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In this lecture, the speaker recounts a historical anecdote involving the Persian king Khosrow and his elite advisors. Khosrow illustrates the concept of human dignity by contrasting the reactions of his advisors with that of an Arab blacksmith when presented with a valuable necklace. While his advisors were willing to compromise their dignity for wealth, the blacksmith refused to strip himself of his honor, emphasizing that true dignity transcends material possessions. This story serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of maintaining one's integrity and values over worldly gains.
Transcript (English)
0:00 Dear friends, peace be upon you.
0:03 In
0:03 a classical text, there is a very interesting case
0:08 related to the Persian
0:10 king Khosrow,
0:11 who is said to have been an exceptionally wise man. Some even called him the second Plato,
0:19 in the sense that he understood life well and understood
0:23 certain
0:24 events
0:25 from civilizations,
0:27 of the people, etc.
0:30 In this example, it is mentioned that he gathered his closest
0:35 elite, friends, and people.
0:39 He consulted with them and told them that it would be good for them to marry
0:46 Persians to Arab women,
0:50 to marry off their daughters to Arabs.
0:54 His advisors,
0:56 friends, and close people could not oppose him, as he allowed it, allowing freedom of speech, criticism, etc. Unlike many others,
1:07 both throughout history and today.
1:10 And they said that it was a bad proposal, that they saw no
1:14 the meaning in all of this, for they were simply
1:17 the Arabs at that time,
1:20 before the prophethood,
1:21 were people who were not
1:24 worthy of any civilization,
1:27 they simply did not have states, they had no leadership,
1:30 they had nothing that was valuable to them.
1:33 Thus, neither power,
1:35 nor anything else they could use through their tribal ties.
1:42 This
1:43 Their ruler, Cyrus, kept this silent and moved on.
1:47 He says, he stands there in case some time has passed and they forget this talk.
1:49 After that, he gathered them again and took out a beautiful
1:57 dove.
1:58 An exceptionally beautiful dove that they had never seen before.
2:03 It is said that its estimated value at that time was around 20,000
2:04 gold coins.
2:10 So he just showed it to them and they were so amazed.
2:14 zlatnika.
2:16 Pa je on samo sto im je to pokazao a oni bili toliko
2:22 eager for it.
2:24 He said to them,
2:25 listen,
2:26 who among you will be the first to strip naked?
2:29 As he was born from his mother, thus with nothing here before us, he will receive this dove as a gift.
2:36 At first, they were confused,
2:39 they didn't know what was happening, then they realized it was a huge opportunity to earn well,
2:44 so they started hastily
2:46 quickly
2:47 to take off their clothes, and in just a very short time, everyone in that room was
2:58 naked.
3:00 And after that, they started arguing about who got naked first.
3:05 Then they had to admit that one of them was the first to get naked,
3:10 And after that, Kisara handed him
3:14 a necklace.
3:15 Of course, he was extremely
3:17 satisfied,
3:18 then they started joking about it, etc. And again, that case was somehow forgotten.
3:25 He let some more time pass, then he called them again.
3:30 However, now he called an Arab blacksmith who lived in his empire in his capital, so he was a blacksmith.
3:40 He called him to that gathering. This man was said to have a suspicion,
3:51 wondering why he was there, thinking that some harm was being plotted.
3:57 So listen to him.
4:00 Do not be afraid, I called you only for this.
4:05 Stay here with us.
4:08 After that, Kisra took out, they say, another robe that was even more beautiful than the first.
4:16 And his friends, acquaintances, advisors,
4:19 part of his elite,
4:21 expected
4:22 that the competition would start again on who would strip first, born naked.
4:29 They were already preparing to undress.
4:34 However, Kistra did not want that. Kistra said,
4:44 This Marapu, he said, listen, do you see this?
4:46 This is worth much more than twenty thousand gold coins.
4:48 He said, you will receive this as a
4:51 gift, but under one condition, you must do just one thing.
4:54 You need to undress here in front of us,
4:57 completely naked, as if you were born from your mother.
5:02 We will not harm you, we will do nothing, you will just do this, and you will receive a huge
5:04 reward. The man looked at the necklace, looked at the king, looked at the people around him and then said,
5:13 Dear Carre,
5:15 Listen,
5:16 He says, if you give me all your Persia,
5:19 I would not do it.
5:22 If you gave me all your wealth, I would not do it.
5:26 And he says, even if you gave me that necklace, just to remove
5:30 the sacrifice, he had a characteristic
5:33 Arab sacrifice.
5:34 He says, just so I can show you and show you my hair and my head, he says, just for that, I would not do it.
5:42 Can I go now? He says, you can, go. And he let him go, and after that, Kisra told his advisors,
5:49 friends, you see
5:51 do you see the difference between that ordinary blacksmith and you?
5:56 So, you think human dignity
6:00 is actually in money, power, strength, military, etc. No, on the contrary!
6:05 Human dignity is far more than that.
6:09 So I have now demonstrated to you what human dignity means and why I said
6:15 that we should be careful about who we enter into
6:19 family
6:19 relationships.
6:20 Here is this
6:22 A reflective story, I believe it is a story for all of us.
6:26 This case, therefore, teaches us all a lesson.
6:30 How dignified we are,
6:32 and how much we are actually greedy for material things.
6:33 May Allah reward you, peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
6:37 Da vas Allah nagradi, oselamu aleikum, verametullah I u berkatu.