SPM ~ My musings 9.5.19 ~ God’s honest truth!
It’s easy at times to speak the absolute truth. At other times it’s not so easy to point out the equivocal truth. But for the righteous and fair-minded it’s best to bring out the truth when and wherever possible. For in such cases, the truth can potentiallyset free even the most revered and looked up to figures. Brings to my mind Mainjaan The just and fair community ,faith and man of god. The episode shows , he too needs agentle nudge to pay heed to grievances he come across from within his own fold.
This too is in some eyes, is the gospel truth. That fulfilment of prayer requests, is an integral part of a devotes prayers. For finding pleas granted or doors being opened. For dreams coming true , all add more fervour and devotion in Humza,Kainat ,and Zaroon’s prayers. But there are those believers like Zaroon who ensure that no mistake is made in his dreams from coming true.
Humza’a necklace he ensures gets to Kainat. That she complies to her new alliance. But for Kainat on one hand, her faith continues to ask for Zaroon‘s Sufiyana love.Though on the other hand, she allows attaining Zaroon dreams to flourish within her also. Such are the aspirations of the human heart. Constantly begging for their personal deity to grant their prayers.
Sultanat,yet again proves in the episode, that she is not just a pretty face. Her views about rights women our given in Islam now begin to pour forth out of the Syed Ghazi Shah house itself. Mainjaan’s diligent teachings begins to be questioned by his community. Or rather he learns, that to be fair, he has to use the same yardstick to measure both kin and strangers.
It does cross my mind that ,is Mainjaan only preaching to children, to accept and obey parental wishes? Is he only preaching that parents can exercise their right to many a times exasperate their children’s wishes? Sultanat seems to identify this issue more so. in the case of women.
Mainjaan, historically always , sensed that Saltanat was always a bit of a rebel in comparison to the timid, compliant Kainat. He even puts this down to ,especially, the maternal nurturing both the girls received from Zainab and Rubina. One being a traditionalist in her values.While the other more progressive in her values.Perhaps that’s the reason, he chose to set up Kainat’s alliance with Zaroon rather than Sultanat .
But Saltanat, I see , does not leave issues she feels strongly about unresolved.Her scene with Mainjaan is all about listening and speaking. But Mainjaan feels as the elder, he will try to coerce Sultanat to change her stubborn resolve.
But she digs are heels inand makes Mainjaan, realize in no uncertain manner, that he is responsible for planting dreams in Kainat's head about Zaroon.Now Kainat, may not object to Humza openly, but she too just may have a view,which he as their elder, has not really bothered to investigate. Sultanat ,speaks how she feels. That Mainjaan seems to her, to be more inclined towards Zaroon and Humza wishes. She fights the case for the house hold’s daughters. Do they get unfair treatment, when it comes to their choices and decision?
One highlight of the episode is due to Sultanat’s intervention. Mainjaan actually, sets Zaroonthe task of finding out the truth about Kainat feelings regards marrying Humza. I find it odd that Mainjaan choses Zaroon of all the people. Then I realize that it’s to create a scenario where Zaroon has to seek Sultanat’s help in finding out Kainat’semotions.
Is Mainjaan like the symbolical twenty year old gold necklace , which needs to be polished to restore its original brightness. If Mainjaan, gives equal credence to the choices,selections, and preferences of the daughters of the household, like the sons. Then the true value and handed down legacy of the traditional necklace will be receivedand lauded rather than be rejected and fought against,by the upcoming generation.They too will see the historical significance of the age old familial and faith necklace.
Some home truths are spoken, but with underlying patronising, that comes after winning against an opponent. Rubina confesses that Zainab is by far a better mother than she can be. Almost sounds like gloating, coming from Rubina and Ghazala both. As to Kainat both women have their children conveniently hitched with each other, While her mother and her are the losers. Kainat is not over the world with her alliance with Humza. Her heart is still set upon Zaroon. She still has hope in her gods ways..
One other honest truth that comes about between Zaroon and Sultanat when feeding the doves, is so factual .That all living creatures bar humans, have to act in ....accordance with traditional , religious , and social norms . in fact Sultanat points out another naked truth, that humans unlike other living creatures are likely to give sacrifices for the sake of their love.
For Zaroon ,his sacrifice in Sufiyana love lies in declaring that all women other than Sultanat as haram or forbidden for him. Here he means most of all Kainat, who as usual from the wings, hears him out… and isheart broken, but she still loves him!
Situations can also be tweaked to hide the truth. Nadeem’s illness is hidden from the family ,as Rubina as usual tries to fiddle and cover up facts. The Iftari food,eventually ends up, with the less fortunate , rather than delights for the prosperous.
Her reaction..in the precap of setting alight her engagement garments. Is a fiery rebellion most welcome! It’s about time she fights to be heard! All guns blazing!I wonder if, when Zaroon saves her, would she see it as god’s honest truth, that naught can stop that which heaven has meant to be yolked together… 10.5.19 hamlet53
Jenelle,sandhiya, Nusing, Irshita thanks for liking my previous post ..
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