NOORALISAYS

Aah ko chaahiye ik umr asar hone tak kaun jiitaa hai terii zulf ke sar hone tak daam har mauj me.n hai halqaa-e-sad_kaam-e-nahang dekhe.n kyaa guzare hai qatare pe gauhar hone tak [daam = net/trap; mauj = wave; halqaa = ring/circle] [sad = hundred; nahang = crocodile; gauhar = pearl] aashiqii sabr-talab aur tamannaa betaab dil kaa kyaa rang karuu.N Khuun-e-jigar hone tak [sabr-talab=patient] ham ne maanaa ke taGaaful na karoge lekin Khaak ho jaaye.nge ham tum ko Khabar hone tak [taGaaful=neglect/ignore] partav-e-Khuur se hai shabanam ko fanaa kii taaliim mai.n bhii huu.N ek inaayat kii nazar hone tak [partav-e-Khuur = sun's rays; shabanam=dew] [fanaa = perish; inaayat = favour] yak_nazar besh nahii.n fursat-e-hastii Gaafil garmii-e-bazm hai ik raqs-e-sharar hone tak [besh = excess; Gaafil = ignorant] [raqs = dance; sharar = flash/fire] Gam-e-hastii kaa 'Asad' kis se ho juz marg ilaaj shammaa har rang me.n jalatii hai sahar hone tak [juz = other than; m...

Today, marks the martydom anniversary of one of the leading contemporary jurists of our time, shaheed Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (ra), who along with his sister Amina al-Sadr (ra) (aka Bint al-Huda), were brutally murdered by the tyrant of Iraq, Saddam Hussain. Here are some of the very last few moments right before Sadr's (ra) death, look at the way he refused to compromise and succumb to the demands of Saddam, a classic example of how deontology precedes pragmatism: "Sadr himself was placed under house arrest, which the regime tried to extract concessions from him. During his interrogation of Sadr in August 1979, Fadil al-Barak, the head of the security agency, demanded that he make a public statement denouncing the Iranian Revolution and supporting the Iraqi policy toward Iran. When Sadr refused the regime softened its language, and a new mediator, Shaykh Isa al-Khaqani, was sent to ask Sadr to fulfil only one of five conditions to spare his life: 1) Withdraw his support of A...