Hazrat Khansaa

Re: # 18

...errr... anger is not good for your blood pressure...i mean the caps are scaring the daylights outta me... ;-)

Re: # 20
...comparing her with ``SHAKESPEARE, MILTON , GHAALIB AND IQBAL.``...you are committing a blasphemy as well...unless you are related to our biraadur naqshbandi saheb...;)

Re: # 1
FOR THE REPLY TO YOUR INTERACT, PLEASE REFER TO #14.

i hate to berate a dead issue, but this whole concept of awards and titles intrigues me .....

....... in addition to RA, there is SWT, SWU nd PBUH ....... in the heirarchy of civil and military awards i think SWT is the highest , which god reserves for himself ...... and i am not to sure about SWU since it gets dangerously close to sounding like that animal which cannot be mentioned .......... i do believe that pbuh is the highest award that man can aspire for - but it seems that in order to qualify you have to talk to an angel (peter pan does not qualify) ...........

..............on the other hand, the christians confer high sounding titles on their living and dead great men, eg. lord, saint, holy father, etc............... the lord, i think, is reserved for god himself (he is the fat man with the big beard on the ceiling of the bascilica) ........ however it is a little confusing since they also use the title for his son from the virgin mary.......... and then there is this mysterious person called the ``holy spirit`` - i am not sure if ``holy`` is a title or a proper first name .......... and what about the ``holy father`` ? ...........he is the guy who runs around in a dunce hat and pontificates from the window of a rent-controlled apartment in downtown vatican ( it has been rent-controlled for centuries ... but i digress)........... it is a little confusing because sometimes these christians will refer to god as ``holy father`` ....... now, in this day and age, when it is not unusual for a kid to have two fathers, or mothers, it doesn`t sound too bad, but i am still a little confused ...............

........... i give up !

Re: # 11
R.A. STANDS FOR RAZI-ALLAH-ANHAA, AN ARABIC TERM MEANING `ALLAH HAS BEEN PLEASED WITH`. IT IS USED FOR ALL THE FEMALE COMPANIONS OF THE HOLY PROPHET(PEACE BE UPON HIM). ANHOO IS USED FOR THE MALE COMPANIONS. IT IS USED BECAUSE ALLAH, THE ALMIGHTY HAS DECLARED THAT HE HAS BEEN PLEASED WITH THEM. FOR A DETSAILED STUDY, PLEASE REFER TO SURAT AL-FATAH, VERSE 18 AND ITS BACKGROUND.

Re: # 7
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THE WORKS OF THE LONG-AGO DEAD PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE LITERARY TASTE. THAT IS WHY PEOPLE STILL ENJOY SHAKESPEARE, MILTON , GHAALIB AND IQBAL.WE MUST NOT USE ANY BAD NAME FOR A PEOPLE AS WE, THE ASIANS , MUST LOOK INTO OUR OWN SELVES FIRST.WELL, THE LANGUAGE WE USE REFLECTS OUR OWN THOUGHTS.

Re: # 6
R.A. STANDS FOR RAZI-ALLAH-O-ANHAA,AN ARABIC TERM MEANING `THE ONE WHO ALLAH, THE ALMIGHTY HAS BEEN PLEASED WITH`. THE MUSLIMS USE THIS TERM BECAUSE ALLAH HIMSELF HAS STATED IN THE HOLY QURA`AN THAT HE HAS BEEN PLEASED WITH THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET, MUHAMMAD(PEACE BE UPON HIM).PLEASE REFER TO CHAPTER, SURAH AL-FATAH, VERSE 18 AND THE BACKGROUND OF THE VERE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.(THE MUSLIMS USE THIS TERM WITH THE NAMES OF ALL THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET(PBUH)

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ANHAA WITH THE NAMES OF THE LADIES AND ANHO WITH THE NAME SOF THE GENTS

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FOLLOWING THE GENDER CHANGE OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE.

RE TO #7
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HAVING LITERARY TASTE WHO ENJOY THE WORKS OF LONG-AGO DEAD PEOPLE LIKE SHAKESPEAR`S OR GHAALIB, IQBAAL OR KHANSAA(R.A.). WE SHOULD REFRAIN FROM CALLING PLACES AND PEOPLE BY BAD NAMES AS THERE ARE MANY WHO CAN RIGHTLY USE BAD NAMES FOR MANY OF THE ASIAN PLACES AS BLACK SHEEP ARE FOUND EVERYWHERE.IN ADDITION, THEY SAY AND IT IS TRUE THAT LANGUAGE IS THE GARMENT OF OUR THOUGHTS.

beejay,

sorry, i forgot to mention a very important recipient of the R.A. award - ameerul momineen general zia ul haq ............. i guess he is the khatim-ul- ra`s instead of the quaid !!!

Re: # 6
R.A. STANDS FOR RAZIALLAHU-ANHAA, AN ARABIC TERM MEANING `MAY ALLAH, THE ALMIGHTY BE PLEASED WITH HER`. THE MUSLIMS USE THIS TERM BECAUSE ALLAH HIMSELF STATED IN THE HOLY QURAN THAT HE HAS BEEN PLEASED WITH THE COMPANIONS OF THE HOLY PROPHET,MUHAMMAD(PEACE BE UPON HIM).PLEASE REFER TO THE HOLY QURA`N, CHAPTER26,VERSE #18. AND NOW THIS TERM IS USED WITH THE NAMES OF ALL THE COMPANIONS(R.A.).

Re: # 3
THANKYOU FOR THE APPRECIATION AND THE ECOURAGEMENT AND ALSO FOR GIVING THE ADDRESS OF THE WEBSITE.

In the battle of Qa’dsia, she urged all four of her sons to take part and to fight bravely. When she heard the news of the martyrdom of them all, she exclaimed: “All praise is to Allah who honoured me through their martyrdom.” So, this was the change that Islam had brought in her: on the one hand, we find her urging her tribesmen to avenge her brothers’ death and on the other hand, she, as a mother, sends all her children to the battlefield and is grateful for their martyrdom.


THESE LINES DEFINITELY SHOW US A FACET OF HER PERSONALITY THAT CANNOT BE OVERLOKED: SACRIFICE IN THE WAY OF ALLAH. SURELY, IF A PERSON CAN SACRIFICE ALL HIS CHILDREN FOR THEIR LORD, THEY ARE NOT BEING HYPOCRITES OR DIPLOMATIC. INFACT, THEY ARE ON THE ZENITH OF HUMANITY.

beejay,

....... i did some more research and found that abu bakr siddiq (probably related to the author) was the first RA and quaid-i-azam muhammad ali jinnah was the last RA ( khatim-ul-RA?) ........... i also found out that mirza ghulam ahmed is not an RA and some people (depending on who you talk to) think that omar and osman also did not deserve the title of RA ..... of course ali is a bonafide RA ...........

..... but then again, maybe RA simply stands for resident assistant - a frigid born again christian graduate student who wears little house on the prairie skirts, jesus sandals, and tries to maintain law and order in a freshman dorm .......

beejay,

...... i am not sure what R.A. stands for, but it could be one of the following :

1. ancient egyptian sun god who journeyed across the sky every day
2. the element radium (atomic number 88) - i think this is the most likely definition since it was discovered by a woman and this article is about a woman
3. rheumatoid arthritis - this is a long shot, but it is possible that khansaa bibi suffered from ra in addition to pms, qrt, adhd, jv and other abbreviations that afflict women

zainab siddique,

.... beejay asked a question - what does R.A. stand for ? ..........

Sorry for a kaffir butting in. But is there a Qadiani angle to this story a la Hazrat whatever Naked pir business. How long will it take a full blooded derby between urstruly/asifbhai and sattarbhai to break out on this. Any bets.

Regards