Small Keris with interesting handle

RSWORD · 30th July 2020, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green

the writing says

Ya Allah
Ya Muhammad
Ya nabi (prophet)

on the other side is a a verse from the Qur'an sura 36: 58

Peace (Salam) fron a lord most merciful.

This sura is considered to be the 'heart' of the Quran and is recited when people are in situation of great stress or when a person is at near death . And recited after a person is dead.

The verse 58 is a very wellknown one and often repeated as a form of prayer.

This is quite interesting. a fusion of hindu figure with muslim prayer...

Thank you for the translation. It is much appreciated.

A. G. Maisey · 30th July 2020, 10:15 PM

"Iki Jowo" = "This is Java".

If we were to be using Bahasa Indonesia it would be:- "Ini Jawa"

and this sort of thing is truly Java;- layer after layer after layer of societal/cultural/religious style and belief.

With Java it has never been a matter of "instead of", it has always been "as well as".

The Javanese person has in his heart the standards and beliefs of his indigenous ancestors, over which are layers of Hindu/Buddhist/Muslim and sometimes even Christian belief.

One can never have too many Gods, nor too many layers of protection.

30th July 2020, 10:15 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,090	"Iki Jowo" = "This is Java". If we were to be using Bahasa Indonesia it would be:- "Ini Jawa" and this sort of thing is truly Java;- layer after layer after layer of societal/cultural/religious style and belief. With Java it has never been a matter of "instead of", it has always been "as well as". The Javanese person has in his heart the standards and beliefs of his indigenous ancestors, over which are layers of Hindu/Buddhist/Muslim and sometimes even Christian belief. One can never have too many Gods, nor too many layers of protection.