Let's Extol All Mothers
By
Sumit Paul, New Age Islam
13 May 2024
Sab Ne Maana Marne Wala Dahshat-Gard Aur Qaatil
Tha
Maan Ne Phir Bhi Qabra Pe Us Ki Raaj-Dulara
Likkha Tha
Ahmad Salman
(Everyone
agreed that the deceased was a terrorist and a murderer/ Yet, his mother
inscribed Raaj-Dulara on his tomb).
Kabhi Maan Ko Baccha Apna Bura Nahin Lagta Hai
Aakhir Hissa-E-Vajood Ko Koi Kaise Bura Kahta
Hai
Rauf Ilahabadi
(A mother
never condemns her child/ After all, who can condemn a part of existence?)
Jise Hoti Hai Maan Se Muhabbat Beintiha
Aksar Woh Shakhs Bachta Hai Gunaah Se
Suhail Panipati
(One who
loves his mother immensely/ He often avoids crimes and sins)
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Though Urdu
poetry, like the poetry of all tongues, is full of paeans and panegyrics to
mothers, there're certain gems that are almost axiomatic like Suhail Panipati's
Jise Hoti Hai Maan Se Muhabbat Beintiha......
Psychologists
have also come to the conclusion that those who're close to their mothers are
often away from crimes. Mothers have an edifying and ennobling influence on
their offspring.
Way back in
1974, a Pakistani young woman, Munira Abbas, pursued her PhD on Crimes and
Parental Love after pursuing M A in Sociology from Multan University. She
interviewed 100 criminals on death row. Munira was surprised to find that
nearly 80 convicts were deprived of motherly love. This is very important.
Billa and
Ranga, two dreaded criminals, who were hanged at Tihar Jail in Delhi on January
31, 1982, for brutally killing a Naval officer's children Sanjay and Gita
Chopra, didn't get mother's love. Billa's mother died when he was a child. His
stepmother would often beat him. Ranga disliked his mother.
Even the
great English poet Lord Byron, who himself admitted that lack of motherly love
hampered his emotional development, rued the fact that he was unloved by his
mother. Byron would call his mother Mrs Byron! He had criminal tendencies.
That's why, when he died in Missolonghi (Greece) at the age of 36,
someone wrote: He left a name to all succeeding times/ Linked with one virtue
and a thousand crimes. His only virtue was undoubtedly his immortal poetry.
Mothers
love their children unconditionally. French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte aptly
said towards the fag-end of his distinguished life, "I'm not very sure of
god's love for mankind. But I'm sure of a mother's love for her child. It's the
only unpretentious love in the whole world." Mother was the pivot of
Napoleon's life. Mother's love is indeed the most unadulterated love.
That's the
reason, mother's love is used as a metaphor for boundless love. Islam believes
that Allah has the love of 70 (meaning, a great number) mothers. Paimana-e-Muhabbat
Hai Maan Ka Pyaar/ Aaghaaz Bhi Yahi, Ikhtitaam Bhi Yahi (Mother's love is
the yardstick of love / It's the beginning and it's also the end).
Let's pay
tributes to mother's unfathomable love in the words of famous Pakistani Urdu
poet Qateel Shifai, "Chahe Jitni Taareef Karo Maan Ki Muhabbat Ki/ Kabhi
Thaah Na Paa Sakoge Us Ke Dil Ki" (However hard you may try to extol
mother's love/ You won't be able to fathom her heart). So very true.
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A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul
is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He
has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several
languages including Persian.
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