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What did U miss?
Barr
07/11/03 at 06:48:45
Assalamu'alaikum :-)

Today, as I went home, the heavy rain accompanied us, with flashes of thunder and lightning - a typical monsoon storm.

I was just talking to the sister driving me home, how much I had pleasure playing in the rain while I was young... much to the displeasure of my mom!  ;D

But when we reached my house, I was trying sooo hard to keep the rain away by quickly rushing in as soon as I got out of the car- Fearing that my leather shoes and bag would get wet.

Such a stark difference.. I surprise myself.

I missed the carefree spirit that a child holds deep within her, enjoying the simple ni'mah that Allah gives. Growing up sometimes, make us forget.

What did U miss?

07/11/03 at 06:50:16
Barr
Re: What did U miss?
siddiqui
07/11/03 at 12:09:28
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Brings back pleasnt memories of making paper boats, playing in the rain , climbing roofs n trees,the uncompicated and innocent mind Ah !those days

But I guess the concept of fun changes with time,now kids dont like the rain or trees its play stations and  theme parks
Dont blame them cauz open spaces and safety have become an issue these days reminds me of a Yusuf Islam song

[quote]Where Do the Children Play? Lyrics:Well I think it’s fine, building jumbo planes.
Or taking a ride on a cosmic train.
Switch on summer from a slot machine.
Yes, get what you want to if you want, ’cause you can get anything.

I know we’ve come a long way,
We’re changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?

Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass.
For your lorry loads pumping petrol gas.
And you make them long, and you make them tough.
But they just go on and on, and it seems that you can’t get off.

Oh, I know we’ve come a long way,
We’re changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?

Well you’ve cracked the sky, scrapers fill the air.
But will you keep on building higher
’til there’s no more room up there?
Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry?
Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?

I know we’ve come a long way,
We’re changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?
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Re: What did U miss?
BroHanif
07/11/03 at 12:33:22
Salaams
hmm what did I miss,
The adventure, of distant lands i.e. about half a mile away
The cooking of food burnt potatoes and bloody chicken in a BBQ, now I've got a microwave
Scaling a 40ft tree for some juicy pears yet now I'm content to go to Supermarket
I didn't have a care in the world, of course I loved my mom and dad but apart from that...nowt.
Reading Huck Finn and Tom Sawer and thinking yeah my kind of friends.

Salaams

Hanif, forever young at heart.
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everything...
Maliha
07/11/03 at 14:03:41
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sigh...
the good ole dayz...
i miss the deep, emotional, die hard, bonding friendships I had, the ones we spent slumbering at each other's houses, playing hide and seek, pouring out our dreams, hopes, stuffing our faces and not caring an inch about waist lines, climbing trees and being told good girls aint supposed to do that, running around in semi built buildings for all the nooks and crannies provided soo much adventure, staring at the largess of the Indian ocean for what seemed like forever, eating the most succulent, deliciously ripe mangoes straight from the tree, sneaking to the endless beaches, being completely absorbed in a *good* fantasy/imaginative/adventurous book and fervently wishing I was the heroine, not knowing the meaning of bills, debt, racism, depression, globalization, inequality, ruthless ambition, power, IMF and third world creation, and ethnic "cleansing" (amidst so many other phrases dripping with hate and ignorance)...Thinking the meanest thing a friend could do is refuse to share, or say something "mean" about you behind your back, riding a bicycle was considered rebelling, playing tricks on our teachers...when time used to stretch endlessely and horizons seemed to bear promises of new beginnings, when our options really seemed limitless and i felt i could really be anything..when dreams seemed to be within reach and i never had to question what freedom really meant.

i miss being in touch with something so pure, innocent, bright, vibrant, and constantly moving...

i miss life when life seemed to be effortless...

sigh...

thanks barr...now you got me all depressed :'(

sis wanna be young again...
Maliha :-)
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Re: What did U miss?
Trustworthy
07/11/03 at 14:08:53
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Yeap.  The good old days where I sprained my ankle almost every 3 months and got the nickname "Brittle".  Since I've turned into an adult, I have not yet sprained nuttin.  I even sprained an ankle falling off a brick.  yeap, a brick from an old house.  Climbing trees to pick fresh marion berries, mmmmm.  And swinging on vines, really, and beatin up boys for calling me a girl.  yeap.  The good old days.

You grow up.

Ma-asalaama....
Re: What did U miss?
muahmed
07/11/03 at 14:09:42
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Ah but there is a catch! If you were young right now, you would want to grow up faster and be able to do all the grown up things.  :P

Re: What did U miss?
Nomi
07/11/03 at 14:52:05
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When i was a child i used to fight alot, in other words i used to get beaten alot.. so i DONT want to be a child again  :P ... but seriously speaking, many of us think of old days as good days! like when we go to HS we think that childhood was gr8 fun, when we pass HS and start attending college/uni we think the same about HS and now me thinks that uni was the best time in life!

In the same way when we'll get old enough to work we'll reminisce about this very time...

[center]Past is history, future is mystery, present is a gift ;) [/center]

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Asim Zafar.
07/11/03 at 14:54:57
Nomi
Re: What did U miss?
faisalsb
07/12/03 at 06:23:27
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Well I used to read fairy tales a lot. Once I read a story in which the hero pulls a handle and it opens a secret door of a castle which leads to a treasure. Since then where ever I saw a handle I did try my luck by pulling it ................... :)
Re: What did U miss?
Nabila
07/12/03 at 09:58:23
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Tree climbing - cant do that anymore because a) I would break the branches and b) In London, trees are not meant for climbing

Adopting stray cats - cant do that because in London there are no stray cats

Dressing as I like - cant do that because now it would not be Islamically right

Swimming in the ocean - well, I did do that in my abaaya once :D so its not *strictly prohibited ;)

But remember - instead of becoming all misty eyed about your 'youth', dont become old before your time -- youre still young and can do alot of crazy things :D

What I like about now

Can go to Convent Garden by myself

I can Ice skate - badly, but I stay on my feet

I go roller blading in Hyde park (in my abaaya - so I guess youll know me if you saw me :D)

Read more books

Have a waaay better vocabulary :) (my sole repertoire was ''yeh kyah he?'' when I was a kid... aww bless)

take the time to enjoy where you are right now!

ma asalaamah and take care
Re: What did U miss?
Ameeraana
07/12/03 at 16:11:29


 I miss the times when I lived in Japan when I was a child my friends and I would pack a waterproof backpack with lunch, drinks, and snacks and would go to one of the rivers and just walk in the river in the direction it flowed.  We would walk and swim until we got tierd and then would sit and eat our lunch. we would then just chill and play in the area for a while and then get back in the river and walk back up to where we started.

 I also miss the times we played in the rice fields and would walk in the water and catch tadpoles.  We would take some of those tadpoles home and raise them until they grew up into frogs and then release them near the fields or the rivers.  That was so so fun!!


   ... last year when I was in Japan I walked along one of the rivers I used to play around and on some of the bridges there was a sign saying "beware of perverts"                 isn't that sad???

  oooh, that totally reminds me of how I was followed by older men several times in my life and luckily I was able to get away from all of them safely --except for once where I hit another car as I tried to speed away when I saw a man who I noticed was following me at a mall and then in the parking lot and I thought I was far away enough from him so ran to my car and then looked in my driver side mirror and saw him almost reaching his hand ono my driver side door .  

I wonder if it would have been different had I been a Muslim and wore hijab and abaya.  
   
 oops strayed off the topic...  

 
Re: What did U miss?
wardah
07/12/03 at 18:50:53
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I miss tree climbing too  :) There's a conference we used to go to, and it had this huge willow tree and the branches were so low, it was really fun climbing up them.
yea and getting to go on the bouncy castle! those were so fun.  :-*
i miss the good times with my dad, who passed away in my childhood.
[quote]If you were young right now, you would want to grow up faster and be able to do all the grown up things.[/quote]
yea! i remember when i was smaller i used to wish i grew up really fast so that i could join the gang of the older cousins. That seems like yesterday!

Re: What did U miss?
se7en
07/15/03 at 12:08:24


as salaamu alaykum,

wrote this a while back.


This Summer Night


I remember sitting in that masjid classroom in the summer time, dust motes swirling in the still air as sunlight poured through the windows. All of us fidgeting, trying to listen to our teacher and not hear the birds chirping outside, the cars passing by on the street. Trying so hard to be good and pay attention, but the windows were open and the air outside was so sweet, and it was so close to break time, and all I could think about was going out there breathing in the air, letting the sun touch my face, running and falling and playing in the grass. Finally the teacher has mercy on us and granted us break. We run, get our two cookies, and rush back up the stairs and out the door. I remember shoving the door open, filling my lungs with that air for the first time, letting my eyes adjust to the bright sun over head, as kids ran and played and laughed. I remember feeling the sun seep into my skin, my bones, and how impossibly happy it made me. I remember sitting on the masjid steps, watching the clouds in the blue sky overhead, not thinking about anything more momentous than if I did the questions at the end of the chapter that our teacher would collect for next class.

I remember how then we learned and laughed and played together with the innocence and purity of heart that only children have. How on Friday nights we would all try to catch fireflies that danced by the woods. Looking back now, I'm amazed by the power of our imaginations. We spent so much time those nights catching these little lights gently in the palms of our hands, trying to decipher their secret codes. It was a game, and the first one to figure out their firefly's code was supposed to win. There was no prize, no way to verify the truth of the firefly's supposed statement, no way to prevent cheating. But the game worked for us then, when we were young and competition had no undertones of desperation.

We were just children, our hearts light, our minds open, our consciences clear. Whose smiles and tears and hurt and hopes came and went so easily. Now, if I were to meet the men and women those children became, everything would be different. We'd gossip and talk about marriage, criticize and make small talk, and we'd all smile at each other while our gazes remain sharp and measuring.

But those days, none of us knew what the future would hold. We were just children that didn't know that fireflies gleamed because they were searching for mates. We were just children that wanted to stay and play for as long as we could.

Now, what seems like centuries later, I sit and listen to the stillness of the night, the sky overhead black and deep. There are no stars, no moon, and I can't help but remember those days that seem so sweet. It's crazy how everything can change over the years. How you can remain in the same place but everything around you is completely altered.

It takes me so long to understand what I learn, to have it seep in. But when it does, the beauty of Islam keeps reaffirming itself in my mind, like a tapestry with weave upon weave. We were born pure, and our struggle is to return to that state of purity. I remember the freedom of being without this weight of sin and wrong action, my heart as light as the summer air I breathed in when I was a child. I pray to Allah that I return to Him in such a state of purity.

Re: What did U miss?
UmmWafi
07/15/03 at 23:38:13
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As a child, I was the terror of the 'hood.  I can throw a ball harder than the average boy and spit farther too  :-*  I was unaware of sins maybe because I was free of sins for Allah Smiles kindly upon His children.  Yet, I was always careful to listen to "what is right and wrong".

Now, I think I have a mind.  I have so many sources to guide me from right and wrong.  Yet I fall harder than I ever did when I was a child.

So, I miss the fact that I used to please Allah more and anger Him less.....
Re: What did U miss?
AyeshaZ
07/16/03 at 02:25:23
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thanxx se7en for sharing that piece!! i shared it with a few friends of mine!! brought back tons of memories!!

I was the park the other day with 15 muslim kids or sooo :) subhan'Allah it was sooo refreshing to play with them and their laughs and arguments and discussions and cries!! ahh
This one lil girl had such a glow in her eyes.. such charm subhan'Allah :) :)

but i misssssssss Water Guns he he :) :) :)  and barr i truly dooo miss rain as well!! and jumping in the puddles after rainy day!!
Re: What did U miss?
paula
07/16/03 at 04:08:32
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Hmm….. miss/reminisce... Is it bad if we don’t feel we miss anything ? I’ve thought about this a little bit now. & quite honestly my heart is telling me I don’t really long or miss anything in particular. A lot of Great memories, but go back in time? I don’t feel that kind of urge/sensation.  

I Miss my family the most I suppose. It is kind of Ironic. I was one in very few growing up that seemed to know all my extended family members.  Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Both Parents, All the Grandparents, All the Great-Grandparents, & yes even my Great-Great Grandparents.  Alhamdu lillah... I had the overwhelming pleasure of knowing everyone (they all lived so long & fairly close & got together on how many occasions all the time).  Ironically, they all started passing away @ about the same time. All my grandparents passed away shortly following my Great & Great-Great ones.  The family that remains have split somewhat far apart or have some difficulties that keep them busy & secluded in their own little world. I don’t have a grandparent that remains; my parents are the oldest generation now.  & Funny enough they are young themselves. I’m 31 my father is 49. & He’s the oldest of his brothers & sisters; my uncle has always felt more like a brother to me than an uncle.  It’s a different world than the one I grew up in now, like I’ve lived in two different worlds almost. So I suppose I miss family sometimes. It’s a different kind of world now. I miss my grandmother & great grandmothers very much. I miss my grandfather like you cannot image. To this day I can hear things they have all said that still ring in my ears.  My grandfather told me when I was so young.  “Nothing in this life is free”, I smile when I remember or anytime I even see/hear the word.  He said, “Oh they might tell you something is free, but nothing is!” (Always look for the catch). I miss them yes, but just miss them. Not like hurting or wanting to go back in time or wishing for anything different.  

You know Sister Barr. Your post here about the rain made me smiling so much too.  I remember being really young. Really young like the 2nd 3rd 4th grade.  I loved the rain & we had so much of it.  Smile, I’d be @ school studying & when break time came I was the one that managed to talk my friends into getting soaked playing out in it.  I remember coming in & we’d be all wet, our coats we’d place over the radiator to dry while we studied some more, just to put them back on for the next break.  I don’t think they even let kids get wet during breaks anymore like we use to. Everyone is afraid kids will get sick or something.  I had a lot of fun growing up. A lot of good memories. I am thankful but I really don’t feel like I miss it.  Smile… maybe I got wet enough for the time that it satisfied me?

Does that sound funny or is it wrong?  I enjoy life now… sometimes it’s difficult… sometimes it’s stressful… sometimes it’s challenging… Sometimes it feels like there is no protection from this harsh world, as the world is getting ever more harsh.  Sometimes it feels like this life was made to break us….I’m sure it was made to challenge & break us ;) & I have a challenge that may take me a lifetime to accomplish. But I don’t really feel days of old were days of better.  Just different, a different kind of enjoyment, a different kind of lifetime.  If I had to choose between the two, one for the other, I don’t think I’d go back (although back was easier). I’d stay in this stage or go forward.  Praise to Allah(swt) we don’t get to choose ;)… Allahu Alam. I’d throw away a beautiful portion of life to stay in the present with prayers for the future.

Very enjoyable topic…. Jazak Allahu Khairan
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Re: What did U miss?
Lil_Sista
07/16/03 at 06:44:10
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:'(  time runs so fast...ahh,those days!! well im still a lil sista but do realize that i cant be as careless'n carefree as when i was much younger( tryin 2 b a mature girl ;D )
lemme see......i miss playing in the rain till all my clothes got wet'n sometimes dirty,climbing the trees,fighting with da boizzz(i was like a lil Xena the warrior princess ;D ),playing lil girl's stuff(u know...."cooking",hair-dressing,......'n so on something like "being a house wife" ;D),riding a bike with all my buddies da boiz'n gurlz,umm.....what else.....ah,the late my granny(may she rest in peace)

peace out!  :-)

Re: What did U miss?
readagain
07/16/03 at 14:05:07
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hmmmmmmmm i guess i miss my imaginary friends ;) i had not 1, not 2 but like a total of 5  ::)...(yeahh now u know :D)

p.s. ayesha, what do u mean "miss jumping in the puddles" ???? ;) hahahahaha  8)

Re: What did U miss?
paula
07/17/03 at 02:54:00
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(read lightheartedly…. I smile most when I am tired)

[quote] hmmmmmmmm i guess i miss my imaginary friends  i had not 1, not 2 but like a total of 5   ...(yeahh now u know  )[/quote]

:-* Oh what do you mean miss Sister readagain?  ….. I thought they could grow up with us  ;) ... are they too bound by the illusions of this ‘real’ world?  :'(  ...I thought imaginary friends broke the worldly ‘raality’ boundaries that keep us grounded to this dunya…  smile (ok I am a dreamer).

:-[ So would our friends @ Madina be considered ‘real’ or ‘imaginary’? :

Some may say “Jannah”…. “The Final Frontier”….. I ponder
“Madina”…. “The forum where Imagination reaches Maturity ” …. ( ??? ok forget that I’ll keep trying   :P )

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Re: What did U miss?
brother
07/18/03 at 19:46:58
salamz, this is an urdu song that reflects this thread perfectly. I'm gonna try to translate to the best of my abilities.

Marey bachpan kay din
kitnay acchay thay din
aaj bathey bithay kyon yaad aa gaey
marey bichhron ko mujh say milay day koi
mera bachpan kisi mol laa day koi

kitni bay-loss thee apni wo dosti
kitni masoom thee wo ha[u]n[/u]see wo khushi
Jhoomtay gatay, ha[u]n[/u]stay hasatay
ik doojay pay jaan lotatay
kaash phir wo zamanay dikha day koi
maira bachpan kisi mol la day koi

Marey bachpan kay din
kitnay acchay thay din

wo guryon ki shadi, wo bachpan ki rail
wo sub mil kay ek ghar bananay ka khail
kasey suhanay, din thay puranay
ek ek khail mein so afsanay
sab kay sab wo fasanay suna day koi
maira bachpan kisi mol la day koi

Marey bachpan kay din
kitnay acchay thay din
aaj bathey bithay kyon yaad aa gaey
marey bichhron ko mujh say milay day koi
mera bachpan kisi mol laa day koi

Translation

Days of my childhood
how nice were those days
All of a sudden, I am reminded of them
I wish someone could bring me back my lost ones (old friends)
I wish someone could bring me back my childhood

How pure were those friendships.
how innocent was that laugh, that happiness
we would do anything for each other
I wish someone could show me those times again
I wish someone could bring me back my childhood again

those doll marriages,
those childhood trains
that building of one home together game
priceless were those beautiful old days
100 stories in each game
I wish someone could tell me all those stories again
I wish someone could bring me back my chilldhoon again.

Days of my childhood,
how nice were those days
All of a sudden, I am reminded of them.
I wish someone could bring me back my lost ones (old friends)
I wish someone could bring me back my childhood

Sorry for the poor translation. Now I realize how hard it is to translate something.
If someone wants to listen to the song, It's available at [url]www.pakistanimusic.com[/url] The song is by Mohammad Ali Sheikhi and Afshan.

Re: What did U miss?
Trustworthy
07/18/03 at 20:13:58
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That was lovely.  Just beautiful.

Ma-asalaama....
Re: What did U miss?
Kathy
07/19/03 at 05:47:40
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I miss not having to worry about money, rent. and where the next meal will come from.

As a child you wonder when it is you are going to the park... as an adult you hope the car will start.

As a child you wonder what presents are for you, as an adult you worry if there are going to be presents.

As a child you can't wait for the next snow storm, as an adult you wonder if your child will have a snowsuit.

As a child you can't wait for the ice cream truck that comes around after dinner, as an adult you think of the poor kids around the globe going to bed hungry.

As a child you may or may not look forward to the first day of school, as an adult you can't help but think of the millions of uneducated children.

As a child you look forward to running in the rain, as an adult you worry about the leaks in the roof.

As a child, you can't wait until you turn 16, as an adult you can't help but wonder about the grave.

The sweet innocence of youth...
Re: What did U miss?
BrKhalid
07/20/03 at 01:41:05
Asalaamu Alaikum ;-)


[quote]What did U miss?[/quote]


I was way too adult like as a kid, I'm definately planning on regressing a little ;-)

The great thing about being a father, of course, is that you can continue playing all those games you played as a kid but this time with a legitimate excuse ;)


Re: What did U miss?
readagain
07/21/03 at 12:39:47
[slm] simple sister  ;)

[quote author=simply_sister link=board=bebzi;num=1057916925;start=15#17 date=07/17/03 at 02:54:00] [slm]
:-* Oh what do you mean miss Sister readagain?  ….. I thought they could grow up with us  ;) ... are they too bound by the illusions of this ‘real’ world?  :'( [/quote]

dude, I had to leave my imaginary friends at a corner and move on with my life otherwise my dad was about to take me to a shrink  ;D...and i dont really miss them lol..i guess its a part of the growing up process :)  [] (plus i found REAL friends that i could boss around  ;D)

Re: What did U miss?
Nomi
07/22/03 at 13:19:52
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Speaking of rainy days and jumping in the puddles. It rained here in Lahore yesterday for about 3 hours, i was about to leave for office but...heh... i thought why not :P ... why not what ?!

Work, no bar. Tension, no bar. Office, no bar. I just gathered the kids/guys of our block and we played some "Power Cricket" in the rain for two straight hours.

jealous ? :)
Re: What did U miss?
IMuslim_4Ever
07/25/03 at 23:07:23
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very nice topic...uhhhhhhh childhood......... i miss everything from my childhood...it was just WONDERFUL  :)  :)  :)

extremly hard to put it in words...

making sling shot to hunt...(hehehe)...being a early bird and running with cousins by the river bed...swimming as long as we can...soccer...wrestling (i was very tom boyish girl)... :D :D

and oh the rainy days..... beautiful....as some of u guys wrote, making paper boat...sending message wirtten on the paper boat to my cousins such as, "lets go by the river" during that time i was the "river girl"

at night we use to spread camping gear outside in our backyard and lie down staring at the STARY sky! OH HOW beautiful those nights were....we used to take turn in sharing stories...motly fairy tells...mothers used to bake us pitas and snacks....

i am about to cry now... i can't go on anymore... :'( i miss those moments...and now everyday is dull and boring...nothing exciting like childhood...

"sigh"

oh how i wish to turn back the time...

i remember a quote from a scenary frame of my living room..."today's beautiful moments are tomorrow's beautiful memories..."

very ture...but there aren't anymore beautiful moments....


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07/25/03 at 23:10:19
IMuslim_4Ever
Re: What did U miss?
Lana
07/25/03 at 23:48:46
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I miss the joy that small things would bring, when you could smell the start of summer and woke up knowing that the day was filled with nothing but bike rides, Nintendo and swimming, trips to the library where you could get a whole stack of books from a neverending selection, the thrill of reading a new book,  when places seemed much larger and more beautiful, and Toys R Us was heaven.   :)

A quote from a book by the great children's author Laura Ingalls Wilder about her own childhood:

Golden years are passing by,
Happy, happy golden years,
Passing on the wings of time,
These happy golden years.
Call them back as they go by,
Sweet their memories are,
Oh, improve them as they fly,
These happy golden years.


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