The Blind Fall In Love

Bashar bin Burd [بشار بن بُرد], was a classical poet – who lived 1300 years ago in Iraq. He was blind from birth. He heard the voice of a girl and fell in love with her – without even seeing her of course.

That’s when he compiled a poem, in which he says:

وَالأُذنُ تَعشَقُ قَبلَ العَينِ أَحيانا
“And the ear, sometimes, falls in love before the eye…”

In this day and age, we think that it’s all about the “looks”… but its not all about that… This is why God commands the wives of the Prophet, and by extension addressing us:

فَلَا تَخْضَعْنَ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ ٱلَّذِى فِى قَلْبِهِۦ مَرَضٌۭ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًۭا مَّعْرُوفًۭا
“Do not, then, be soft spoken, as you do not want the sick at heart to lust after you, but speak in an appropriate manner.” [Qur’an 33:32].