I have always found it rather amusing that most fervent of all prayers is in the most effusive of urdus. The man considered best to lead a prayer is the man who can speak to God in God's own language - urdu....
Moslem. No no muslim. No no no no musalmaan. There that's the right way to say it. Otherwise we are not muslim.
whispers: But God can speak English you know .....
I have always found it rather amusing that most fervent of all prayers
is in the most effusive of urdus. The man considered best to lead a
prayer is the man who can speak to God in God's own language - urdu. And
the most soul-lifting of prayers is intensely urdu. An urdu so
incomprehensible that it's arabic. It's filled with the "aats" and "qus"
and "deeds" and words start getting hypenated and eventually everything
sounds like the name of a Mughal monument or the title of a persian
saint.
That's how it works in our India. The most religious man has the longest
beard and even longer kurta. But most of all, he prays in the most
incomprehensible speech possible. The less you understand - the more
beautiful it is and more knowleadgable he is!
whispers: But God can speak English you know ... and is not so unfond of T-shirts either!
So let's take our typical gathering. A fatiha. A Quranic reading. At the
end of it all comes our group prayer. We all stand around. One hand on
the other. Eyes crinkling close in concentration. The more seasoned ones
glaze away their gaze. And here's the funny thing - the more
irreligious people are -- the more they will pour all their mind and soul
into this final prayer. Hanging on to every word being utterred by the
prayer man or woman. Some don't even understand most of what is being
said -- but they will be waiting for that lilt of wavy God's language to
halt so that they can solemnly utter -- aaaaaameeeeen. One will even turn
to the other with "there, i knew when to say it and you didnt!" looks.
"Ya Allah, hamare jo bagal me amal hai, unke talaffuz me tabdiliyan la,
unki aulaad ki bebunyaad faryaad ko qubool farma. Unki nasl ki fasl
betalab muftajab qutbak, ajab gajabe ajabe azeem o shaan shehensha"
aaaaaameeen.
errr...whoooa ... what? Whisper to khala: "what is talaffuz?" "what is muftasub?"
Ammi: "Shhhh.....bas your guftaghu, beadab, namakool, shahfool khanum"
ok ok. cool cool.
Utters aloud: BUT GOD CAN SPEAK ENGLISH YOU KNOW
And so do potential in-laws!!
My mom - man her urdu starts sprouting when a marriage proposal comes
along. "Ji, aapke shohar kya mulaazimat me the?" "Ji aapke farzan ki
taalim kahan se hui hai" "Ji meri beti qabil mukammil naseebo wale
azeemo shane shahensha. Talafuz, mulasuf, guftagub.
Khoob khoob.
But in-laws can speak English you know!
And so can God.
SHOUTS: GOD SPEAKS ENGLISH YOU KNOW.
Aaaamennnnnnnn.
8 comments:
beadab, bekhauf, ladki! stay this way :) loved this.
You're getting married? God bless you! I hope he/she heard that and comprehended it.
Just curious. Pun intended in the last line? I noticed that aameeeeen became aamennnnnn. [No, I don't understand Urdu]
He he, shef!
Nikhil -- thanks ... but no I am not getting married! There is a pun in the last line ... but nothing to do with men :) ... Aaaamen is how the christians would say it :).
LOL
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