.blogspot.com/2009/04/layla-and-majnoon.html and Zeynep's wonderful story-telling =)
Ma'Assalama,
Hena
1. Makhzanul Asrar
2. Khusru and Shireen
3. Layli and Majnoon (they call her Layli in Farsi, Layla in Arabic)
4. Haft Paykar
5. Iskander Nameh (lifestory of Alexander the Great)
Layli and Majnoon is a Romeo and Juliet-type story.
Layli and Majnoon (not his real name, means madman) lived in the same village. They loved each other a lot, but when her father found out, he married her off to someone else in a village far away.
Majnoon was so caught up in the love of Layli and so depressed at her loss, that he used to wander the deserts and mountains. His father, seeing Majnoon's grief, was very upset and tried to research ways of removing Majnoon's grief and freeing him from the 'pain' of the love of Layli.
Majnoon's father tried to advise his son to help him overcome his grief at the loss of Layli, but the fire of the love of Layli was too strong and all the fatherly advise was forgotten.
Majnoon's father sought the counsel of his relatives who advised him to take Majnoon to Makkah and that perhaps the association with Allah will lessen his grief. But when they got to Makkah, all Majnoon prayed for was for Allah to take some years of his life and give them to Layli (i.e. prayed for her long life) and no other prayers!
When the father heard this prayer of Majnoon, he understood that the pain of the love of Layli has no cure.
Basically at the end of the story, Layli dies in childbirth. Majnoon travels to visit her grave and cries so much there that he dies too."
Taken from: http://qumgirl.blogspot.com/2009/04/layla-and-majnoon.html and Zeynep's wonderful story-telling =)
Ma'Assalama,
Hena
Monday, October 13, 2008
Wow, it's been a long two weeks. I'm sure many people would agree. Midterms have definitely taken their toll on most people. I got through two of mine, one more and a project left and then I'll be done insha Allah =) So, anyway, I wanted to share with you guys a Hadith I really liked:
"God Almighty said: "My servant draws near to Me with nothing more loved by Me than the acts of worship that I have enjoined upon him. My servant continues to try to draw near to Me with more devotion, until I love him. When I love him, I will be his hearing with which he hears, his sight by which he sees, his hand with which he strikes, his feet on which he walks. When he asks Me for something, I will respond and when he takes refuge in Me, I will grant it to him. I do not hesitate in doing anything I intend to do as much as I hesitate in seizing the soul of My faithful servant; he hates death and I hate hurting him. But death is a must for him"." (narrated by Bukhari)
I hope you like it just as much as I do!
By the way, they were doing free Henna at Stamp today from 12-2 pm in the Baltimore Room I think. Sorry if you missed it! I just got a crescent and stars on my right hand, but it all scratched off on its own less than an hour later. Man us Desis, we're better with Henna because we usually get a good red color that lasts you a while! =)
Ma'Assalama,
Hena
"God Almighty said: "My servant draws near to Me with nothing more loved by Me than the acts of worship that I have enjoined upon him. My servant continues to try to draw near to Me with more devotion, until I love him. When I love him, I will be his hearing with which he hears, his sight by which he sees, his hand with which he strikes, his feet on which he walks. When he asks Me for something, I will respond and when he takes refuge in Me, I will grant it to him. I do not hesitate in doing anything I intend to do as much as I hesitate in seizing the soul of My faithful servant; he hates death and I hate hurting him. But death is a must for him"." (narrated by Bukhari)
I hope you like it just as much as I do!
By the way, they were doing free Henna at Stamp today from 12-2 pm in the Baltimore Room I think. Sorry if you missed it! I just got a crescent and stars on my right hand, but it all scratched off on its own less than an hour later. Man us Desis, we're better with Henna because we usually get a good red color that lasts you a while! =)
Ma'Assalama,
Hena
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