tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742850.post116419035946056585..comments2010-09-03T03:45:17.223-07:00iFaqeerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739713117247515590noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742850.post-1164381871900290782006-11-24T07:24:00.000-08:002006-11-24T07:24:00.000-08:00And I want to read them in English, even though likely to botch the heart of the message. I love what you said: living tradition.<BR/><BR/>I can't tell you how great it is to discover your site and your worldview. You do a lovely job of sharing them. I see connections to how Catholics see their faith tradition, amazingly.<BR/><BR/>I'll await your translation. :)<BR/><BR/>Juliejulieunpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00088119765077193302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742850.post-1164236102488045992006-11-22T14:55:00.000-08:002006-11-22T14:55:00.000-08:00All the positive feedback is very gratifying.<BR/><BR/>Readers might also want to read <A HREF="http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com/2005/04/poets-object-of-devotion.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>.<BR/><BR/>It is my desire to bring the poets and qawwals of South Asia to as wide an audience as "Rumi-o-Hafiz-o-Khayyam". We all read these these elders, and we all need to. But especially in this day and age we (all of us; Muslims and not, Sufi-leaning or not, Westerners and not) need to reconnect with the living tradition they represent--especially in South Asia. We need to connect with the <I>zawiya</I>, or angle, facet, of Islam that was, and still is, rooted so deep in the lands from where all we here nowadays is "Deobandi", "Taliban", "Maududi", "Terrorism", and so on.iFaqeerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739713117247515590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742850.post-1164226750868017402006-11-22T12:19:00.000-08:002006-11-22T12:19:00.000-08:00Wonderful writeup to a excellent poem sung by one of the greatest of the qawwals. <BR/><BR/>While you were getting the haal, I was wraping up our television show on "God Theory" a conversation with an astrophysicist and author of the book by the same name. We discussed the essense of Allah and the purpose of creation through the language of modern science and ancient wisdom. You will find the video of this show on our website http://www.wbt-tv.com/tv.php in couple of weeks. <BR/><BR/>Your transliteration of this qawwali gave me a very strong desire to find my Aziz Mian's audio tape and put it in my car's cassette player (I am glad that I did not upgrade to a modern car) and listen to it in URDU on my way home .Farrukh Shah Khanhttp://www.WBT-TV.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742850.post-1164207559820586852006-11-22T06:59:00.000-08:002006-11-22T06:59:00.000-08:00Salaam Alaikum:<BR/><BR/>Came to your blog through the fuqura list on Yahoo, and really enjoyed your personal story. I too await the translation :) <BR/><BR/>Ya Haqq!Irvinghttp://darvish.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742850.post-1164200675045897222006-11-22T05:04:00.000-08:002006-11-22T05:04:00.000-08:00Salams!<BR/><BR/>Ran accross this through the list serve.<BR/><BR/>I was just asking someone on another site to provide translation to some sufi illahis. Now, I await yours as well. Adding you to my blogroll!Samahahttp://www.samaha.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com