There is a story about a night on a road that stretches forty kilometres through the desert, lit by lanterns, covered in rose petals, ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ผ ๐ต๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ต ๐๐น๐ถ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐.๐ฅ. ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ต๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด without being on the programme. A writer from Lahore goes to cover it. He opens his notebook three times. He writes almost nothing. What happens to him instead is the story. It is about Sufism and spectacle and what happens when the two stop being opposites. It is about a Hollywood actress sitting cross-legged in a desert crowd, eyes closed, receiving poetry in a language she doesn't speak, understanding everything. It is about what music does to the part of us that criticism cannot protect. It is one of those pieces of writing that stays on you like rose petals stay pressed into tarmac โ long after you have moved on from where you were standing. #AlTariq #Sufidiaries #TheRoadOfAThousandNamesStorytelling #QawwaliWorldStage #CoherenceIsReal
