Week 3 Response: Concept of Prophethood and God\u2019s Prophets as Heroes<\/p>\n
Medium: Poetry (Punjabi)<\/p>\n
Ishq Nu Rawaya Ni<\/p>\n
Love was not made to cry,<\/p>\n
Ishq Nay Dukh Dard Wich<\/p>\n
Love amid pain and suffering,<\/p>\n
Andhay Pan Nu Seenay Laya Ni<\/p>\n
Caused blindness to grip the chest<\/p>\n
Au Husayn Di Dard Samjh Da<\/p>\n
He Should have seen the pain of Husayn<\/p>\n
Jida Beta Uski Ankhaan Day Samnay Marya<\/p>\n
At seeing his son martyred before his very eyes<\/p>\n
Aur Husayn Di Ma Tay Ki Biti Hoyay Gi<\/p>\n
And what would have befallen the mother of Hussayn<\/p>\n
Judon Unhein Husayn di Kameez Nu Mun Laya<\/p>\n
When she would have rubbed his bloodstained shirt on her face<\/p>\n
Aina Sab Nu Wakhaya Ni<\/p>\n
Didn’t show it to everyone<\/p>\n
Deedar Sirf Unha nu Honda<\/p>\n
Waiting is only done by those<\/p>\n
Jinha Ne Mashooq Nu Sab Kuch Banaya Ni<\/p>\n
Who haven’t made the admirer into everything<\/p>\n
Joseph Day Nur Nay<\/p>\n
The Nur of Joseph,<\/p>\n
Kinyan Nu Tarpaya Ni<\/p>\n
Made so many to shake<\/p>\n
Pehlay Kunway Day Wich<\/p>\n
First in the well,<\/p>\n
Phir Jail Day Wich<\/p>\n
Then in the Prison,<\/p>\n
Joseph Nay Khuda Nu Bhulaya Ni<\/p>\n
Joseph did not forget his God<\/p>\n
Noor Nayio Milda Gandeya Noon<\/p>\n
Nur is not received by the oppressors<\/p>\n
Beshaq Ghulam Hove ya Badshah<\/p>\n
Whether he be servant or a king<\/p>\n
Khuda Di Shaan Wekho<\/p>\n
Look at God\u2019s magnificence<\/p>\n
Joseph Nu Jhuklaya Ni<\/p>\n
Did not cause Joseph to bend<\/p>\n
Udday Khaban Day Wich<\/p>\n
In his dreams,<\/p>\n
Nur Da Sach Dikhlaya Ni<\/p>\n
Nur was made into truth<\/p>\n
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In week 3 of the course, we analyzed the fantastic account of Joseph\u2019s life, a story of submission to God. I wrote a poem in Punjabi dedicated to Joseph\u2019s perseverance in the face of adversity. It begins by recounting the pain of Joseph\u2019s father, Jacob, for whom Joseph was his beloved; Jacob\u2019s father is gripped with such pain that he goes blind from crying seeing the bloodstained shirt of his son, which is presented to him by his other sons, and the brothers of Joseph, as proof that the wolves had devoured Joseph. This pain of Jacob at seeing his son\u2019s bloodstained shirt, is compared to the pain that Husayn and his mother had to endure at the loss of their respective children, in ta\u2019 ziya plays. Husayn, however, had to see his son die in front of his eyes, unlike Jacob who only heard the account from his other sons and in the ta\u2019 ziya play the pain of Husayn\u2019s mother is given even a higher degree of intensity. We saw this in John Renard\u2019s account of ta\u2019 ziya in the Seven to Door to Islam, \u201cJacob reflects on the trauma of seeing the bloodstained coat of his son. As he looks into the future, Jacob wonders how much greater the pain of the mother of Husayn will be when she sees the shirt of her son who has been so brutally slain\u201d (pg. 6, John Renard, Seven Doors to Islam)<\/p>\n
Then in the poem, I talk about the Nur of Joseph which makes Zulaykha and the Egyptian women become smitten by his looks. The Egyptian women cut their hands while peeling oranges on the sight of Joseph, which reflects on Joseph\u2019s beauty and his Nur. The poem then goes on to salute Joseph\u2019s perseverance, who even despite being put in the well by his brothers and later into a prison by Zulaykha, doesn\u2019t give up on his faith in Allah. Allah in turn rewards Joseph by making his dream come true about being bowed before by the sun and the moon and the eleven stars. In the poem I talk about how the real Nur is not received by servants and kings a like, and it requires perseverance in the name of God. The stature of Joseph, in his dream, is a representation of the real stature that he enjoys at the end of the story, when Joseph is reunited with his father and bowed before by his brothers who Joseph had forgiven for their part in making sure that Joseph lived a life of misery.<\/p>\n
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