Enweri 


During the reign of the Seljuks when the Türkmens ruled, Soltan Sanjar read a poem by Enweri and invite him to his palace:

The course of the world, the wicked world,

Caused severe pain and damage.

All evils on earth and in the sky ask,

“Where is Enweri’s little home?”

Immediately after reading the quatrain, the Soltan says:

“O poet, if all evils strike your home alone, don’t just complain, but think a while. And say, ‘What if it is the result of my sins?’ Nothing is groundless. Even the slightest motion does not take place without a cause for it. There is a sign of wisdom in everything.”

Enweri listens to the Soltan and understands what he means: “Even when he is living rough, the soul of man resides at the top of the legendary Kaf Mountain.” He realized that not every single one of his desires could be fulfilled, that he could not adapt to every condition and that he could not reside in a particular place for long.

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Once upon a time the great Seljuk poet Enweri approached a saint with great enthusiasm. The saint said:

“Allah has given me a special privilege; ask of me any wish you desire and it will come true.”

“I wish to see my mother who is the ultimate direction I turn to, and my father’s face for one last time. Let them see that their child lives in the world in a benevolent way, causing no harm. Let them be in peace in the other world knowing this,” asked Enweri of the saint.

By Allah’s will, the saint let Enweri see the faces of his mother and father. They met and were happy.  
The saint said:

“You could have been given wealth or a Sultanate if you had wished. But yours was the most sacred of all desires. Go and you will be rewarded with the Sultanate of hearts!”

Under Soltan Sanjar’s patronage, Enweri the Poet became the most famous poet of all Seljuk Türkmens, Arabs and Persians. He is deemed to be one of the three poets who followed the way of the Prophet.

There is a myriad of anecdotes and stories about mothers. Man can understand that the most miraculous thing in the world is the mother, although he does not necessarily understand everything. He elevates the status of the mother with wise sayings.

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The Türkmen nation does not know much about the great poet Enweri. I sometimes think:

“Enweri was so happy that he saw the faces of his mother and father once again, and I would also give all that I have to be able to see the faces of my parents.”

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