Any pivotal moment about books .... aaaaaah! I think I am born with a thirst to read. There was no need of any special place or person to develop the love of reading. As far i can go in the memory lane I found a small girl wanting to read everything available in her hands be it a broken piece of news paper or the textbooks having some stories. I remember whenever the academic year progressed, I not only read my books but also of my brother's (who was 3 academic classes a head of me.)
There was nothing like library or collection of books or magazines around, I just collected whatever and wherever I found something, like I took kid's magazines from my aunt and uncle, ladies digest from my cousin. I read them and then returned carefully. I was 9 years old when my grandfather died. In his stuff, a book came out with title Qasassul Anbia (Stories of Prophet. It was a really thick book especially for a kid. If I remember right, it was comprising of 1500 pages with very small text. It had the stories of all the major prophets right from prophet Adam to Prophet Muhammad. And the book was not meant for adults. I read it completely. It took me more than an year to read it. I used to read a few pages every day.
When I grew up, my habits remained same, I read whatever was available and then the college days came where I used to borrow books from friends. I read some novels those days. One of them was Peer- e- Kamil by Nimra Ahmed.
There are many other books I can name but to keep the list to 3 I would name those that made a real impact on my personality Zindagi se lutf Uthaye (Enjoy your life) by Dr. Muhammad Andurrehman al areefi. This book was gifted to me by a friend as a gift to my marriage. It is the best gift I got.
In this book the stories from the life of Prophet Muhammad has been narrated which are teaching the lesson of patience, kindness, affection, acceptance, openess, respect to difference of opinion and much more.
The other book that has a lot to do in my life is Zavia by Ashfaq Ahmed. I read it in pdf form after downloading. This book helped me combat the darkest phase of my life. It was the time when I was clinically depressed. I was not finding any hopes around. This very book helped me clean my soul from the filth and dirt. It helped me appreciate the positivity around me.
I think @iskafan would be interested in apeaking about her experiences. @khaleesi is another book lover. @femcy-willcy would you like to participate??
I was tagged wrongly but thank you.
hehe now that you're here...💕...hi...@khaleesii
Hello, I can't believe I almost missed out, would have cried.
aw, at least you are here now, hehe play along have fun...plenty of lovely comments already to engage with if you choose and variety of prizes to be won :-) looking forward to your entry x
Already dropped mine.
Books have the most wonderful way of being a comfort to us when we most need them; another 'friend' to wrap us up in their arms and remind us of the joys that can be discovered when we look within. We can escape with them into the depths of our own imagination and the colourful worlds created for us by their authors and in this way they are capable of shifting our mindsets and nudging our emotions. I am really happy that you derived such solace from Zavia🙏🌈Music does something similar although often tied to memories (perhaps we look at music next month?). Again, like like with Ayesha, it is wonderful to come across authors unknown. I will have to see if these scripts are available in English so that I can check them out. Thank you for the recommendations Amber❣️ I can completely relate to your innate love of reading too. It does feel like there are some things that we were just born to do 💗 !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA
Sometimes, the books become the only available friend to provide us solace. Hehe. The phase of life made me understand the meaning of the books are the best friends.
I don't think the scripts are available in English because I once tried to find the translated quotes from zavia and I could find nothing. I wondered why the work of this level of spiritualism has been translated. Perhaps I may go for translation someday (I want to), but it is not an easy task to do to transfer the original meaning in translation.
yes, they can indeed be a friend when we feel alone or lost. Ok I understand if there is no translation available...now that would be an interesting career to pursue and one that is high in demand.
Lol. I never thought about it as a career but yes I thought several times to translate Zavia. But again, I fear I may not do justice with the translation. It needs deeper understanding of both the languages
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Born to read huh? I love it.
Thanks for loving, khaleesi 💖
You are welcome