Naz khialvi tum ek gorakh dhanda ho full#

The poem progressively realizes that all attempts to think of, or talk about God, are ultimately doomed. How can that which is encompassed by reason be limitless?

When you come to hand, you are an idol when you do not come to hand, you are God. I am perplexed at this business: what are you, who are you?

If you are not of my thoughts, then how did I understand you are God? The poetвЂ™s reason is incapable of solving this puzzle or opening this вЂњpuzzle-lockвЂќ.вЂќД¬ontrary to the theologian or the philosopher, who seeks to solve this puzzle in one way or the other, the poet seeks earnestly to maintain its two-way mystery: That God is both вЂxвЂ™ and вЂnot xвЂ, and neither вЂ xвЂ nor вЂnot xвЂ. The entire poem is a catalogue of the many ways in which the one reality that is God turns out to possess varying and contradictory qualities. When the string is pulled in one direction the toy turns out to be of one color and when pulled in the opposite direction the toy turns out to be of another color. But perhaps the most evocative and tangible sense of gorakh dhanda is that it is a childвЂ™s toy with an attached string. He elaborates on the range of meanings for the term: вЂњan intricate or difficult affair or problem a puzzle a labyrinth an intricate lock, a puzzle-lock. Latif translates the repeating refrain gorakh dhanda referring to God, as вЂњpuzzle-lockвЂќ. For an English translation of the entire poem and a brief contextual discussion, see this paper by Amer Latif of Marlboro College. The poem entitled вЂ Tum ek gorakh dhanda hoвЂ™/вЂ™You are a puzzle-lockвЂ™ has been immortalized in its Qawwali adaptation by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Naaz Khialvi, a contemporary lyricist, embodies this poetic sensibility, and in colloquial Urdu verse, gives us a confessional masterpiece that lays bare the most heartfelt and heart wrenching raptures of a worshipper grappling with the puzzling nature of God. вЂњSo, when you empty yourself, turn to your Lord.вЂќ (The QurвЂ™an, 94:7-8)

Naz khialvi tum ek gorakh dhanda ho full#

All others who are full of themselves and their scholarship fail to fulfill this basic prerequisite for seeing God as possibly more than merely our image of Him. The poet in this act of utter simplicity and conceptual poverty ( faqir) before the overflowing abundance of the Infinite comes closest to offering a container for the Divine.

The poet welcomes mystery, welcomes perplexity, welcomes God, and welcomes the Unknown ( ghayb). Where others are threatened by the exposure of the limits of their systems, and zealously seek to guard their boundaries вЂ“ even seeking to confine God within their boundaries, the poet makes no such transgression. Your posts will be removed and you will be banned.Where philosophy flounders, where logic is dumbstruck, and theology is at pains to explain, comes the poet who has the sense to offer silent surrender to the mystery before him. Please refrain from posting anything political, religious or even geographically targeted like news from Pakistan or India in this subreddit. You can read more about Urdu on this Wikipedia article on Urdu. Urdu has a rich literary tradition, which includes a wide variety of prose and poetry. Urdu originated in northern parts of the Indian subcontinent and is spoken today in India and Pakistan by native speakers as well as all over the world by immigrants from these areas. This subreddit is reserved for discussion about the Urdu language which may include anything related to learning and teaching Urdu, the history of the language and Urdu literature.