Women are the greatest fitna (trial) for men per Prophetic tradition. We have been warned that even intelligent males can be swayed and deviated by some of the serpents of the female race. Nowhere is this danger more evident than when a man falls in love with a woman. The greatest Arab lover of all time Majnoon (Qays bin Mulawwah) fell in love with Layla al-Amiriyya. Layla was not a serpent for her father blocked Majnoon from marrying her. However, you can sense the immense pain in some of Majnoon’s ancient poetry. تعلق روحي روحها قبل خلقنا و من بعد ما كنا نطفاً، و في المهد فعاش كما عشنا فأصبح نامياً و ليس و إن متنا بمنقرض العهد و لكنه باقٍ على كل حالة و سائرنا في ظلمة القبر و اللحد خليلي أدوائي بليلى قديمة محددة تبقي و تبلى عظميا My soul has been in love with hers since before we were born, and after we were drops of seed, then in the cradle Our love lived as we lived, and became fully grown, and it won’t perish even when we die But it will be everlasting, through all the conditions even when we are in the darkness of the grave Oh my two friends, my pains for Layla are ancient determined, and everlasting, though my bones will rot For no reason whatever, except that I love her and that my heart and mind are her captives As if a rein were attached to my heart, she leads it wherever she proceeds, and I follow As if the mountain-paths were the circle of a ring around me, never increasing in length nor in breadth For Layla’s love I treat myself with Layla for wine a drunkard treats himself with wine I try to forget her remembrance, and yet it is as though Layla is symbolized for me everywhere By my faith I swear, Layla, you have perplexed my life, and it is Fate that has driven me to you
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 05:08:17 +0000
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