tears of zamzam

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Dooba huwa hai shawq me zamzam aur aankh se
Jhaale baras rahe hain ye hasrat kidhar ki hai

Zamzam is drowning in affection and from its eyes;
Heavy rain is falling; for what is this yearning?

#Alahazrat says: zamzam is saying: 'O visitors of RasulAllah ﷺ! That Ismayil عليه السلام because of whom I flow; you are going to see that personality due to whose light the knife refused to cut Ismayil. Alas! I could come with you.'

It is in this yearning that tears flow from zamzam like heavy rain and will do so till qiyamah.

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Alahazrat likened the flowing water of zamzam to tears of yearning for RasulAllah ﷺ and that too like the heavy rains of the monsoon!

What a spectacular analogy!
 
I think that the choice of words "dooba hua hai" is beautiful too.

zamzam is a well and things get drowned or submerged in it's waters, but in this instance, the well itself is drowned/submerged (in shawq).
 
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