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se7en
11/06/02 at 23:20:52

as salaamu alaykum,

let the ramadan poetry flow here...
11/06/02 at 23:26:10
se7en
Re: rhymes ramadan style
se7en
11/06/02 at 23:25:02
A Taste Sweeter than Honey
by Haroon Sellars


A day of fasting is a

day of caution

Feeling fatigued from

desirous exhaustion



Pass or fail is a matter

of the unseen

So I must struggle on to keep

my record clean



A tune up for the soul much more vital

than a car

To clean up a sinful heart

encrusted like tar


It’s been a little while since I entered

into this state

I taste the bitterness of patience

during my tasteless wait


The sting of thirst

settles in

As well as painful memories

of sin



Realizing how much my soul

has been ignored

Realizing that true hunger

is distance from my Lord



Realizing careless words

that cut like a knife

Realizing I have never been

truly hungry in my life



Realizing I have much longer to go

than I thought

Realizing that purification is not a thing

easily bought


But it is a gift for the

sick and diseased

It is a gift from

a Lord well pleased



Like one searching all his life

for a lost treasure

Imagine living for one second

outside of this pleasure!



Oh how I hope that He is pleased with me

when I return

Oh how I hope to be shown my mistakes now

that I might learn



Learn to draw near

like those that draw nearest

Learn to make a place in my heart

where His rememberance is dearest



Thoughts crystal clear now

to see the ways of error

Reflection upon that Great Day

its rewards and its terror!


Clear is the way of the rejecters

who have fled from His Light!

Clear is the way of the reflectors

who flow with insight



Increasing in certitude

of the Overwhelming Event!

Increasing sensitivity to how

time is spent



Followers of the Prophets

whose restraint gave them power!

Manifesters of tawheed

shaitan can’t devour



Oh consumers of the haram!

no surprise at how we’re behaving!

Why isn’t the halal sufficient

to satisfy our craving!?



Are you a Muslim

or a fool?

Please accept this invitation

to a pool



Fed by a river called kawthar

whiter than milk, sweeter than honey

For those who’s Lord was Allah

not sex, food and money!



Rejoicing that the life of this world

is a gonner

Waiting for that first glance

at the One full of Majesty, Bounty and Honor!



How joyful all these thoughts

as my heart seems to soften

Surely I should fast more often! :-)



NS
11/06/02 at 23:27:03
se7en
Re: rhymes ramadan style
se7en
11/06/02 at 23:27:58

Twilight Ramadan
Fatima Seedat


Lord! You are never more present
Than the moment before we succumb to our elements
Ramadan! You are never more needed
Than when we think we’ve had enough
I long for the passion of my thirst
To linger past the hour
That I recall the pleasure of the first sip
That runs sweetly to where the fast nestled in my throat
Month of purity
Month of me
Month of spiritual rhapsody

Love! You are never more treasured
Than the moment I see you leave my lovers eyes
Ramadan! You are never more beautiful
Than when daylight draws your veil
I long for the certainty of your nights
To spread to my days
That I may continue my moon filled vigil so
That my lips never cease His remembrance

Month of purity
Month of me
Month of spiritual rhapsody

Rose! You are never more beautiful
Than the moment before you surrender to die
Ramadan! You are never more precious
Than in your closing hours
I long that these last minutes turn to days
That I may save the space of time
That runs with the 'rosary' twisting through my fingers

Month of purity
Month of me
Month of spiritual rhapsody  
 
Ramadhan: In the Bittersweetness of our nights
Maliha
11/11/02 at 18:47:33
[slm]
[i]Ramadhan:
In the bitter sweetness of our nights.
[/i]


[i] The blessings we can’t simply recount
The beauty we can not begin to announce
Hearts wrapped in the Mercy of the Divine
Senses controlled
Desires kept in line
It’s more than just a fast
The embodiment of an essence
That ever lasts

The canvas of the night
Paints all our prayers
The depth of our calls
Whispering hopes and fears
Winds of Mercy dampening
All our tears

Hardened hearts caved in
Remembrance of all
Grotesque sins
Bleeding till dawn
Weeping
Forlorn
Tasting the bitter sweetness
Of an Iman forgone.

We pray in the solitude of
Our secure nights
While true Mujahideen
Are fighting for survival rights
Reminiscing past victories
From Badr to Al Quds
Praises of Allah on their lips
They keep marching through
The revolving doors
Of repeating histories

Bleeding till dawn
Weeping
Forlorn
Tasting the bitter sweetness
Of Martyrdom so strong
Fragrances of Jannah
Whispering “Home
Sweet Home”.

The canvas of the night
Paints all our prayers
The winds of His Mercy
Cradle our Hopes and
Fears

Auspicious days go by
Before we know the
Month has run dry
Tears creep in the softness
Of My sheets
Have I fulfilled my part?
Oh sweet Ramadhan
Will I witness your
Sacredness again
Before my soul this
Earthly body departs?
Time waits for no one
She is so hard to keep
I hold this moment close
As my soul begins to
Weep

For the sadness of our
State
For my brothers and
Sisters dying
For their faith
For remembrances of
His Grace
For dying to submit
Before death claims our
Fate

It’s the month of surrender
The days to return
Bleeding till dawn
Weeping
Forlorn
Tasting the bitter sweetness
Of a Ramadhan
That tarries but a moment
Before like yesterday's fleeting breeze
She is finally gone.

-Maliha Balala


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11/12/02 at 07:05:18
Maliha


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