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"Ahad!" ["One!"]
A_Stranger
07/25/03 at 17:19:53
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This is a poem that I think has some very good advice to the suffering. I thought I'd post it in the [i]naseeha[/i] corner...yunno, advice in the form of a poem... mods, feel free to move it if you don't think it belongs here :)

Innal-HamdaliLlah was-Salaatu was-Salaam 'Ala RasooliLlah
as-Salaam ALaikum wa-raHmatullah

[size=4]"Ahad!"[/size]

Why shed these tears of sorrow?
Why shed these tears of grief?
Ya nafsy how soon you forget,
After trials come sweet relief

Why turn you from Ar-Rahman?
Why yearn for a listening friend?
Ya nafsy, do you not remember,
On ALLAH, you must depend?

Read you not those stories,
of the trials in days gone by,
Of the Sahabi beloved by Allah,
Who for Allah's cause did strive?

Why loosen your hold upon him?
Why fling away, His outstretched Hand?
Ya nafsy, do you not remember,
Bilal's sabr on the blazing sand?

"Ahad! Ahad!" He cried,
While his flesh did drip and burn.
"Ahad! Ahad!" He cried,
To Allah alone he turned.

Forget you the firmness of Hamza,
As the gleaming swords did fall?
With Sabr he turned to Allah,
as the qureish did slice and maul.

Why drown in salty teardrops?
How can you dare compare your pain?
To that of Yasir and Summayah,
As the lay tortured on the scorching plain?

Forget you the charring of Khabbab,
As on burning coals he lay?
Ya nafsy how meager your suffering,
Wherefore do you lose your way?

Why befriend you not Al-Wali?
Why not in Salat to Him complain?
Like Job who only to Allah,
Turned in all his grief and pain?

Forget you those trials in this life,
Cleanse your heart and make it clean?
Ya nafsy, why all this sadness?
Do you not wish your heart to gleam?

Be patient in all your hardships,
Allah hears your cries of woe.
So trust Him and His hikma,
For He knows best and you don't know.

So tighten your hold upon him,
Lest He withdraw His outstretched Hand!
And remember the example of Bilal,
As he lay anchored on the blazing sand.

"Ahad! Ahad!" he cried,
While his flesh did drip and burn.
"Ahad! Ahad!" he cried,
To Allah alone he turned.

[size=1]source: www.as-sahwah.com[/size]


Re: "Ahad!" ["One!"]
jannah
07/28/03 at 01:43:56
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It's a nice poem bro. I would like to move it to Shahadah so we can find it later on when we're looking for poetry. Most poetry has a message to tell and sometimes advice too, but it's just easier if we keep it in one place.

Jazakallah khair
Re: "Ahad!" ["One!"]
wired-up
07/28/03 at 02:47:32
Assalamualaikum

Nice poem SISTER  A stranger.

wasalaam

Ps:Jannah A stranger is a Sister *nods head vigorously*Yes she is .Aren't ya?
Re: "Ahad!" ["One!"]
A_Stranger
07/29/03 at 16:44:18
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lol..yup. i'm a sister  ;D

and yup, its a real nice poem..jazaakillaah khair for moving it here.

:-)

07/29/03 at 16:44:49
A_Stranger


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