Remember, you said,
“O you lying, disrespectful, disobedient one,
you stole from me!
O you with no self-respect,
you failed your children!
O you, of flawed understanding,
talking to you is like talking to a wall!
O you wrong one, you are erroneous
in every belief!
Are you stupid, or are you pretending?
Is this a game you are playing?”
“Yes, yes!
Let’s play a game, I make the rules.
You win, I take the blame.
You flirt with fire, I burn in the flame.
Your wound, my pain.”
You change the warp and weft of the dream I weave,
… we grieve.
“Yes, yes!
Let’s play this game.
I plant a garden, you dig it apart.
I win, you claim the shame.
Matters not, lose or win.
The heart hurts and eyes weep,
matters not, yours or mine.”
Photo: Sufia Masjid, Palace Road, Koh e Fiza, Bhopal. Photo credit: Asim Mateen
My maternal grandfather, Abdul Majeed Khan, was one of the engineers involved in the construction of Sufia Masjid.
Named after the Naqshbandi Sufi saint Hazrat Mawlana Ziauddin Farooqi, the Masjid was built by the order of Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum. Completed in 1905, the Masjid’s simple architecture is a blend of Islamic and European styles. The two green domes are covered in green tiles and the prayer hall is decorated with Belgium crystal chandeliers. The Masjid compound hosts a garden with fountains, ablution Hauz (pond) and a grave yard. The royal family used to pray here. Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum and her son, Nawab Hamid Ullah Khan, the last ruler of Bhopal are buried in this graveyard. The resting place of the sufi saint, Mawlana Ziauddin, who died in 1829, is also here. This Masjid was previously known as Ziauddin Tekri. Mawlana Ziauddin Sahib was the student of Mawlana Abu Lais who was a student of Shah Waliullah (Quddissirruhu)
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