WHEN ALLAH HAS NOT SHARED WITH US THE TIME OF OUR DEATH, HOW CAN ALLAH SHARE THE TIME OF DEATH THE END OF ALL OF US

WHEN ALLAH HAS NOT SHARED WITH US THE TIME OF OUR DEATH,
HOW CAN ALLAH SHARE THE TIME OF DEATH THE END OF ALL OF US
Balance of actions

Surely hybrid war is getting out of its breeches. We are being stormed with pessimism about the end of the world. Surely Qiyamat is a reality but we still do not know its intricacies. It is a big changing event in our life. But it is not the end of everything. Allah’s promise is to restore us all as we were. And then we face the judgement, the laws of retribution to our actions in our lives. Simple. Nothing to worry about for the good people in the world. Those should worry who act evil in this world and are not even ashamed of their actions. We all know who should worry about same?

Asteroid hit Earth

In fact Planet Earth has seen many qiyamats in the past. Many times life was almost destroyed. At the end of the Ice age about 12900 years back, an asteroid hit earth and led to phenomenal rise of melted water (30 feet) and known as Younger Dryas.  It sunk many cities down the sea and created havoc. People made underground cities to escape it all. The resilience of people is phenomenal. Allah gives them the will to survive. Probably when life ends here, we will enter  a new portal and face a newer kind of life.

Turkish underground cities

Obsession with Qiyamat breeds hopelessness in people, when Qiyamat is an actual day of judgement. A moment to rejoice the outcome of our lives. This rattle has been going on for centuries. Even the Dead Sea Scrolls carry the same doomsday message, and that is 2000 years ago. Do good, stop mourning and stop people from mourning about nothing. Qiyamat is a message of a new life and it is something to rejoice about. And surely it may be millions of years away.

Asteroids hit earth

A SHORT REVIEW OF CLAUS-PETER HAASE ANALYSIS OF THE MUGHAL WORK – REPENTANCE OF MARY MAGDALENE AS NADIRA BANOS, AND THAT NOT SO

A SHORT REVIEW OF CLAUS-PETER HAASE ANALYSIS OF THE MUGHAL WORK
REPENTANCE OF MARY MAGDALENE AS NADIRA BANOS, AND THAT NOT SO
Mughal Mary Magadelene confusion

We all make mistakes. But we also need to correct them if told as thus. Without any prejudice to anyone, we came across a reference about Nadira Bano, and the mistake is so obvious, that we needed to correct it as a record for the future.

Dara Shikoh was son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, in no way was his brother and it is not even remotely possible to say something like that. Normal mistake no issue at all. But things go further. The sadness in the picture and it is attributed to Nadira Bano. Obviously the Nadira Claus-Peter Haase is talking about is the Nadira Begum wife of Dara Shikoh. There was no sad history of this Nadira Begum till the very last, when war erupted between two brothers, Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb Alamgeer. Obviously her last days were ruined as she was on the run with her husband, died of food poisoning and her body brought back to Lahore from Sind. She lies buried in Lahore and we all love her. But she died before Dara Shikoh. Distress but no sad story at that time.
Nadira Bano mussawar

Claus-Peter Haase refers to an article by Milo C. Beach where another Mughal painting in Gulshan Album in Teheran is referred as that of Nadira Bano. Of course that is so. But the signature itself reveals the truth as it says that Nadira Bano daughter of Mir Taqi student of Aga Reza. See! Nadira Begum wife of Dara Shikoh, was daughter of Prince Pervaiz Mirza and Sahib Jamal. An actual cousin of Dara Shikoh. So putting two and two together not always work. Sometimes it leads to easy blunders and we need to correct them.

Claus-Peter Haase is an honourable person and I wrote this to him. No reply was received, so I am posting it as an act of reference. No prejudice to the scholar.
Mistaken identity Nadira Bano

THE VISIT OF DOST MUHAMMED MUSSAWAR TO LAHORE – IN SEARCH OF PRINCE HUMAYOUN’S PATRONAGE OF ART

THE VISIT OF DOST MUHAMMED MUSSAWAR TO LAHORE,
IN SEARCH OF PRINCE HUMAYOUN’S PATRONAGE OF ART
Colophon for Prince Kamran

The greatest name in Islamic painting boils down to Kamal-ud-din Behzad, and everyone seems to have heard about him. Behzad must have produced abundance of paintings but very few survive to this day. Behzad also left many talented students. One such exceptional painter was Mulla Dost or Ustad Dost Muhammed Mussawar. Dost Muhammed worked for the Safavid court but later sought new patrons. In this respect he came to Kabul and from there proceeded to Delhi in search of Prince Humayoun. In this respect he landed at Lahore and met Prince Kamran who was in control of this city. A school of book production and painting was already active here and we see the same working in Kamran’s Baradari, which still exist to this day.

Lahori rendering Prince Kamran
Dost Muhammeds meeting point

A manuscript created at that time, written by Abdullah Sherazi is in some private hands. It shows what was happening here. Even in midst of chaos, emphasis on art was not forsaken. Realizing the tussle between the two brothers, Dost Muhammed went back to Kabul and served Humayoun there for many years as is proven by his seal which says the same. But his presence in Lahore was there.

Rare portrayal of Prince Kamran
Dost Muhammed 1545

There was a manuscript of Behzadian School  with antique dealer Bahadur Shah of Mochi Gate Lahore. And it was big news at that time. It finally fell into the hands of Jalaluddin Publishers of Kashmeeri Gate, Lahore. There were five miniatures in it and M.A. Rahman Chughtai had seen it. Its final destination or present location is no known but it was attributed to Dost Muhammed Mussawar and probably done in Lahore. History is full of riddles that cannot be solved easily.

Humayoun

A farman of Mirza Kamran explains the situation well. It says:

Scholars have expressed their opinion on this like that:
 “But very soon, Humayun found himself engaged in military campaigns culminating in his loss of Hindustan in 1539-40. On his way to Humayun’s court, Dust Muhammad would doubtlessly have alighted in Lahore, where Kamran was based at the time (a fact, again, apparently overlooked by previous scholars). Once there, the master was probably advised not to proceed further and consequently joined the prince’s retinue. Humayun also eventually betook himself to Lahore, but Kamran did not hand over the city to him nor allow him to proceed in state to Kabul, forcing him to seek asylum with Tahmasp. Although partly conjectural, this scenario would account for Dust Muhammad’s departure and his choice of Kamran as a patron better than a purported flight to Kabul (where Kamran, incidentally, only moved his headquarters after Humayun’s flight from Hindustan in 1540.”
Prince Humayouns seal

Mirza Kamran in Lahore at that time. Dost Muhammed calls here. Sees the squabble going in between the two brothers and decides not to prolong his stay here and proceed back to Kabul. A seal testifies that Dost Muhammed got into the service of Prince Humayoun. Art flourished even in the worst of times.

Kamran Shahrukhi Kabul 951 AH