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| I wonder how lovers have time to fight? |
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| jaihoon |
| 03/29/04 at 06:58:14 |
| I wonder how lovers have time to fight? ****************************** http://www.jaihoon.com/egoptics/loversfight.htm One night in a dream My soul began to roam It passed by a lover about to die As in his dear one's lap did he lie It was their last moment Death upon him was imminent Much did they have still to share Alas! But the lover fell in death's snare It was the point of no return No medicine was left to churn The journey was all well set Time would lend no more debt Tears flowed down her cheek She became dumb unable to shriek As I approached them near The lover's talk I began to hear- "Fear not, O my dear one. Shall I tell you a thing? For your pain to shun… Recite for me the greetings of peace, (so that) I repeat them on the Beloved named after 'Praise' I have heard that in return will come His rahm When a believer sends a greeting of sallim Therefore, Let His blessings upon me begin to descend That will be suffice from Azraeel's fear to defend I wish, o Lord, how sweet a wish- As is water so dear to the little fish My soul parts in joy while greeting the Beloved So that when I rise, to approach him have I an excuse Why then are you sad, O light of my soul? If love be for His sake, Even death is for it a test small. O friend. Whisper for me once again Waste not your chance for my love gain You can shed your human tears later too But love has earthly moments but a few I wonder how lovers have time to fight Do they forget the moment of soul's flight? The thought of death, The word of death, The act of death..." Ah! Just then I woke from the dream I shivered with fear about to scream Into the air I raised my hands in prayer And begged him for a similar desire. - Jaihoon Notes Time would lend no more debt : Destiny would grant no more extra time when death arrives Beloved named after 'Praise' : The literal meaning of Holy Prophet's sallallahu alaihi wa sallam blessed name is Praised One return will come His rahm : Allah blesses a person ten times when he greets Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam once. Azraeel' : the Angel of death My soul parts: Death when I rise: The afterlife |
| Re: I wonder how lovers have time to fight? |
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| Maliha |
| 03/29/04 at 19:29:34 |
| [slm] Mashaallah this is soo beautiful:) I wanna print it out and put it on my fridge..anytime hubby drives me up the wall, i can simply read this for a reminder:) Inshaallah...or just avoid the fridge at that time :P I was laughing when reading this...cheeky...but what i was thinking was "welcome to the marriage club bro Jaihoon" ;) take care, :-X [wlm] |
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| amatullah |
| 04/02/04 at 09:06:26 |
| Masha'Allah very nice. But I dont' think the death angel has a name we know of in Islam. |
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| bhaloo |
| 04/02/04 at 10:31:22 |
| [slm] Regarding the angel of death, in surah as-sajdah ayah 11 (Quran 32:11) it says: "The angel of death, who is set over you, will take your souls..." Ibn Kathir's tafsir of this says: The apparent meaning of this ayah is that the angel of death is a specific personality among the angels, as is also apparent from the hadith of al-bara' which we quoted in (our tafsir of) surah ibrahim (14:27). In some reports he (the angel of death) is called Izra'il, which is well known. THis is the view of Qatadah and others. The angel of death has helpers (At-Tabari 20:175) It was reported in the hadith that his helpers draw out the soul from the rest of the body until it reaches the throat, then the angel of death takes it. |
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