THE STORY OF THE VIZIER NOUREDINE, HIS BROTHER THE VIZIER CHAMSEDDINE, AND HASSAN BADREDDINE
Harun al-Rashid
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Chamseddine, in Cairo, is saddened to not find his brother Noureddine and blamed himself for his disappearance. However, he is not able to find him.
At the same time, the two brothers get married, and their wives give birth to a son and a daughter.
Note on the meaning of the names:
- Chamseddine: Sun of the Religion
- Noureddine: Light of the Religion
- Hassan: Handsome
- Badreddine: Full Moon of the Religion
ON THE THIRD NIGHT
Sheherazade said:
It happened to me, O fortunate King, that the vizier then arose, and welcomed the handsome Noureddine with great joy, and said to him: "Go, my son, run and enter your wife's house, and be happy!" And tomorrow I will go up with you to the sultan. And now I have only to ask for you from Allah all his favors and all his blessings."
Then Noureddine once more kissed the hand of the vizier, her father-in-law, and entered his wife's apartment. And it happened what happened!
So much for Noureddine!
As for his brother Chamseddine, in Cairo… here it is. When the journey that he made with the Sultan of Egypt, going to the side of the Pyramids and from there elsewhere, was finished, he returned home. And he was very worried about not finding his brother Noureddine. He asked about him from the servants, who replied: "When you left with the sultan, the same day our master Noureddine mounted his harnessed mule in great pomp as for the days of procession, and said to us: "I am going somewhere near Qalyub, and I will be away for a day or two because I feel that my chest is tight and that it needs a little air. But let none of you follow me! And from that day until now, we haven't heard from him."
Then Chamseddine was very saddened by the absence of his brother, and his pain grew stronger day by day, and he ended up feeling the most extreme affliction. And he thought: “Certainly, there is no other cause for this departure than the harsh words I said to him the day before my journey with the Sultan. And that's probably what made him run away from me. So I must repair my wrongs towards this good brother, and send in search of him."
And Chamseddine immediately went up to the sultan and informed him of the situation. And the Sultan caused envelopes to be written sealed with his seal, and sent them, by couriers on horseback, in all directions, to all his lieutenants in all the countries, telling them, in these envelopes, that Noureddine had disappeared and that you had to look for it everywhere.
But, some time later, all the couriers returned, without result, because not one had gone to Basra, where Noureddine was. Then Chamseddine lamented on the verge of lamentations and said to himself: “It is all my fault! And that only happened because of my lack of discernment and tact!"
But, as everything has an end, Chamseddine consoled himself at the end, and after some time he became engaged to the daughter of one of the big merchants of Cairo, and made his marriage contract with this young girl, and married her. And it happened what happened!
Now, there was this coincidence that the very night of Chamseddine's penetration into the nuptial chamber was precisely that of Noureddine's penetration, at Basra, into the room of his wife, the vizier's daughter. But it is Allah who allowed this coincidence of the marriage of the two brothers on the same night, to make it clear that he is the master of the destiny of his creatures!
Moreover, everything happened as the two brothers had planned before their quarrel, namely that the two wives were pregnant the same night, and gave birth the same day, at the same time: the wife of Chamseddine, vizier of Egypt, gave birth to a girl who had not her second in beauty in all Egypt; and the wife of Noureddine, in Basra, gave birth to a son who had no second in beauty in the whole world of his time! As the poet says:
The child!... He is nice! and handsome! and its size!…
Drink from its mouth! drink this mouth and forget the full cups and the overflowing vases!
To drink from his lips, to quench his thirst in the freshness of his cheeks,
To admire himself at the springs of his eyes, oh! and forget the purple of the wines, their aromas, their flavor, and all the intoxication!
If Beauty herself came to face this child, Beauty would lower her head in confusion!
And if you asked her: “O Beauty! what do you think? Have you ever seen his equal?
She would answer: "Like him?" in truth, never!"
Noureddine's son, because of his beauty, was named Hassan Badreddine.
His birth was an occasion of great public rejoicing. And on the seventh day after his birth, there were feasts and banquets truly worthy of the sons of kings.
Once the celebrations were over, the vizier of Basra took Noureddine and went up with him to the sultan. Then Noureddine kissed the earth in the hands of the sultan, and, as he was endowed with great eloquence of language, a valiant heart, and very keen on the beauties of literature, he recited to the sultan these verses of the poet:
It is he before whom the greatest of benefactors bows and effaces himself;
For he has won the hearts of all chosen beings!
I sing his works because they are not works, but things so beautiful
That one should be able to make a necklace out of them that would adorn the neck!
And if I kiss the tips of his fingers, it's because they are no longer fingers,
But the keys of all benefits.
The sultan, delighted with these verses, was very generous with gifts to Noureddine and the vizier, his father-in-law, without knowing a word of Noureddine's marriage, or even of his existence; for he asked the vizier after having complimented Noureddine on his beautiful verses: "Who is this eloquent and handsome young man?"
At this point in her narration, Sheherazade saw the morning appear and quietly fell silent.*
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This is captivating! Its interesting that Noureddine settled down in Basra due to the vizier's persuasion and married his daughter. He must have felt happy and at home with these people, away from his envious brother.
Ironically, Chamseddine returns and begins to mourn his brother. This portrays the character of most people. We don't value what we have been blessed with until we lose it. Then we see the value and work harder to get it back. If only Chamseddine had not spoken such heartbreaking words to his brother, they may still be together.
From another view, I think it's fate at work. Now the brothers have settled down in marriage and like they predicted, they bore a girl and a boy. I'm sure somehow the children will meet and fall in love bringing the two brothers back together again. The question is, when that time comes, will the issue of dowry rise become a bone of contention? Or will Chamseddine behave in a matured manner and let go of such flimsy issue? I'm looking forward to the next chapter. Thanks for sharing. 😊
So much for destiny and how the gods orchestrate divine events to honor their names and abilities.
Now, Noureddine and Chamseddine have their children as planned and the gods made it possible that the two women they married had their ovulating organs ready to take up their fate as planned.
I wonder if the children will meet by chance orchestrated by the gods too and then fall in love with each other in order to seal the words the two brothers had the night before they split ways.
And I am wondering if they will stop pride from standing in the way of doing the needful for the marriage rites to be performed as planned (this I means, one person allowing the other to have their way, in terms of dowry or find a way to balance their needs)
Again, I am still wondering where the vizier is headed with this story that he is telling the caliph instead of going ahead to let the caliph pass judgment on the negro.
As always, I'll wait to see.
Beautiful meanings for their names...All revolving around religion
Chamseddine is a good brother honestly... Despite the fact that he said few hurtful words, he still loves his brother and Is Willing to make peace with him
That's what an ideal family should be.
Always willing to be in good terms with each other 👍
Don't know why nature is always cruel honestly.... It's very possible that they went to everyother place but just this particular Bassra 😢.
Sadly, Chamseddine will keep suffering unknown to him that his brother, Noureddine is in good hands.
What! A rare coincidence 🤣... Let's see how the story unfold with Hassan and his niece whom he doesn't even know 🤣
After reading today's story I would like to say that as we all know marriage is one of the most important and special relationships in this world. From what we see, Noureddine is very happy with this relationship and from what we see, the minister has also told him that I am old and will replace me.
It is so happy that it kisses its father-in-law's hand in happiness and He does not send anyone to his home without telling anything. When his brother returns home after how many days, he does not see it, so he asks everyone where my brother is. If he did not return after he left, his brother becomes very worried.
After some days when his brother noureddine did not come, he was very worried because of which he told the king that my brother is missing. It is said that he is not there either, but no one has been seen at the place where his brother is now. When a person is in trouble, a person becomes like his brother who is very worried and does not know what to do.
After many attempts, when noureddine was not found, his brother also decided to get married and coincidentally, they both got married on the same day and their child was born on the same day. There can be no happier day for a husband and wife than when a new guest comes to their home and their child comes into the world.
After many days, today is the second day that we are seeing happiness in the story. It remains to be seen when these two brothers meet each other now.
I think it was the act of the shaitan that comes between the two brothers, and now they are separated and both are on their journey, It was the heat of the moment that the hard words came out of the mouth of one brother, that hurts the other one and due to this he decided to leave the house without even telling him.
But there is something which is always in the blood relations, that something is love and care that both the brothers have for each other and after the disappearance of one brother, one started to get worried about the other brother.
and now both the brother are living their life, they both got married and both of their wives got pregnant as they planned. One gave birth to a beautiful daughter and the other gave birth to a beautiful son.
I'm pretty sure of it that one way or another, they both will meet one day and their kids will marry each other. their destiny will be to become together again. Don't know how many nights it will take.
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