tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935269017114506142.post8804739055415135545..comments2023-05-10T06:02:37.724-07:00Comments on Marriage and Islam: Quest for the Right One: To the End of the Worldquestfortherightone.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072616463210478888noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935269017114506142.post-82210769090242600192009-01-18T10:18:00.000-08:002009-01-18T10:18:00.000-08:00you know what sister? Your story gave me inspirati...you know what sister? Your story gave me inspiration and direction because I was kind of facing the same dilemma . Our main issue was the distance, but I remember your story and how much the characters regretted thier moves, and then I finally decided to accept his proposal. Alhumdulillah, we're married now but yeah, separated until immigration insha'Allah. Jazakallah for posting this story up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935269017114506142.post-45489016528755090532008-12-17T09:18:00.000-08:002008-12-17T09:18:00.000-08:00Mashallah girl you write sooooo beautifully! I LOV...Mashallah girl you write sooooo beautifully! I LOVED this story!!muslimahhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512742472674372739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935269017114506142.post-80484322038123145152008-12-15T23:26:00.000-08:002008-12-15T23:26:00.000-08:00Oohh – this is a beautiful story, made more poigna...Oohh – this is a beautiful story, made more poignant because of my own recent engagement to someone my mother is not happy with. Not because my mum and him no longer get along but rather that he’s not the same as me and not what my mother would have hoped/expected I marry (read: Arab and from the same family). This shows that even within the same culture, same family that something things… change. That somehow what we think will perfectly match just doesn’t… like 2 completely different shades of red!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935269017114506142.post-87847568875894881622008-12-14T13:24:00.000-08:002008-12-14T13:24:00.000-08:00I'm a real fan of a film called Don Juan de Marco,...I'm a real fan of a film called Don Juan de Marco, an Hollywood take on the great medieval Spanish legend. I was particularly impressed by how love was described by the main protagonist, Don Juan (played by Johnny Depp) in the opening scenes of the film, as he stands on top of a tower block contemplating suicide.<BR/><BR/>Depp: "Have you ever met a woman, who inspires you to love, until your every sense is filled with her?"<BR/><BR/>Depp: (Pause) "You inhale her......., you taste her......, you see your unborn children in her eyes and you know that your heart.......has finally found a home.....Your life begins with her......and without her......., (another long pause) it must surely end."<BR/><BR/>I guess the reason why I got so attached to this movie is that it hit a nerve inside me, as I know that I long to love my future wife, and to be loved by her in return, in the fashion that Depp described. Possibly everybody reading this blog feels the same way about wanting such an intense and deep attachment. But what is the actual likelihood of anyone being blessed with such a connection? Personally, I'm realistic enough to realize that it's actually quite low.<BR/><BR/>Real life is often, as it is in this case, based on the results of the erosive effects of time and circumstance on our deepest hopes, dreams and aspirations. All we can do I suppose, is follow the example of the prince and princess in this fair story and maintain the purity of not only our souls, but also of our love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com