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History provides us with plenty of evidence of the tyrants’ hatred for anyone who has the traits to lead and rule, or who can yearn for glory.
Tyrants are always looking for the weak who cannot express an opinion, or resist falsehood, or defend the right.
So many loyal tyrants who contributed to their access to power were persecuted simply because they suspected that they could threaten their power because they had talents that could inspire and influence people.
It seems that the Minister Ibn Abdus – who was fascinated by the love of childbirth but did not dare to approach her in the presence of Ibn Zaydun – warned Ibn Jahour of the danger of Ibn Zaydun on his king, and that people yearn for that beautiful time in which the Umayyads ruled.
At the same time, history shows us how tyrants are close to half-ignorant people, because they serve their benefactors, and their souls do not yearn for freedom, but these contribute to the collapse and fall of states, so the tyrant realizes that they were a disaster for him; They are only good at false praise, which the tyrant enjoys hearing for a time, and then discovers the truth after the time for benefiting from it has passed.
The history of the kings of the sects in Andalusia is a case that reveals the danger of the rulers’ dependence on hypocrites, and their expulsion of scholars and leaders, until the king collapses, and they do not benefit from crying over him like women.
In the city of beauty
Cordoba was the capital of beauty, literature and science, and it was ruled by Abu Al-Hazm bin Jahour, who contributed to Ibn Zaydun’s access to power, building his authority and subjugating the people to him.
Ibn Zaydun was able to distract people with his poetry and his love story for the birth of the daughter of al-Mustaqfi.
Ibn Jahour approached him and appointed him as his minister, and gave him the title of the one with the two ministries, which is a position equivalent to the prime minister in our time, and Ibn Zaydun became the star of Cordoba and the focus of its talk, women sing with his poetry, and men envy him for the bliss he enjoys, as he is close to the ruler who cannot stand after him And do not wish his life without him.
But this ruler himself understood, or the whistleblowers conveyed to him, that the soul of Ibn Zaydun longs for rule, king and glory, and that he is able to lead people with his eloquence, statement and good style, and a tyrant does not feel safe for a person who possesses these traits.
It seems that another minister in Ibn Jahour’s court is Ibn Abdus – who was craving a childbirth but did not dare to approach her in the presence of Ibn Zaydun – Ibn Jahour warned of the danger of Ibn Zaydun to his king, and that people yearn for that beautiful time in which he was ruling Banu Umayyah.
Therefore, Ibn Zaydun could take advantage of the circumstances and lead the people to revolt against Ibn Jahour, who suddenly denied Ibn Zaydun’s favor over him.
And the king according to Ibn Jahour – as he is with all rulers – is dearer and more precious than anyone, no matter how high his position, and for the sake of this king he can get rid of even those who contributed to his access to power.
The tyrant only wants the slaves who surround him, and that is why Ibn Zaydun, the owner of political and leadership talents and qualifications, was imprisoned. However, it seems that he was subjected to torture, which he described as “painful” after 500 days of imprisonment. He said:
So he was patient for five hundred days.. not to mention a painful torment
This could give an excuse to Ibn Zaydun for the sympathy and submission in his verses to Ibn Jahour and begging for him, but Ibn Jahour remained on his stubbornness, and this shows that begging for the tyrant only increases him arrogance, arrogance and admiration for his brute strength.
From the poems of praise he sent to Ibn Jahur, Ibn Zaydun only found people disappointed in him. What could have attained Ibn Zaydun’s elevation and glory if he had patiently endured his imprisonment and torment, and had not written poems of praise and pleading for Ibn Jahour, who people know that all the attributes he attributed in them to Ibn Jahour are pure falsehood and hypocrisy?!
I love Ibn Zaydun’s poetry and sympathize with his tragedy, and I understand the feeling of the oppressed, and I imagine his torment, but I am trying to draw a lesson from his experience. Ibn Zaydun did not commit a crime or a sin except that he was a man who possessed the traits, qualifications and ambition that made people look up to him, and pinned their hopes on him to lead them to achieve freedom, reform the state, and resist corruption and collapse; Therefore, the resistance constituted glory for Ibn Zaydun, and opened the door for people to hope for his release from his prison to lead, reform and protect the state from falling, and the stubbornness of the tyrant and his arrogance with his strength made steadfastness the only solution available to Ibn Zaydun, and to every fighter.
Ibn Jahour was not brave
One of the most important meanings that Ibn Zaydun’s poems carried was the description of Ibn Jahour with courage, heroism and daring.
This means that Ibn Zaydun contributed to deceiving the people and falsifying their awareness instead of submitting to their leadership with his steadfastness and resistance.
The tyrant deafened his ears from Ibn Zaydun’s plea after enjoying his praise and hypocrisy. Another aspect of the story revealed is that the tyrant enjoys oppressing people of rank and honour. Ibn Jahour knew Ibn Zaydun’s lineage, and that he could be the authentic leadership that the masses aspire to.
And when states weaken and are on the verge of collapse, tyrants who have good origin and honor persecute out of envy and fear of them, and a desire for their disappearance; So that there are only fools who obey orders, and bow their heads in greed for money that allows drowning in luxury that can compensate for the feeling of inferiority.
Therefore, you find that those who flaunt luxury and show it the most are the fools who are lavished by tyrants for their obedience and submission, so they come out to people with false appearances and foolish spending on appearances; Such as weddings, luxury cars, palaces and throwing money in the swimming pool, while the people starve, and die in poverty, stagnation, oppression and depression.
When musk is trampled
At the beginning of his imprisonment, Ibn Zaydun drew attention to this meaning and said:
Reflect on how he faints.. the gloomy eyeball
The musk is left in the soil.. it is trampled and trampled
At the beginning of his imprisonment, Ibn Zaydun was aware of the truth, which is that he was the glory that had fallen asleep, and that it was the musk that the tyrant trampled with his savage feet and brute strength.
So why did Ibn Zaydun abandon that meaning, and he humbled himself after less than two years in prison? Did Ibn Zaydun forget the beautiful meaning that he expressed in his letter to his mother?
And in the mother of Musa there is an example if she throws him.. to the grave in the coffin, so consider me and pray
Ibn Zaydun was the first and most worthy to be considered, and to preserve his dignity, self-esteem, and the hopes of the people in him, so as not to plead with the tyrant who pushes the state to fall, defeat and submit to the Crusaders.
love died
Were those poems that Ibn Zaydun pleaded with the tyrannical ruler the reason why Walad left him and boycotted him even after he escaped from his prison, and was she disappointed in him as the hopes of the people were disappointed?!
Therefore, she preferred the birth of Ibn Abdus, the vizier, who had the means of luxury, after Ibn Zaydun had failed her by breaking him and begging Ibn Jahour.
This may be the explanation for the departure of a child from him and her preference for Ibn Abdus. Ibn Zaydun is no longer that strong, brave knight to whom hopes are attached. History has recorded on him poems in which he pleads with the tyrant not worthy of an authentic leader, and this constitutes an important lesson for everyone who aspires to lead the masses; It is that steadfastness in the face of tyrants inspires and impresses the masses.
But this also does not justify the position of birth, as she could have played an important role in sharpening his resolve, strengthening his will, and restoring courage to his heart instead of rushing to fall into the arms of his enemy, thus increasing his anxiety, misery and sadness.
Perhaps the love of childbirth was one of the most important factors that led to Ibn Zaydun’s failure in his imprisonment, and his begging for Ibn Jahour.
Despite this, Ibn Zaydun did not stop loving Walad; After escaping from his prison, he sent her a poem confirming the authenticity of his poetics, and his ability to use language to express new and distinct meanings, in which he says:
I reminded you of Zahra with longing.. the horizon is clear and the sight of the earth has cleared
And the breeze has a defect in its origins.. as if it was a kindness to me, so it was kind to me
It was as if his eyes when she saw her insomnia.. She cried when I was crying, and tears ran soft
And while I feel sorry for Ibn Zaydun’s failure in his prison, and his begging of the tyrant, I have loved his poetry since my youth, and I appreciate his creativity as a poet, and we keep repeating with him when our hearts burn with longing in prisons and exile:
Al-Tana’i became a substitute for our condemnation
Your daughter and us, our wings were not wet.. longing for you, and our stomachs did not dry out
It’s almost when our conscience calls out to you.. our grief will destroy us if it wasn’t for our grief
Do not think that your separation from us will change us.. that as long as the distance changes our lovers
And oh, the breeze of youth, reach our greetings
As for your desires, we did not change our mantle
The beautiful verses of Ibn Zaydun will always be remembered by every exile, imprisoned, or deprived of seeing the homeland, homes and loved ones, but we learn from his experience that steadfastness in the face of a tyrant increases man’s dignity and honor, and that he is worthy of an authentic leader whom the masses look up to and whose hopes are pinned on him.
