Realization of intimate closeness with the Beloved, according to this verse, is only possible through a life-long love and devotion to the Lord, coupled with shedding of attachment of dunyā and the illusive influence of māyā. The phrase mīṭhī dunyā, which literally means sweet world, refers to the overwhelmingly enchanting grip and influence of the physical world, causing people to regard it as sweet and adorable, while remaining blindly oblivious to its deceptiveness. Describing the intensity of this grip, Sayyad Nar Muhammad Shah compares dunyā to a deceptive temptress, who despite her old age, possesses tremendous charisma due to her beauty: Jag dhutārī e hay nārī, buḍhī paṇ rūp apārī The world is a deceptive temptress – old, yet attractive! …show more content…
While unreal from a spiritual perspective, the physical realm has a relative reality of its own, hence, the instruction in the first line to discard or relinquish (dūr karo) dunyā should not be taken literally, i.e., renunciation of the material world and the responsibilities that come along with it in the literal sense. The actual message of the first line is to live in and interact with dunyā with a clear sense of detachment, rooted in the knowledge that the material world is a relative reality, whereas the Divine is the Absolute Reality. When such knowledge dawns and thrives, then the dunyā ceases to be mīṭhī, sweet and
The uniqueness of our minds and our cognition is irreplaceable. Beauty, and reverence of the voice lie in the opinions it resonates. We take aesthetic pleasure in the speech of those who motivate us and adopt from them a number of values and beliefs that we agree with. The likelihood of individuals basing their ideals and decision making process off of accessible and prolonged exposure to certain influences is great. These underlying unidimensional prejudices cause us to be biased in our opinions. Various forms of literature are able to help their readers to become more aware of their prejudices. Though the messages we adopt from these texts, we are able to realize the importance of basing our opinions from multiple sources and perspectives. Literature has traveled great lengths to help me become more cognitive of my prejudices, and encourages me to seek different perspectives before formulating an opinion.
“It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how you life’s story will develop” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf). Most people can deal with difficulties, but their reactions to the hardships are different. Only some people can manage their problems. We should try to manage our behaviors in tough situations. If we can deal with our situations, we can overcome difficulties easily. In the story of Farewell to Manzanar written by Jeanne Wakatsuki, the story shows how war can change humans, their life, and their ranks. Although all of the characters of her book face the same problems due to the war and the camps they had to live in, they responded to those situations differently. All of them presented
In the novel All The Shah’s Men we are introduced to Iran, and the many struggles and hardships associated with the history of this troubled country. The Iranian coup is discussed in depth throughout the novel, and whether the Untied States made the right decision to enter into Iran and provide assistance with the British. If I were to travel back to 1952 and take a position in the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) for the sole purpose of examining the American Foreign Intelligence, I would have to conclude that the United States should have examined their options more thoroughly, and decided not to intervene with Iran and Mossadegh. I have taken this position after great analysis, which is something that Eisenhower and his staff never did. By discussing the history of Iran, the Anglo-Iranian oil company, and Document NSC-68 I will try to prove once and for all that going through with the coup in Iran was a terrible mistake made by the United States.
It looks as if this spiritual relationship intends to be more complete and sacred; aspiring to an awakening, and cooperation of one’s heavenly, higher self. One’s union with the Divine comes forth as an earthly reality; illuminating a freedom, and calmness within one’s spirit.
The essay I choose to respond to is "I Stayed to Fight" by Mona Eltahawy. I picked this essay because I still remember very vividly what I was doing and my exact location when I saw the towers burning for the first time. I was in the fourth grade walking down the hall on my way to the rest room, I peered into an empty classroom because I noticed that a huge fire was on the screen. I figured it was just some building and recall how big and tall I thought they were. When my siblings and I walked in the door that day after school it was already on our living room television. My mother then explained to us what the importance of those buildings and how they had caught on fire. I couldn 't believe it when she had told us airplanes had caused the explosions and giant flames, I knew it wasn 't an accident at that point.
Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar brings race, politics, religion, and ethnic identity all to the table in his 2013 Pulitzer Prize winning play. In modern day society these are the major social issues we see. What the audience fails to realize is that in Disgraced Akhtar has caused them to involuntarily embrace the double standards involving gender present in America. Women walk a fine line to not be a victim of “slut shaming.” “Despite its moniker, slut-shaming has little to do with actual sexual activity. Rather, it is largely a function of gossip, cliques and social control.(Tarrant)” Both Amir and Emily, the two main protagonist in the play, are victims to the others misconducts at some point in this play. The audience however finds themselves empathizing
Tahira Naqvi’s short story “A Man of Integrity” begins with a happily married doctor named Sami receiving a letter from an unknown woman by the name of Nadira. As the story progresses, Nadira continues to send Sami letters and even begins to call Sami at his office. Sami becomes paranoid that his wife, Zaheen, will discover the interactions between Sami and Nadira, which would likely lead to Zaheen and Sami’s marriage falling apart in the way that Sami had seen happen to close friends. With all of the mystery surrounding Sami’s apparent admirer, there is only one question that the reader is left pondering: Is Zaheen taking on the persona of Nadira? I believe that Zaheen and Nadira are one and the same. Details within the story hint toward the
Both Beloved by Toni Morrison and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe are popular works of literature in African and African American culture. Both books are diverse and provide an inside look into the African and African American cultures. Beloved involves a group of characters that have dealt with slavery, losing family members, and being free and trying to learn how to live in society. Slavery induced negative effects on everyone who went through it and destroyed families. The main character Sethe deals with the past decisions see made, one major decision involves killing her baby and seeing her ghost years later. Past and present memories are explained in the book showing what the main characters went through. Things Fall Apart involves the people of Umuofia experiencing changes and challenges when Christian missionaries come into their land. The main character Okonkwo represents a fearless, tough leader with integrity for his tribe. He experiences death and mistakes and is banished from his tribe, but upon his return he finds his tribe has been invaded. His tribe experiences colonization by the missionaries and ends up falling in the end. Both novels involve black individuals having to overcome obstacles and finding ways to live in their own societies. Both novels deal with the issue of Parent-child relationships. In Beloved, Sethe with her children, Beloved and Denver. In Things Fall Apart Okonkwo deals with is son Nwoye. They also deal with inter-racial relations. Lastly, they both deal with gender relations. Both Beloved and Things Fall Apart demonstrate the circumstances individuals went through regarding, parent-child relations, inter-racial relations, and gender relations in there own manner.
Song of Ariran is a collaborative work of great importance. The book, written by Nym Wales, is a personal account of Kim San, who was a Korean rebel leader based in China. San was fighting the Japanese occupation of his country. The book emerged out of Wales’ interviews with San, which took place in the summer of 1937. While Wales admits that he was not entirely interested in devoting his time and energies to an in depth investigation, he was soon won over by San. According to Wales, even though he had come to China to study China, she could not help but want to write a book about the fascinating Korean revolutionary leader Kim San, and this is exactly what she did by conducting in depth interviews with San.
Hassan, an 11 year old boy, a servant and a Hazar, has not had life come very easily. His mother was never accepting of his face deformity, refusing to hold him as a newborn. Sanaubar had taken one glance at the baby in Ali's arms, seen the cleft lip, and barked a bitter laughter. [...]. She had refused to even hold Hassan, and just five days later she was gone. (2.29-30) Unfortunately, she decided to run away five days after his birth, leaving him without a mother for the rest of his life. Although his mother was not accepting of Hassan’s face, Amir has a different opinion. He describes Amir as having an almost perfectly round face, a face like a Chinese doll chiselled from hardwood. From the start through to the end Hassan remains the same Loyal, forgiving and good-natured character. Amir calls Hassan a "coward" and begs Hassan: "Hit me back!" (8.88). Hassan just takes it and never fights back. Hassan remains loyal and honest to Amir throughout the story, despite Amir’s actions towards him.
ego. Her action also lets the readers know how death drive is connected to the dynamics of the family. In simple terms, Sethe does not handle the consequences well and she wants to be inflicted with pain by her daughter for what she has done and she doesn’t complain about it because she wants to be punished. But according to Freud and his Eros and Thanatos psychoanalytic examination, Sethe is driven by guilt i.e., her state of mourning exceeds its limit beyond and she tries to accept the reality of the loss of baby Beloved for the past 18 years but she denies her baby girls death. Her inability to move on gave life to her thoughts, eventually that became Beloved with soft hands and feet with no cracks. Even when Beloved stayed with Sethe,
This world is just fleeting and nothing is eternal in this world. Allah is the main everlasting entity. Our purpose in this world must not be overlooked along with the fact that our actions here will decide our everlasting resting place. This book will illustrate the importance of the small Adkar and Duas along with their rewards or virtues. Furthermore, it will provide you with some Adkar and Duas to be remembered as well as practiced daily. We are to come back to Him after our demises so it’s best that we come back with a decent record of acts.
Batter my heart (Holy Sonnet 14) As I read “Batter my heart” I felt I completely understood what John Donne was fiercely passionate about. I had an experience like this when I was 30 years old. The first two lines of the sonnet captured me with his word choice and tempo. He employed action words illustrating the progression of the new Believer: “knock”, God is a gentleman and will request entry into your life; “breathe”, breathe life into me; “shine”, His love, life, and light; “seek to mend”, mend my brokenness. I felt this was stated so profoundly, yet simply.
...man was made to worship God. When man begins to worship God, His presence comes down to meet with man. In this moment man can choose to become vulnerable with God or not. If man chooses to become vulnerable with God, he is becoming intimate with God. When this occurs, fruit is produced. It is by this fruit that man is judged whether he has been intimate with the King or not.
...ourning." Although the main central theme of the poems were directly opposite of each other, we can relate that physical love and spiritual love has a connection to each other. Physical love can turn to spiritual love or perhaps spiritual love can turn to physical love. At one point or another, we have experienced both physical and spiritual love. On the surface, we can say that spiritual love is a cut above physical love. However, it's hypocritical to say that we do not come into contact with emotions such as desire or lust. Therefore, physical love is at the same level as spiritual love. It is merely difficult to admit that we do experience lust because it is not something to be proud about. Social convention dictates that we should not feel lust. Moreover, lust is one of the seven sins. However, lust is a valid emotion that every one experience once in a while.