Photo courtesy; Maaz
Sameer
It is our
destiny (of all living things) to start life in an extremely humble manner. And
very often I have wondered, aren’t we the most intelligent of all creations (self
acclaimed, and so far proven to be right) and yet don’t we start as the most
helpless of all! The human baby depends one hundred percent on the adults
around it. Serpents, tortoises and some chicks just crawl, or walk out of the
shell and ‘live happily ever after’!
There
must be a reason for this vulnerability I try to reason out. Is it possible
that the incredible love we feel for our offspring, arise from their
helplessness? Is this the basis of the bonding we reinforce with our children
by taking care of them and being at their beck and call for almost half a dozen
years?
There is
a world famous “Sound & Light” show at the foot of the Great Pyramids of
Giza in Egypt. A deep voice supposedly of the Sphinx challenges us, with this riddle;
“What is the animal that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the
afternoon and three legs in the evening"? The answer is ‘man’ who crawls on all four at infancy, then walks erect on two legs till he needs a walking stick in
the evening of his life!
The
Lebanese poet Gibran Khalil Gibran says so wisely to us parents: in his most famous book ‘The Prophet’---
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent
forth". Our children grow up and live their own lives. Yet our societies
and culture and all major religions of the world, all emphasize on the
importance of sons & daughters taking care of their parents and shower them with kindness! Those of us who get this golden opportunity are lucky to pamper our mothers & fathers with the love they so selflessly devoted to us in our most helpless times. The Holy Quran reminds us to pray with this supplication:
And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small." [surah Al is'ra 17: 24]
Ameen!
Thank You!
6 comments:
This is simply adorable. just by reading this i can sense how lovingly u must have written this!! lovely!
Thanks, BappaSweetie! You are right!
well said. very interesting. thanks for the dhua :)
Oh! what a lovely surprise! One more reader is one more reason to write! Thanks for encouragement and commenting also. How nice of you!
I still remember that qoute from Khalil Gibran since my school days . It should be from you . . .
I still remember that qoute from Khalil Gibran since my school days . It should be from you . . .
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