Listen Before You Yell at Your Child: Dirse Khan and His Son Boghach from Dede Korkut
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"Be quiet already! How many times do I have to tell you!" The yelling lasts a minute; the silence after it sometimes lasts for years. Tonight we listen to a story from the Book of Dede Korkut, the great epic of the Oghuz Turks: the story of Dirse Khan, who believes the whispers of the envious and shoots his son with an arrow without ever asking him; of Burla Hatun, who heals her son with mountain flowers and mother's milk; and of Boghach, who in the end saves his father.📖 Sources:• The Book of Dede Korkut, "The Story of Boghach Khan, Son of Dirse Khan".• Quran, Surah Luqman 31:19: "Be moderate in your pace and lower your voice."• Quran, Surah Al Imran 3:134: "...who restrain their anger and pardon people. Allah loves those who do good."• Hadith: "The strong one is not the one who overcomes others in wrestling; the strong one is the one who controls himself when angry." (Bukhari, Adab 76; Muslim, Birr 107)• Hadith: "If one of you becomes angry while standing, let him sit down; if the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise let him lie down." (Abu Dawud, Adab 4, no. 4782)• Zayn al-Abidin (Ali ibn Husayn) forgiving his servant: an account handed down in classical works of ethics and history.• Yusuf Khass Hajib, Kutadgu Bilig (1069–1070): "The tongue is a lion, see, it lies at the threshold; O master of the house, beware, it will devour your head."• Turkish proverb: "An arrow that has left the bow and a word that has left the mouth never come back."💬 As a child, what did you feel most when someone yelled at you? This week, swallow your anger once, take a breath, and tell us in the comments what changed.ℹ️ The voice is an AI voice. The narrator's memories are part of the storytelling.May God keep you, my child...
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