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| A Farewell Letter |
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| UmmWafi |
| 12/01/02 at 10:16:32 |
| [slm] My Dearest It pains me to write this letter to you, but I am afraid I must for I cannot contain these feelings anymore. My heart weighs heavily with sadness and sorrow and yet, I shall be brave. My Beloved, I remember the first time I made my acquaintance with you. It seems like a long time ago and feels like yesterday. How I remember my nervousness the day before I met you. I had one thousand and one questions and fears. Would I go through with the meeting ? Or shall my courage fail and I falter ? Would I be able to be myself, and do what I had always done ? Or must I set aside my norms for you ? Ahh the folly of youth. Through the years our relationship grew from strength to strength. Every year we celebrate the anniversary of our meeting, each year different. All I know is, my heart races with excitement and the whole fibre of my being yearns to be united with you. Our meeting is always so very joyous and...poignant. Sadly, time seems to just rush by for us, and always our sweet union lasts till it is time for you to go. These past days have been magical for me. I have shared so much with you that I know in so many ways my life has changed, if only for an ion. No tears can express the incredible sorrow I bear deep within, knowing that you will go. Nothing I can do can prevent our parting, I am powerless. Soon my Beloved, soon you will leave me and I will be desolate. I shall only be in your embrace for a little while more...and then the warmth of your company will be no more. Farewell Ramadhan, farewell my Love. I shall long till we meet again...Allah Willing. |
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| imaazh |
| 12/01/02 at 11:17:37 |
| Subhanallah, How quickly the days have passed, I feel myself clutching at these last few days, doing as much ibadah as i can and yet it doesn't seem enough, it never is. Umm Wafi, your words as always are so beautiful. Jazakumullah Qullull Khair. [color=Green]No tears can express the incredible sorrow I bear deep within, knowing that you will go. Nothing I can do can prevent our parting, I am powerless. [/color] Ahh, many tears will be shed this year, for the passing of this year's visit, and for the length of time until the next visit. May Allah give us the strength to continue to uphold the self-discipline that we learn from ramadhan. [slm] |
| 12/01/02 at 11:18:40 |
| imaazh |
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| Halima |
| 12/04/02 at 03:14:49 |
| Wada wadaa yaa Ramadhan Hila Hila yaa Ramadhan! It is a goodbye song for Ramadhan. And it pulls at the heart strings when you hear it. And my children you have fasted this whole month, like many other Muslims children I know are also sad to see it end. May Allah Subhana Wataala make us reach the next one, INSHA-ALLAH. Halima |
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| BroHanif |
| 12/04/02 at 04:11:09 |
| Salaams For a second I thought our Ummwafi was leaving the board.. anway the salaf used to make thanks to Allah after Ramadan for a number of months we too should try and make thanks to Allah for giving us the opportunity of Ramadan. Salaams Hanif |
| NS |
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| Red |
| 12/04/02 at 10:13:52 |
| [slm], UmmWafi...your just about scaring everybody with that title...A Farewell Letter...i thought you were leaving too... :D That was really nice and i am really sad that Ramadan is coming to close... :(, i usually feel such tranquility during Ramadan and i am worried that i won't feel like that for a long time. Thank Allah we have Ramadan!!! Sometimes i wonder how many more Ramadans I'll see, inshallah i hope many more... wasalam red |
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| Sabr |
| 12/04/02 at 10:46:16 |
| [slm] Umm Wafi that was a really sad letter now am crying gosh :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( Ramadan has just gone by sooo fast ..the day of eid is the saddest for me ,,,,to see all my friends and relatives weeping .......knowing some of us may not see each other next Ramadan. :'( :'( :'( :'( it is a very emotional time ...... :'( Allah is great [wlm] |
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| WhatDFish |
| 12/04/02 at 10:56:06 |
| yeah sis now u owe us all an apology :P for makin us think that u were leaving. anyhow here's something we can learn from the salaf - Ma’la Ibn al-Fadhl said about the Salaf (the pious predecessors): “They used to call upon Allaah for six months until Ramadan reached them, then they would call on Him the other six months that Allaah may accept it from them.” And Yahya Ibn Abee Katheer said, “Their supplication used to be, ‘O Allaah, keep me safe until Ramadan, and make Ramadan faultless for me, and secure it for me as an accepted (month of virtue).’” |
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| Maliha |
| 12/04/02 at 12:50:15 |
| [slm] Ummwafi your soulful words brought tears to me eyes....I wrote this last night...reflections of me soul.... :( Alhamdullillah we finished the Quran yesterday during Taraweeh. My heart is so heavy. Ramadhan like a guest who tarried no more than a fleeting minute has come, and now gone. I listened to the Imam sobbing his way through the last Surah (An Nas), and my heart was suspended in disbelief..."Is it over?", "how come?", "we barely started!!!!".... Ahhh, the folly of time's cutting edge sword...I felt hot blood seething its way through the cracks of my hardened soul...Like the gigantic mountains that finally crumble under Allah's name, like the skies that peels and weeps into the earth's very depths, like the earth that shakes and quakes in fear and awe, like the smallest plant that painfully finds its way through a slab of concrete...I felt tears choking my throat, threatening to explode my very being....If only I spent less time in the comforts of my sheets, if only I spent more time weeping to Allah...Ramadhan came like a tarrying guest..and now she is leaving... We prayed what could be our last Taraweh...for another year.....or for life..and I felt empty, desolate....Will I be able to embrace this sacred month again? Will I have another chance to slay the devil within while the one outside is fettered and chained? Marching slowly toward the month of victory, yet i wonder what is there to celebrate about? Our Ummah is still wallowing in distress, the cries of our brothers and sisters are piercing the heavens, the earth continues weeping their myrtered blood, and we are slumbering on..unawares of what could be our last breath, with the next step into our sheltered world, we might too be gone. I stood outside the Masjid feeling the frigid cold air against my skin, breathing the iciness, as I slowly made my way amongst the throngs of people to my car. The empty Masjid stood bare behind us....a poignant foreshadowing of days to come...empty Masajids, yearning for a straying Jumaah that will fill its floors again..before everyone leaves...and the stillness and defeaning silence remains. Outside in the coldness of the night, I stared at the shining stars patterning the canvas of the night...I made a silent prayer to Allah, to accept our Fasting, praying, duahs...To continue embracing us in His folds of Mercy and Maghfirah, to aid us in the true path of victory to guide us to our true destinies....and like the perfected cycles of the universe, May we join the sun, moon, and stars in their seamless rhythms of adoration...May we join the ranks of our predecessors in their selflessness and elevated stations... May we rise to the glory of our golden civilization... My heart is still weeping the bittersweetness of another Ramadhan like an oasis that graced the deserts of our souls, dissipating into an abyss of others...gone and bygone. Maliha [wlm] |
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| UmmWafi |
| 12/07/02 at 23:03:26 |
| [slm] My very dearest brothers and sisters I strongly believe that if we truly have Allah in our hearts, then He will surely Hear our prayers for He is Most Gracious and Merciful. So lets raise our voices to Heaven and thank Allah for the beauty of Ramadhan, and the victory of Syawal....and the iman and courage to face life till we meet Ramdhan again. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Laa Illaha Ilallahu Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Walillah Ilham. |
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