The slave, Mahmud ibn al-Husayn ibn Muhammad [al-Kash-ghari] states: When I saw that Allah Most High had caused the Sun of Fortune to rise in the Zodiac of the Turks, and set their Kingdom among the spheres of Heaven; that He called them “Turk,” and gave them Rule; making them kings of the Age, and placing in their hands the reins of temporal authority; appointing them over all mankind, and directing them to the Right; that He strengthened those who are affiliated to them, and those who endeavor on their behalf; so that they attain from them the utmost of their desire, and are delivered from the ignominy of the slavish rabble; [then I saw that] every man of reason must attach himself to them, or else expose himself to their falling arrows. And there is no better way to approach them than by speaking their own tongue, thereby bending their ear, and inclining their heart. And when one of their foes comes over to their side, they keep him secure from fear of them; then others may take refuge with him, and all fear of harm be gone.I heard from one of the trustworthy informants among the Imams of Bukhara, and from another Imam of the people of Nishapur: both of them re-ported the following tradition, and both had a chain of transmission going back to the Apostle of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. When he was speaking about the signs of the Hour and the trials of the end of Time, and he mentioned the emergence of the Oghuz Turks, he said, “Learn the tongue of the Turks, for their reign will be long.” Now if this hadith is sound—and the burden of proof is on those two!—then learning it is a religious duty: and if it is not sound, still Wisdom demands it.
I have traveled throughout their cities and steppes, and have learned their dialects and their rhymes; those of the Turks, the Turkmen-Oghuz, the Chigil, the Yaghma, and the Q’irghiz. Also, I am one of the most elegant among them in language, and the most eloquent in speech; one of the best educated, the most deep-rooted in lineage, and the most penetrating in throwing the lance. Thus have I acquired perfectly the dialect of each one of their groups; and I have set it down in an encompassing book, in a well-ordered system.
Mahmud al-Kashghari – 11th Century Lexicographer – “Diwan Lughat al-Turk” (1072)
Text Translation Excerpted from “Islamic Central Asia – An Anthology of Historical Sources” – Levi, Sela (2010)
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You must have a very dumb ass.
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Slm aleykum,
wow…nasruddin…you really remind me of the yahudis and the munafiks during the Prophet’s (s) times. your blood MUST reach there someway somehow…or does it reach anywhere?
Nasruddin!!!
Your pathetic!! Have you know intelligent contributions to make?!!?
You sound like a teenager who has nothing good or of any value to say, so he acts all cockey and arrogant!
Your donkey probaby has more intelligence than you!
your behavior speaks volumes for those you defend.
Is that all you can do Nasruddin, throw insults, and you call this clever? Intelligence??
Your like a rabid dog who has been sent only to cause unecessary fitnah as you contribute nothing of any value to this conversation. Is this your idea of ‘eating you alive’ .
What a joke, this isnt a place for yobs and gangsters!!!
Go be amoungst your own kind for that kind of behavior!
I suggest you keep your forked tongue behind your teeth!!!
what a shame that such a calm and reflective blog has to be spoilt by someone like Nasrudddin. Why are such comments published as they are no benefit to anyone?? They produce negativity and result in retaliation from others.
Salaam brother,
happy to see your site- I am also bayt in the Naqshbandi silsila (from India)- your site made me remember something- once I was in Munich and went to a Turkish masjid- it was just like being at home, even our stories are very similar (cant say the same for an Arab masjid, though I dont have anything against them)
Even Urdu, the language spoken in South Asia has many common words with Turkish, and I have heard Hadhrat Isa (AS) will be following the way of the Ahnaf..
It is in the nature of dogs to bark for attention.
Some of those who bark the loudest may seem like bad dogs, but deep down inside they have good in their heart, but all they know how to do is bark before being thrown a bone.
Good dogs can be trained to obey their lord.
May Allah make us all amongst those, no, not hounds but wolves, whose barkings are few, and whose hunting seeks choice game, of the next world, and not this dying ember of its reflection
Of the Turks, though I know not their tongue, it’s sounds are beautiful and we have seen that Allah gave to them rule and civilization in Islam when the ‘Arabs grew decadent.
From the Osmanli Dawlat to Mughalstan, each of their dynasties have been ramparts against the decay of the age.
Shall Allah raise another people like he raised the Turks, when both Arab and Persian slid away from his remeberance and our walls assaulted by the ignorant and profane?
Who knows, but let us pray – May Allah restore his light in Turkey and Turkistan and raise again the Turks, and the Persians and the ‘Arab’s who passed under their rule, to the nobility that the founders of the Houses of Osman and Babur manifested in Rum, and in Hind.
The Osmali and the Mughal,
both were ramparts before the fall,
what Islam’s foes thought to forestall,
manifest again, surely shall
seljuqs mamlukes their fierce thrall
sustaining lord for us unveil
mahdi army stalwart, them all
white, black, arab Turk, ajam. Swell
Waves pulled by moon attract, they will
Rise, Osman’s lions Chessboard unroll
Pieces lain out One hand moves all
Allahumma bless our leige’s all
creation’s best. Turk, ajam all
Love Muhammad His light will swell
Engulf the world Before final fall.
all of you who insulted Mahmud kashkari are donkies.even the leader of Bahdad respacted him,he lived in Bahdad many years.as what you said, was the leader of yours who lived at that time a donkey.wether Arab or turk ,all of them Allah`s creation.I don`t think Arabs will go to Heaven not because of they are Arab ,but becuase of the good things would be done by them.so the dog isn`t him but all of you who even don`t know what you are talking about.
the one who said “the slave Mahmud”,listen up,turkish people made others slaves for them ,not others made turkish people slaves.
Umm, this is a excerpt.. he is calling himself a slave, in other words, Abdullah.