Sunday 25 April 2010

Khurram Ali Shafique


Khurram Ali Shafique’s “Shakespeare according to Iqbal” is an intriguing episode in finding ground breaking connection in the Nezami-Rumi-Shakespeare-Iqbal quartet . A mystery, thicker than Dan Brown’s Da-Vinci Code.

The following connections are extremely fascinating:

1)Tempest’s Nine conflicts and gulshan e raaz e jadeed’s nine questions.

2)Tempest’s seven major conflicts and Nezami’s Haft Paykar.

3)Tempest’s seven major conflicts and Iqbal’s seven couplets on Shakespeare.

4)Tempest’s five later conflicts and Nizami’s quintet.

All this seems very mesmerizing. Some critics say that the character of Prospero was Shakespeare personified, then the drowning of his books resembles with drowning/burning of books of Rumi.( in the book WAY OF LOVE it is narrated that books were drowned in a well).

Look at the following passage from Nezami Ghanjavi:

“Divine command on the day of creation did not produce anything more charming than language, do not consider those who have this gift, ever to be dead: they are like fish, having lowered themselves just beneath the surface of speech: they shall reappear sooner than you utter their names…..” what a paragraph !

In holy Quran one Sura (Chapter) starts with “Noon wal Kalm” mystics have referred “noon “to fish and “Kalm” to knowledge, language and power. In ancient symbol’s and modern abstract arts fish stands for sustainable life.

This is a diminutive volume but a Book that will usher a new approach to understanding collective ego, the book is published by Iqbal Academy Pakistan.

7 comments:

  1. Thanks, read about it in the newspaper today...yes, it is mystifying and the' books in the well' incident when Rumi is retorted with ' cheezey ust keh tu na mee dani ' remains unparalleled amongst sufis.

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  2. Thanks Parveen Aunty, and Khurram Sahib it was my pleasure writing this post.

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  3. Thanx, Dar Sahib for this intriguing post! I will be back...so don't go away...:)

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  4. What is YOUR favorite Shakespeare work? OF course I plan to return here...

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  5. i took your online workshop last summer. i wasnt able to complete it, a reason being that iqbal's philiosophies are too vast to be pursued by an individual alone. there must be a teacher on hand. i would like to know what books you have written and wher thay will be easily available in karachi. thanks. javeria siraj.

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    1. Please visit Khurram Sahibs website to check out his books and other resources at www.republicofrumi.com or contact him at khurramsdesk@gmail.com

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