Table Talks EP1 | Essence of Kashmir Marsia | Zakir Ali Mohammad Qasmi | Areej Safvi | Instinctive

In this episode of "Table Talks", we delve into the rich and captivating world of Kashmiri Marsia - a poetic form that has long been an integral part of Kashmiri culture and heritage. Marsia, which originated as a means of commemorating and mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, has evolved over the centuries to become a powerful vehicle for expressing the emotions, struggles, and resilience of the Kashmiri people.
Join us as we sit down with esteemed scholar Zakir Ali Mohammad Qasmi to unpack the history, structure, and thematic elements of Kashmiri Marsia.
TEAM INSTINCTIVE
Founder : Irfan Hyder Joo
Host : Areej Safvi
Director & Editor : Irfan Hyder Joo
DOP : Umer Nazir
Content Writers : Syed Ahmad Rizvi, Syed Zeeshan Jaipuri
Executive Producer : Syed Musadiq Madni
Graphics : Syed Ali Abass
Venue Partner : Infinity Club
Sponsored by : ‪@kashmirfilmmakers4476‬

[@Areejological]

Alhamdulillahh.. one of the best experinecess of my life ❤kudos to the whole team ☺️

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God bless u sister

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God bless u

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👍

[@shabirbhat9568]

Areej G , Please invite Dr. Sameer Sadique Shab from Anantnag and Hamid Hussain ( Secretary Tanzim Muktab) to your episode both are social reformers.

[@Prophecy222]

Beautiful video

[@wilayatali8538]

His expressions and his way of describing the marsia is quiet phenomenal. The youths have always understood every marsia he recited. He is a truely a master, a class of this time. May allah always bless and protect him.❤❤

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Khuda soeb thaven asi gham e Hussain hamesha dilan mnz barqarar...

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On Eid e Milad, tried to translate a few lines from Na'et section of "Mazmoon e Shama", and here goes the rendering: By thy compassion raise The crescent of praise In mind's expanse So that with conviction I celebrate excellence Of Prophet's benediction. O Crown of Prophets, Grant me the wits To assemble my bits Of praise that befits The seal of prophets. Pouring His tributes The Lord salutes His creation of thee As His reason to be On creative spree. When that pine bright Of august light Did pop upright The evil dendrite Of sinister might Sank in fright. Tis candle Of creation The prophets With passion As moths Circumambulate Their love In this state For illumination Thence satiate Tis sun's fade Was radiant made When it bade To kiss the feet Of his sweet Shadow’s shade Thou art the sun Enlightened on The occasion Of ascension. The shine of this candle A thousand suns eclipse All prophets' grace Thy countenance glimpse In atomic time Did thou ascend To transcend A seventy thousand Veils sublime Of Gnostic prime That Night In his guest His delight Did rest, From the evil sight The Essence of Light Refuge him blest. As heavens thou grace The prophets all brace For thy kind embrace Ardent Houries race For their turn to burn The stars as rue seeds, In the censer of sun. In turn on run To site of reception; As there thou belong With felicitous song The high angels throng The heavenly place For glimpse of thy face. Christ, the redeemer, Under awe’s obligation Sends salutation Spreads incense Of aloes and amber With sun as censer As that “Sun of Prophethood” By the divine throne stood Became privy to secrets, good The essence under divine hood. The All Glorious Lord Lit the crown of light. Carried him by night To his station, right. A few lines from the Mazmoon e Ilm… O Knower of Hidden! O knower of concealed, Tis predicament ridden Besought to be healed The drape of ignorance Be done away or peeled. O bestower of the best, How from all the rest Our faults deepest Do thou cover and hide Lest public deride One's shallowness debride Ostentious piety, abreast Thou wait long to test Our will to detest The sins on thy behest. Passion for hymns drew But a select few When among the crew Polymaths often view Themselves nieve and new. Those who served as shore, To the boundless oceanic lore Come, drown evermore. If ever come ashore From conviction’s core Thy Highness implore Some fruitless, regress Their all efforts mess Despair then devours Their all endeavours. The sage's synthesis In the mines of gnosis Is a sacred process From naught do they rise Evolve ever wise. On Gnostic pedestal The beings, potential Discern the actual Absolute and vital. For their unknowing tremble When upon thy sign stumble “God is Great” they mumble Their vision’s artifacts Face macabre crumble. In deep thoughts drown Their intellect’s crown. Those with cognizance In all obedience Observe silence Humbly anounce “Nothing do they know” Thus all the discourse To winds do they throw. Silence becomes fate Of mind's saner state Angst seeks rest From hackneyed quest For words appropriate.

[@ShabnumShabir-m7m]

Masha Allah he is one of the best zakir e ahlibait as in our valley. He is the who is explaning every mazmoon so well.Alhamdulliah he was my teacher. He was and he is best and his expressions are awesome ❤..zindeh basheed ustaad

[@haseenakumail122]

He is great leader he sweet person I once sit in him marsiya .....he explained like a child ....to me ...great personality

[@syedzeshan59]

Thank you areej and team for this wonderful podcast.

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Need more podcast like this please as a student. Because everyone wants to know about Kashmiri Marsya with explanation.

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One of the best personality. ۔. ۔. ۔. ۔backbone of our community. ۔. ۔. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nizamali2313]

Alhamdulillah. Congratulations to the team. I don't have words to express my gratitude for your efforts in clarifying the evolution and providing a detailed explanation of Marsia. I am 22 years old and have been going to Imam Bargah for almost 14 years, but this is the first time I have comprehended Marsia and felt truly energized. Please continue this series.

[@fidahussain360]

Phenomenal discussion of Kashmiri Marsiya by an intellectual and scholar.

[@SameerHaiderAbbas]

Thanks Areej for bringing us the interview of such a brilliant personality of Kashmir

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Qasim sabh is very intellectual person may almighty Allah protect him always ❤️🤲he is good nature personality

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I am here for Qasmi sahab,for his intellectual granduer and sublime eloquence ❤.

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Invite Dr Sameer Shafi Siddiqui

[@javaidahmadwani2481]

Mashallaah! What a great legend is living in Kashmir. I request Areej Safvi to do a series of Podcasts with Qasmir Sahab and explore his other dimensions for the public in Kashmir and the Kashmiris living outside their state!

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Boht khoob Ab Arshid sahab ko invite Karo

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Now clear my doubt ❤❤ thanku whole team' ❤❤❤

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Mashallah ur a grate person allha alwayz bless and protect him ❤🍁

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udnai doo in parendooo ko aazad fazuu mai galib joo terai apnai hogai waps palat k zaroor ayegai😢😢😢😢 Bht kush hova Aap danoo ko ek sath dekh k There is nothing in my hand except like and share 👍 may Allah bless you and your mom dad

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Great initiative to address the community can't wait for the next episodes keep the great work up...

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One of great personality in all sphere of life. .. May allah bless u alwyx

[@allaboutkashmirwithburhany9082]

Qasimi sahab ur gem for our kashmir.May Allah bless you ❤❤

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Qasmi Sahab has always been an inspiration for all and particularly youth of our age is highly motivated by his way of elaboration and explanation of Marsiya. May ALLAH and Masoomeen a.s. be pleased with you all. Aameen

[@syedzaffar2518]

Honestly I was loosing my interest in Marsiya ,but out of nowhere this video popped up and made me change my mind. Thank you for the video

[@haneefchosa]

Please continue this series and bring different guest from different background. Not just in Muharram but throughout the year.

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कासमी साहब लाजवाब शख्सियत हैं ऐसे जाकिर और ऐसे इंसान बहुत ही कम मिलते हैं allah tallah inko सल्लमत रखे काफी अच्छा program था दिल बार आया ❤

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Mashallah mashallah mashallah Allah salamt rakhy ap dono ko time km lga mjy i wanted to lsten more from him atleast 1 hr ka podcast hona he chaheyai tha grt initiative areej dii ❤❤❤❤love you

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Hat off for Great episode. Qasim shab has been so charmastic in conversation, i wish you all the best, Allah swt has provided you talent and Mashallah you are using it in right direction. Hope you will bring more such intellectual, social influencer and philosopher from different walks of life in coming series. Allah bless you.

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Mashallah you have taken good step towards knowing regaring the kasjmari marsiya means kalamai mola imam Hussain swa❤ jazakallah bhoth shukreya apka❤❤

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Qibla Ali Muhammad Qasim sahab you are 💎 gem really love the way how you explain marsiya.

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Jazakallah khair 💕💞💕

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Acc.. to me No one could ever explain the way qasmi sahab explains marsiya......❤

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Mashallah God bless you..May Moula Abass as Shower his ultimate blessings on both of you... Humble Request you dear sister please try to make more vedios like this...Highly informative and gem 💎 for all of us

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jazakallah khair ❤

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You have selected good personality which say about kashmari marsiya you must be take more then one sessions of this personality and same topics like kashmari marsya becoz we want more know about kashmari marsiya❤❤ stay blessed

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mashallah

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ماشاءاللہ اِس چھ انتظارس بیعس اکس شمارس

[@emehrawn]

LOVE IT!

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Happy to see the sir after a very long time..

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Zakir sahab salamat rahy ..❤❤❤aabad rahy ....

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Wariyah asl video

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Very informative interview.Good Job Areej

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Amazing discussion❤

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Mashallah sir

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MashaAllah❤

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Jazakallah ❤

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Great initiative ❤

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Bht. Badya. MashaAllah

[@ArshidBhat-nb3in]

The genre of kashmari marsiya is either a spontaneous overflow of thoughts or an intellectual expression of emotions. which category it falls in ?

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Personaly I achieve knowledge of marseya.good teacher

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[@zafardar4331]

Only this person can explain marsiya because he know holly Qurran very well.he great person in kashmir

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[@tanveera9169]

A glimpse into the translated version of a few lines from the 'Hamoed section of Mazmoon e Be-nuqta' follows: O Lord of Expanse Grant me the verve Faculty and nerve To serve As shore To the sea of eloquence. O Lord, The Manifest, Erase the black dust Of vile and guile From the tablet of my breast. O Clement One, To thee belongs all Glory The debt of thy hymnody, Is no subject of apology For the reigning autocrat Or the wretched of fate. Those who beseech thus, Acquire the pearl of purpose Thou ordained for the sun A lofty station Thou pull it high Beyond the mount Sinai. The solar and lunar face, The time and space, Before thy majestic grace Are tamed and apace. In ordained orbits The celestial circuits Challenging the wits Fall in line as bits, As thou command them well By mystery and spell. A few lines translated from the Hamoed section of "Mazmoon e Dil" go as: O Turner of Hearts! Grant me an immaculate conscience, So that awake and aware, Thy hyms' land I fare, On the rhythm of heartbeat Thy hyms I repeat. Or else this heartless wretch Can't dare strech The imagination To fetch The pearls of thy praise. Or his voice raise, Thy attributes appraise. O Lord! Fill my conscience With the elixir for Gnostic trance. Pray as original goal A resonance In seat of soul Reaffirm the sentence Of 'Yes Thou Art' hence. O Almighty, the Grand, No mind can withstand Tis travail in hyms' land. O Lord, I invoke thee! May they all hail me, For the eloquent speech That by thy leave reach The station of lote tree. On thy injunction, A heart in action In body's dominion, Reigns supreme As sovereign. An attempt at translation of a few verses from the Hamoed section of "Mazmoon e Kimiya". Whence, O Lord, Shall tis bard Avail his exposition The elixir of eloquence To enhance His passion For elaboration Of thy hymn's nuance. The connoisseurs taught, How nightmares thwart Any attempts at this art From the very start. Marveling at the signs Adorning outlines Of the order That enshrines Thy majestic designs, The intellect that defines The limits of wit, Is compelled To surrender Before the awe's writ. Sheer profoundity Of this art, Numinous beauty And Aesthetics apart Outrages The wits of sages And eludes the profescient. Tis reproach for nescience Purports the retreat To the mystical street Of gnostic silence By no leap of imagination, Can one fathom this creation Here dust is harvest Of the conjuctural toil, And Nightmarish moil The vision's spoil. No one's diction, Tells fact from fiction The exercise of contemplation All speculative predilection, Some induction, No intellection! Despite all insight, Into tiny and slight The beauty of an atom Ends raw mind's thaw, Inspires awe Ad infinitum, And dazzles the sight, On mere a bit of dust In celestial breast Oblivious Of the East, Remote to the West. Thou by thy sacred writ Choose to thrust The benevolence of sun Shining on horizon. Then thou choose to tie The fate of golden eye Of the azure sky To the transcendental pi, Sending darkness of night, To flight. The golden disc of light Pierces the silver dawn Before it does fawn Invoking "YA SABOH" In the East's lawn And lends the morn bright. No matter the scribe, Tis hard to inscribe, And harder to describe If reason's pen Isn't cast away and shun.

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Mashallah ❤❤

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Amazing

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Ya Hussain as

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Allah tallah karnai hidayat

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MashaAllah

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Mashallah

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A revered personality among all the Shias of Kashmir. Need some work on arrangement, articulation & presentation of questions though. Fruitful podcast nonetheless. Kudos.

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Absolutely

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Khuda aap ki tawfeeqat mein izafa farmaye... Ameen..

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Jab Kashmiri marsia per baat ho to Sawaal bi jawaab ki tarah Kashmiri main hona chahiye....

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[@Muharramandazaadar]

Jinab Qasmi Sahab isko bolte insta pe music wali reels dalna kaisa hai?

[@sabaauzra]

Nazer mazmoon

[@kingsholidayz]

I am unable to understand why arooj ji is asking questions in urdu as Zakir sahib is replying in our native kashmiri language. Our kashur language is sweet ones she should have used it too in communication.

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😭

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😢😢😢

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Dear sister , Avoid behoodgi like ladi shah and vlogging and be a nice podcaster as I know u have great potential.

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Last par karballa sunadeya😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 de de de aap slamat rahay I have not words i elaborate the seen