Amends

in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful

I have so much to say but why won’t you listen and when you have to speak then you rather stay quiet

But behind the scenes you scheme and the real character emerges as you plan a riot

Broken bones and broken dishes these can be fixed although this one is more serious than that

I noticed that you are quite adept at that when you swoop at speed faster than an eyelid can bat

So the heart is all broken as you inflict pain when you take away that which is most beloved

For it is in your jealousy and deep selfishness that everything meaningful you wish to covet

You walk away without a shred of shame because for another you feel no pain

Arrogance in your walk for those who care to observe as another relationship you toss down the drain

Sadly, blind are those around you or may be not, but definitely their minds and tongues are numb

You have certainly been at it many-a-time but know that to your dirty tricks we will not succumb

You lie and cheat, and so much more, but one thing is for sure that you memory is short

While your protectors here may soon be gone you have given that no thought

But you do believe, even though you may only say it, that there is yet a life to come

And for the good people they will most definitely be entered into a place so awesome

If in any way they fall short to achieve this entry into this place called paradise

You will be called upon to pay your debt for all the harm you brought upon them and lies

Time is ticking away at a rapid pace and can you not picture your white shroud being prepared

Why then not hasten to repent and make amends before one of us is really dead.

Learning

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful

I look at history and find many a situation and people who made an impact

Today much of what we see and do does only from the true path distract

Does not one’s immediate family at least offer one some hope of growth

Or am i the person that even my dear ones think that they do loathe

 

I kneel before my Lord and shed a tear while deep in prayer

For what have I offered my family and friends to show I care?

To know that life is not that we should stagnate and grow no more

Rather, is it not a journey from this life to paradise that we live for

Perhaps not in one living person we find the complete example to follow

But from a few there is a lesson and some advice we can borrow

Then we learn it and practise it so that within our souls may grow

and with this improvement those around you will want also to know

 

That young or old, male or female each have a role to play

We can learn even from the young some of us may be grey

So acquire knowledge far and wide and the means to apply it

Then with that newfound wisdom the learning pattern is complete

 

That is who we ought to be when we impact others and learn from some
That we do not go through life as if our minds and souls are numb

But the sun needs to shine from our very souls and an active mind

Let not it be that on that great day we are raised deaf, dumb and blind

 

 

Imagination without limits

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful

 I just love dreaming, but it is awesome when these become reality ... and here is something worth imagining

Have you ever wondered how awesome a place paradise is? Do you think the people a hundred years back would have imagined it as we are imagining it today? How about those who lived thousands of years ago?

Think about it – I mean really think about it? Like close your eyes! Hellllooooo – work with me here – it may yet be good therapy ...or .... it may be an absolutely incredible eye-opener because perhaps you did not believe in paradise ... mmmm .. but even if you did (or do), you were just plodding along and not really thinking deeply about it. Your dream is that car or that house which you already saw. But paradise, nah, you have not seen it yet. But I know it is most definitely the most incredible place ever...

Close you eyes .. squeeze them closed. Now picture your most beautiful house, nay make it a ..a..a palace.. .yes, a palace .. the large entrance wall, the built-in swimming pool, heated (you don’t like it heated – ok .. leave it unheated .. for you)... kitchen – don’t need it because what ever you want, just think about it and it will be there .. you don’t need butlers and maids and and and and remote controls – your mind is good enough .. gardens green, with trees shaped in your favourite shapes, water fountains, rivers, flowers – the most beautiful – luscious fields expanding for many many miles – it’s all yours.

Technology, that amazing phenomenon we had on earth, pffft, how inferior to the communication now (keep your eyes closed and focus) .. how you want to communicate, just do it.. what you want .. just do it ...what we as humans are now capable is not even an iota of the capability of the One who granted us even this capability... so there in the gardens of paradise, we will experience so much more.... more than we can imagine .. and yet .. even then we cannot grasp ...but for now let your mind wander ... for that place is wonderful .... will the rivers be of milk, or chocolate or the sweetest juice ever – it is yours .. you order what you want, and you can change your mind and it will be there... no calling the plumber or the builder or or or ... no ... it’s in a power beyond your wildest imagination.

Hold that thought, save it ... and reflect on it ever so no and again ... better than a DVD you have already burned (for those less technologically inclined it means “made”) you can edit your thought and add on at your will..These thought most definitely prove that the might and power of our Creator. All these latest development may amaze us but it only enhances our imagination of what is to come when we enter this wondrous place called paradise.

Perhaps people deny the existence of paradise simply because they lack the imagination and acceptance of the power of the Almighty Creator. This life is way too fleeting to really enjoy oneself. So I would rather prep for the real enjoyment and even the prep is really easy.  Remember, whatever you are imagining, it will be better. In Him we trust.

Don’t let that fella, the one with the horns, don’t let him tell you anything different only because he for sure have been denied entry into this place .. so he is just a jealous rascal.

Dream on, and this is one dream that will most definitely become reality if you truly believe!

My Mother

Blessed am I that you have been chosen as my mother

With every action with love you do smother

How is it that even though with the difficulty that you bore me

Not once did you ask of me not the slightest of fee

No doubt strict you were and never short of a rule

But learn I had to as certainly you were to me a school

Today you have reached yet another milestone

And still an opportunity for my disobedience to atone

Now, My Lord knows, how I wish to you I was an ideal son

So I offer to make amends and pray you reach a ton

And judging by your good health I pray it’s really so

Having you is like having a river of blessing that flow

I say these words being fortunate still to have a mother

And not a chance that I could ever swop you for another

As much as you have done for me I have a request

Since by my Lord the prayer of a mother is always blessed

Please, o please forgive me for whatever I did that made you sad

And I urge you pray to our Lord that He erases all my bad

In turn, daily with every opportunity, I continue to pray

That ultimately that you be granted paradise as a place to stay

Before then that He grants you good health and long life

Filled with much happiness and not an iota of strife

Mom, just for being Mom, how can I ever thank you

Mom I love you, I do I do I really really do

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The poet said: “The mother is a school: if you prepare her properly, you will prepare an entire people of good character, The mother is the first teacher, foremost among them, and the best of teachers.”

Diwan Hafiz Ibrahim, 282. Published by Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyyah.

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She will forever be in my heart

A child looks bemused at all that is before her

Why is it that at my home all these people gather

Some faces are strange, yet others I know

The movement of people is a constant flow

Many teary-eyed murmur a prayer

This really looks like people who care

I need to make sense of all that is going on

And where, o where, has my mommy gone

There she is, so quietly she is lying

While some around her I can hear crying

It is so not normal a place for a bed

And see how some people kiss her on her head

They are calling for me to do the same

I know for sure this is not a game.

More prayers and then she is carried out

I have some idea now what this is about

Today my mommy has moved house

For now my daddy will be without a spouse

As she is hoisted and placed on the cart

I know she will forever be in my heart

O Allah I know you have taken my mommy away

Grant Paradise for her as a place to stay