Love, Ishq in Urdu, has as many names, guises, and meanings as people who have experienced it on multiple planks. Ishq takes us to the land where Rumi promised to meet his beloved, a place beyond good and evil. Once you’ve experienced Ishq, your previous self becomes a blurred memoryPupils of a wise sage once asked him what was the difference between muhabbat and Ishq. Once you’ve experienced Ishq, your previous self becomes a blurred memory, a foreign land where you’ve never been, a corpse you cremated and then buried the ashes. Love wants possession, Ishq cherishes the life and happiness of beloved and those who surround them.

Source: Pakistan Today February 11, 2019 10:47 UTC