#SHABEBARAT #zebunnisa #mughal – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:46:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #SHABEBARAT #zebunnisa #mughal – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Shab-e Barat https://ranasafvi.com/shab-e-barat-2/ https://ranasafvi.com/shab-e-barat-2/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:40:59 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=39263 “Verily, My Mercy prevails over My Wrath.”~ Hadith e Qudsi

“And He is the Oft-Forgiving and Loving” (Al-Buruj 85:14)

Shab e Baraat – This blessed night starts at sunset on the 14th of Shaban and ends at dawn on the 15th of Shaban. .
It is called the Night of forgiveness or night of Atonement and is a significant Islamic festival. On the night, Muslims worldwide ask forgiveness for their sins from the all-merciful Allah.
It derives from the Arabic words bara’ah (forgiveness ) and shab (evening )

Due to the virtues of the night, it is one of the holiest nights in Islam.
it is a night when one’s deceased ancestors are commemorated. Nazar and Fatiha is done and sweets distributed.
People use the night to atone for the sins of their ancestors and save them & themselves from hellfire.

In many countries including India Muslims would celebrate with fireworks.
The Shias celebrate it as the birthday of the 12th Imam- The Mehdi

image: courtesy Pergamon museum – Princess Zebunnisa celebrating Shab e Barat

]]> https://ranasafvi.com/shab-e-barat-2/feed/ 0 39263 Shab e Barat https://ranasafvi.com/shab-e-barat/ https://ranasafvi.com/shab-e-barat/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2023 08:28:33 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=38433
image: courtesy Pergamon museum – Princess Zebunnisa celebrating Shab e Barat

“Verily, My Mercy prevails over My Wrath.”~ Hadith e Qudsi

“And He is the Oft-Forgiving and Loving” (Al-Buruj 85:14)

Shab e Baraat – This blessed night starts at sunset on the 14th of Shaban and ends at dawn on the 15th of Shaban. .
It is called the Night of forgiveness or night of Atonement and is a significant Islamic festival. On the night, Muslims worldwide ask forgiveness for their sins from the all-merciful Allah.
It derives from the Arabic words bara’ah (forgiveness ) and shab (evening )

Due to the virtues of the night, it is one of the holiest nights in Islam.
it is a night when one’s deceased ancestors are commemorated. Nazar and Fatiha is done and sweets distributed.
People use the night to atone for the sins of their ancestors and save them & themselves from hellfire.

In many countries including India Muslims would celebrate with fireworks.
The Shias celebrate it as the birthday of the 12th Imam- The Mehdi

]]> https://ranasafvi.com/shab-e-barat/feed/ 0 38433 Bowl with Arabic Inscription,10th century, Nishapur, Iran : Met Museum https://ranasafvi.com/bowl-with-arabic-inscription10th-century-nishapur-iran-met-museum/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 04:18:21 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/bowl-with-arabic-inscription10th-century-nishapur-iran-met-museum/ التدبير قبل العمل يو منك من الندم؛ اليمن و السلام

Gallery Text :

The calligraphic decoration on this bowl reads “Planning before work protects you from regret; prosperity and peace,” but the shortening, bending, and elongation of the letters has transformed the words into abstract motifs of tremendous power. With its monumental presence and the artful arrangement of its letters, in which vertical flourishes punctuate the horizontal flow of the words at rhythmic intervals, this bowl stands out among the many other inscribed ceramics of the same period.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451802

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