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| A Thankless Child... a MUST READ |
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| 11/14/03 at 01:15:36 |
| Assalaamu alaikum, A little treat from a new source for Islamic thought: http://hidayaonline.com another edition of A Friend at the End of the Pen To have a thankless child... by Nadia Khan Her eyes writhed in excruciating pain as she turned her face away from him She, the hapless mother, whose only fault was her genteel motherhood He, the marble-hearted child, overtaken by the demon of ingratitude How could he walk away from her, surrounded by men dressed in blue? And that too, for a crime from which she had deterred him through? How could the little hands that she had held to help them cross the road, Were held in handcuffs now when she needed them the most? How could her son persist in evil so strong? When she had clearly showed him right from wrong Tears welled up in her eyes and she cried aloud: “O God, such is the nature of thy affairs? Such is thy countenance; such is thy air? To make wombs so fruitful yet so sterile To fill one soul with irrational love and the other with complete revile?” As tears ran down to kiss her cheeks, That is when God decided to speak: “O mother! Thou consider thyself destitute? Lo and Behold what this world constitutes All these mortals basking in the sunlight of their lives All these heedless dancing to the tunes of their drives All these clueless, for mirages do they strive! All these Earthlings, if only were they wise All these are none but creations of my voice! Oh, how so I wish, did they follow my choice Ye know how it feels to have one thankless child But do ye know how it feels to have countless such plights? I may feign that I do not care… But it hurts me deeply to watch them in this snare I, too, forewarned them against blazing in the hell But little do they know, ’T is time for the bell But little do they know, ’T is time for the bell.” On hearing this account from her Creator The grief of the mother was of no measure She pushed her tears away from her eyes And knew exactly what she had to do before she dies! http://hidayaonline.com/archives/000054.html |
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