{"id":2204,"date":"2015-05-18T18:12:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T23:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2015-05-18T18:33:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T23:33:08","slug":"the-beauty-in-the-black-veil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/05\/18\/the-beauty-in-the-black-veil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty in the Black Veil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/05\/Sheikh_e_Sanan_2.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/05\/16.11-34-2006-helhed-Mantiq-al-Tayr-Sheik-Sanan-og-den-kristne-moe.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2210\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/05\/18\/the-beauty-in-the-black-veil\/16-11-34-2006-helhed-mantiq-al-tayr-sheik-sanan-og-den-kristne-moe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/05\/16.11-34-2006-helhed-Mantiq-al-Tayr-Sheik-Sanan-og-den-kristne-moe.jpg?fit=2166%2C3273&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2166,3273\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"16.11-34-2006-helhed-Mantiq-al-Tayr&amp;#8211;Sheik-Sanan-og-den-kristne-moe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/05\/16.11-34-2006-helhed-Mantiq-al-Tayr-Sheik-Sanan-og-den-kristne-moe.jpg?fit=584%2C882&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2210 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/05\/16.11-34-2006-helhed-Mantiq-al-Tayr-Sheik-Sanan-og-den-kristne-moe-678x1024.jpg?resize=584%2C882&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"16.11-34-2006-helhed-Mantiq-al-Tayr--Sheik-Sanan-og-den-kristne-moe\" width=\"584\" height=\"882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/05\/16.11-34-2006-helhed-Mantiq-al-Tayr-Sheik-Sanan-og-den-kristne-moe.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/05\/16.11-34-2006-helhed-Mantiq-al-Tayr-Sheik-Sanan-og-den-kristne-moe.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/05\/16.11-34-2006-helhed-Mantiq-al-Tayr-Sheik-Sanan-og-den-kristne-moe.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/05\/16.11-34-2006-helhed-Mantiq-al-Tayr-Sheik-Sanan-og-den-kristne-moe.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This sublime fragment of a longer qasidah (ode) about a saint who falls madly in love with a beautiful maiden in a black veil (recalling the <a href=\"http:\/\/persian.packhum.org\/persian\/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D02602030%26ct%3D32\">story of Shaykh San&#8217;an<\/a>\u00a0) is sublimely performed in Mauritanian style by Dimi Mint Abba:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sUBvK8rqAy8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Translation:<\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"itemFullText\">Tell the beauty in the black veil<\/h6>\n<h6>What have you done to the pious worshipper?<\/h6>\n<h6>He was rolling up his sleeves, getting\u00a0ready for his prayers<\/h6>\n<h6>when you stopped him at the door of the mosque<\/h6>\n<h6>God is Greater! God is Greater!<\/h6>\n<h6>O you who call to God with upraised hands<\/h6>\n<h6>beseeching and begging for aid<\/h6>\n<h6>If you seek his\u00a0intercession tomorrow (on the Day of Judgement)<\/h6>\n<h6>Tell\u00a0the beauty in the black veil<\/h6>\n<h6>For she has stolen from him his religion and certainty<\/h6>\n<h6>and left him bewildered, without guidance<\/h6>\n<h6>His prayers and fasts will return to you<\/h6>\n<h6>Don&#8217;t kill him for the sake of the religion of Muhammad<\/h6>\n<h6>His prayers and fasts will return to you<\/h6>\n<h6>Don&#8217;t kill him, for the sake of Jesus and Ahmad<\/h6>\n<h6>God, there is no god but God&#8230;<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/05\/18\/the-beauty-in-the-black-veil\/sheikhsanan\/\" 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