{"id":10,"date":"2012-03-08T01:28:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T01:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mandi\/?p=10"},"modified":"2012-03-08T01:28:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T01:28:43","slug":"week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/2012\/03\/08\/week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Scripture<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You moon-faced lovers<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated as you are<\/p>\n<p>Sovereign in your spirit<\/p>\n<p>Yet bound in your spirituality<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You moon-faced lovers<\/p>\n<p>Birds of the night<\/p>\n<p>Gales of His majesty<\/p>\n<p>Your wings spread your faith<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You moon-faced lovers<\/p>\n<p>Martyrs in your own right<\/p>\n<p>Mothers of sacrifice<\/p>\n<p>Pregnant with selfless desires<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You moon-faced lovers<\/p>\n<p>Roses you are, thorns adorning your stems<\/p>\n<p>Merely displaying the pedals of God<\/p>\n<p>Arranged in a garden of elevated spirits<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You moon-faced lovers<\/p>\n<p>There is one place for you<\/p>\n<p>In the moon light<\/p>\n<p>Lit by a reflection, a grand one<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad is often seen as the moon, whose light is merely a reflection of the sun\u2019s. In this case, that \u201csun\u201d would be God, the merciful. In the beginning the first creation that God created was Nur Muhammad, \u201cthe light of Muhammad\u201d.\u00a0 This light had not source other than God, Himself. Muslims recognize that Muhammad had no powers of his own but was merely a vehicle and a vessel through which God could work, and for that reason, God loved him.<\/p>\n<p>The month of Ramadan is a month that Muslims hold very dear for several reasons. For one, it is the month during which the first revelation of the Qur\u2019an was sent to Muhammad. Also during this month the martyrdom of Hussein took place. Thus, throughout the Islamic world there are reenactments of what exactly transpired on that day. Many hold it in deep reverence.<\/p>\n<p>The poem I wrote is meant to reflect on what occurred through a means other than theatre and reenactments. It focuses a lot on the aspects of the story that we read this week, concerning the nature that was constantly alluded to. The moon was a major image that was mentioned and so I made that a central focus in my poem.\u00a0 The moon represents Muhammad and the vessel that he represents. We are all vessels through which we must emanate the love of God.\u00a0 In the Qur\u2019an He says, \u201cHeaven and Earth cannot contain Me, but there is room for Me in the heart of the believer\u201d. I titled it \u201cThe Scripture\u201d because it is believed that all of God\u2019s creations, including all aspects of nature, are part of his nature. Thus, though another vessel is lost in Hussein there are the others including his wife, daughter, and sister that can carry on that role. However, martyrdom is considered to be an elevated state of spirituality which I believe is portrayed through my poetry. What Hussein is doing is meant to serve as an amplified message of God\u2019s glory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture &nbsp; You moon-faced lovers Dedicated as you are Sovereign in your spirit Yet bound in your spirituality &nbsp; You moon-faced lovers Birds of the night Gales of His majesty Your wings spread your faith &nbsp; You moon-faced lovers Martyrs in your own right Mothers of sacrifice Pregnant with selfless desires &nbsp; You moon-faced lovers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4557,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4557"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}