Paradise on Earth
"Agar firdaus bar roo-e zameen ast, Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen ast." This is a persian couplet which means " If there is a paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this." Most of the people relate this couplet to Kashmir and believe that it was written for Kashmir. But this is not correct.This couplet was written by Amir Khusro who was a poet under Delhi Sultanat.Amir Khusro never visited Kashmir.He did not even write this for Kashmir but for Delhi (India). So then how did this couplet get related to Kashmir. It was actually Jahangir who when visited Kashmir was awestruck by its beauty and is said to have used this Amir Khusro's couplet to express his joy and wonder.