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^I got full marks in both the essays in the exam :hiding: still baffles me to this day lol, I hated the book! I liked Akbari though, she was our favourite character :p used to annoy the teacher that none of us liked Asghari :X
 
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^ Ah, Akbari and Asghari, that brings back memories. For our A-level we read a different book by deputy Nazeer Ahmad, called Taubatun Nasooh (The repentance of Nasooh). It has some quite hard and archaic Urdu words in it. The original book on the Urdu A-level syllabus was Umrao Jaan Adaa, a story of prostitution, music, dancing, affairs, etc - we weren't even reading stories of such a bad nature for English Literature, so my parents took it up with school, and alhamdulillah managed to get it changed, and it was replaced by Taubatun Nasooh.

The much abbreviated plot: Nasooh is a well to do man in 18th/19th century India. Engrossed in the life of this world, it's pastimes and luxuries. They're Muslims by name and culture, but little else. There's a cholera oubreak, and Nasooh falls victim. He falls unconscious, and in that state, he has a dream. In the dream, it is the Day of Judgement, and he is standing before Allah, in His court, about to be questioned. The dream has a profound impact on him, and when he wakes up, he realises the error of his ways, and starts to become a proper Muslim. Some of his family mock him at first. The rest of the book is about his efforts to reform his wayward family: wife, daughters and sons, and their attitudes towards him. One son in particular, is particularly stubborn.

I liked the book, because it does have good lessons, for this world and the next, and I also like the title because it reminds me of this ayah:


يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ تُوبُواْ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوحاً عَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُكَفِّرَ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَـتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّـتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا الاٌّنْهَـرُ يَوْمَ لاَ يُخْزِى اللَّهُ النَّبِىَّ وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعَى بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَـنِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَآ إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

"O you who believe, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent." (Surah at-Tahrim, 66:8)
 
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Aisha said:
^I got full marks in both the essays in the exam still baffles me to this day lol, I hated the book! I liked Akbari though, she was our favourite character used to annoy the teacher that none of us liked Asghari
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Insaanah said:
Ah, Akbari and Asghari, that brings back memories. For our A-level we read a different book by deputy Nazeer Ahmad, called Taubatun Nasooh (The repentance of Nasooh). It has some quite hard and archaic Urdu words in it. The original book on the Urdu A-level syllabus was Umrao Jaan Adaa, a story of prostitution, music, dancing, affairs, etc - we weren't even reading stories of such a bad nature for English Literature, so my parents took it up with school, and alhamdulillah managed to get it changed, and it was replaced by Taubatun Nasooh.
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MASHALLAH your parents did great thing...
the selection of stories in syllabus impacts the students character. they remmber it all their lives. parents should keep them self aware of what schools are teaching to their children..
(laikin ajkal to mamla hi ulat hay. waldain bachon ko school bhaij ker u mutmain ho jatay hain jaisay ab un per say bachon ki taleem ki zimaidaree he khatam.. jo kerna hay school walon nay kerna hay.)
 
Here are some lines I heard of an introduction to the city of Lucknow;


یہ ہے میر کا مسکن، انیس کا خرمن، جانی عالم کا چمن... لکھنؤ
ہندوستان کا ایک ایسا شہر، جو اپنی شرافت نفاست، تہذیب ثقافت ، پیار بھری بولی، اور قومیت جہدی کے لئے، سارے دنیا میں مشہور ہے

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assalam o alaikum

can any one help me find some real good Urdu novels with some 'sensible story'.. haven't found any for long time.. :hmm:
 
^mera tou aj subha subha mood kharab ho geya :heated: aur abb pura din ajeeb guzar raha hai
 
nai ukhti app nay tou balkay mujhay khush kia i really liked it wen u PMed me srsly bus pata nai din ajeeb guzar raha hai ek cheese mujhay bohot achi lagi a student of mind Umer came up to me n huged me n loudly screamed in front of the principal/my head/boss and all the teachers n said i love u thousand and thousand :p mera itna dil tha may kisi angreezi walay thread may post keron per samajh nai aye kahan :S
 
sis app ko may nay abb marna hai app nay mera mood nai kharab kia wo phelay say tha :P im so sorry if i made u feel bad srsly
 

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