Hatim al-Tai

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Hatim Al-Tayyi (left) depicted in an Urdu Diwan
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Hatim al-Tai (

manliness.[5]

His son was

prophet Muhammad.[6]

Biography

Al-Tai lived in

Arabian Nights.[9] His name Hatim means 'black crow' in Arabic.[10]

Ruins of Hatim’s Palace in Tuwarin

He lived in the sixth century CE and also figures in the

Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Hindi, Kashmiri and various other languages.[citation needed
]

He is also associated with the

Lakhmid court in Hira, especially under its most famous king Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man.[13]

Rozat-ul-Sufa mentions that "In the eighth year after the birth of his eminence the Prophet (Muhammad), died

D'Herbelot, his tomb was located at a small village called Anwarz, in Arabia.[15]

Works

One of his works is a poem which has been translated into English as "On Avarice".[16]

Qissa-e-Hatem-tai

The tales of Hatim are also popular in

Persia, North India, and Pakistan.[17]

Qissa-e-Hatem-tai (قصۂ حاتم طائی), alternatively Dastan-e-Hatem-tai (داستانِ حاتم طائی), meaning "The Tale of Hatemtai" is very popular in Persia and the Indian subcontinent. Sayad Haider Bakhsh Haidri, the author of the Qissa-e-Hatim Tai, writes in his introduction that he has taken the story from "someone’s" Persian text, but has amplified and extended it at suitable points "to please the listeners."[17] Multiple films (see below) have been made about Hatim based on this story, which narrates seven of his fantastic adventures in seven chapters.

The books on the story usually consist of a short introduction describing his ancestry and character and tells the seven episodes based on seven riddles, asked by a beautiful and rich woman named Husn Banu (حسن بانو), who will marry only the person who is able to obtain answers to all seven of them.[18] The riddles are:

  1. 'What I saw once, I long for a second time.'
  2. 'Do good, and cast it upon the waters.'
  3. 'Do no evil; if you do, such shall you meet with.'
  4. 'He who speaks the truth is always tranquil.'
  5. 'Let him bring an account of the mountain of Nida.'
  6. 'Let him produce a pearl of the size of a duck's egg.'
  7. 'Let him bring an account of the bath of Badgard.'

A king, who falls in love with her but unable to find answers, tells the generous Hatemtai, whom he meets by chance, all about it. Hatim undertakes the quest to find the answers and help the king marry her.

Film and television

Film

  • Hatimtai, a 1929 Indian film
  • Hatimtai, a 1933 Indian film
  • Hatimtai, a 1947 Indian film
  • Hatimtai Ki Beti, a 1955 Indian film
  • Sakhi Hatim, a 1955 Indian film
  • Hatim Tai (1956), directed by Homi Wadia
  • Shan-E-Hatim, a 1958 Indian film
  • Son of Hatimtai, a 1965 Indian film
  • Saat Sawal (1971), directed by Babubhai Mistry
  • Hatim Tai (1990), directed by Babubhai Mistry

Television

See also

  • Ka'b Ibn Mama

References

  1. ISBN 9789004082656
    .
  2. ISBN 9781642503456. Archived
    from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ISBN 9788184750546. Archived
    from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Arabia's Legendary Almsgiver Hatem al Tai - Destination KSA". 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  5. ISBN 9780307417015. Archived
    from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  6. ^ The Living Prophet by Syed Sulaiman Nadvi. pp. 106
  7. ISBN 9781861793287
    .
  8. ^ Kitab al-Aghani by Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani
  9. ISBN 9789004082656
    .
  10. ISBN 9780307417015. Archived
    from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  11. ^ Clouston, A. W. (1881). "Hatim Tai, the Generous Arab Chief" Archived 2023-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Arabian Poetry. p. 409.
  12. ^ Edwards, A. Heart, tr. (1911). The Bustan of Sadi Archived 2019-10-20 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 53–57.
  13. ISSN 2330-4804. Archived
    from the original on 2023-05-14. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2008-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ Arbuthnot, F. F. (1887). Persian Portraits: A Sketch of Persian History, Literature and Politics. B. Quaritch. p. 132. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  16. ^ Clouston, A. W. (1881). "On Avarice by Hatem Tai" Archived 2023-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Arabian Poetry Archived 2023-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 99–100
  17. ^ a b "Chapter Three: Qissah-e Hatim" Archived 2023-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. University of Columbia. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  18. ^ Arbuthnot, F. F. (1887). Persian Portraits: A Sketch of Persian History, Literature and Politics Archived 2023-10-07 at the Wayback Machine. London: Bernard Quaritch. p. 132.
  19. Indian Express. Archived
    from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

Further reading

   "But come with old Khayyam, and leave the Lot
    Of Kaikobad and Kaikhosru forgot:
      Let Rustum lay about him as he will,
    Or Hatem Taiy cry Supper--heed them not."

  • Many books written and translated in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hindi etc.
  • Hatem Tai in Tamil by Prema Pirasuram

External links

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