The Story of Qais and Laila

Qais and Laila are two loves whose narrative was capped by what happened to them, but they are not like many lovers whose stories ended in marriage, as they split up despite their love for each other.

In the year 645 AD, "Qais bin Al-Malouh" was born in the Najd tribe. Because of his deep affection for his cousin, "Laila Al-Ameriya," he became known as "Majnoun Of Layla."

They were bound together by a deep and abiding love, to the point that the lovers' love is measured by the honesty with which they love those they love.

"Qais bin Al-Malouh" was an ordinary man in the desert until the day he asked his cousin "Laila," who was famous for his love for her, for his hand in marriage. Laila, his cousin and girlfriend.

Qais bin Al-Malouh was Laila Al-cousin, Amriya's and the spark of love between them began while they were young, tending sheep and livestock, and it developed and lit as they grew older.

They had grown up during the reign of Marwan bin Al-Hakam, and Layla adored her cousin Qais in the same way that he adored her, and they were both madly in love with each other.

When a girl reaches puberty, it is customary in Arab culture to keep her from interacting with boys and to keep her concealed at home until she marries.

Their absence did not lessen their love, but rather heightened his longing, so he rushed to collect a dowry for his cousin and travel to her father as quickly as possible to beg for her hand.

At that time, there was a lot of conversation about Qais's love for Laila, and the words enraged her father, because in the past, they didn't understand the meaning of love and thought it was a bad thing, and in such circumstances, they separated the couple.

Qais' father went to Laila's father to beg his daughter to marry his son, but his brother flatly declined his request, and Qais was able to collect Laila's dowry of fifty red camels at the moment.

When Laila's father was asked why he refused, he said it was because Qais constantly sang about his love for his daughter among the Arab tribes.

The reason for Laila's father's refusal to ask his daughter to marry his nephew was said to be that their father had given all of their father's money to his brother Qais, leaving him with no money to spend on his family, although the first reason is likely that Qais expressed his love for his cousin Laila in his poems that he was famous for ; Whatever the most important reason for the refusal, in the end, they separated from each other.

Qais became despondent and frustrated. He got depressed and sick all of the time, and his body became gaunt. His father went to his brother again, pleading with him to let go of his stubbornness and change his mind, and accept his daughter's request for marriage to his nephew; but he insisted, stubbornly and arrogantly, on marrying off his daughter as soon as possible to someone other than his nephew, no matter what the cost.

At the same time, a well-known and reputable young man named "Ward Bin Muhammad Al-Aqili" proposed to marry Laila Al-Amriya, and her father immediately agreed; however, the girl refused, and they forced her to marry him to the point where they had to choose between marrying him and being killed by them, so she was forced to marry him and go to war. He took Taif with him, leaving behind her cousin Qais, who adored her and wandered on his face, leaving Qais with nothing but his poems, in which he conveys the depths of his love and need for his cousin.

Qais couldn't endure the shock of Layla's marriage, and Fahm's face was etched with valleys. As for Laila, her heart bled because she was separated from her sweetheart, and she was tired of the disease, and she died without much agony.

Qais went on with his life, arranging poetry lines in grief for his beloved, and he had lost his mind and condition, and he was known as Majnun Laila till he died.

Both of them died, and their love tale, in which they experienced nothing but pain and misery, was immortalised in history.