"Na mei Majnu,
Na mei Ranjha,
Na uljha mei mei wich ay zaata,
Teray dar tay a baitha wa,
Teray dar tay a baitha wa,
Ishq da chola pa baitha wa."
-Qurait-tul-lain Baloch's "Mera Ishq"
The singer says that she never felt love for humans like Majnu or Ranjha did. Neither did she ever feel any love for the status in this world. Allah ji was her only one and true love.
I envy her. To love Allah ji only is the most perfect thing. You love someone who is Eternal; Who is always there for you; Who is All Powerful; Who has control over everything. Yet, it's still not enough for us. Loving Allah ji is not enough for us. We desire humans. Humans who are so imperfect. Who have control over absolutely nothing. Who are so temporary. Who are completely powerless. Who can be taken away from us in a split second. Loving humans is so unsafe. Loving Allah ji is so safe. Then why do we continue to want humans? Is because we are humans?
Maybe we want humans because if we didn't, this world wouldn't work. Wanting humans is a part of being human. It is our basic instinct. We will always pair up and congregate. But if this instinct is so strong, what is singer talking about? How is she defying her basic natural instincts?
But still, the way I see it, loving only Allah ji is the easy way. Loving humans is hard.
Yet we continue to love humans. Why is that?
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