Tamasho
God, who is manifest in all forms, has come to see his own spectacle
Spectacle is translated from the Sindhi word Tamasho. Tamasho could also mean festival, performance, or frenzy.
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God, who is manifest in all forms…
Sachal believed that god is manifest throughout creation in various forms. In the verse we see him exploring these various aspects: the child, the wise man, the person reading Quran, Mansur Hallaj (who said: ‘I am truth’), and so on.
The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C Clarke tells the story of a group monks who have been listing the names of god for the past three centuries, and have recently started using computers to help them. Their prophecy says that once all of his names have been listed, the human race will have finished what it was created to do, and god will step in and winds things up…
… has come to see his own spectacle
Sachal lays in patience, he is astonished and overcome by wonderment. The act of observation and reflection has left Sachal in a daze. (But didn’t the verse start by saying it was god who had come down to observe his own spectacle?) [Sachal is speaking here as another expression of the universe and thus, as a facet of God]
Visuals With Music
These visuals were inspired by a song by Sounds of Kolachi (all rights reserved), which itself is based on the sufi poetry of Sachal Sarmast. Below, the visuals are presented in sequence alongside the music.
