Category: Poetry

Overcome by desires and a tinge of fear,
I stand facing the open door;
I may enter it and satisfy my heart,
But will I exit, I’m unsure.

‘One last time’ I say to myself,
‘After this I will stop and repent’;
But what if death knocks on my door,
Before my dua’ to seek forgiveness, is spent?

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I’m seeing people running, running for their lives…
My eyes slowly trace down to the innocent bodies lying still;
A child silently crying in his mother’s motionless arm,
And a father restlessly watching his family embrace the afterlife

Everyone’s leaving things behind, things that were once so precious to them…
Few yelling in madness with a hint of sorrow in … Continue Reading

  On the terrace, basking in the sun
One morning of a chilly December
I sit, lost in my thoughts about
The Lord, life, and all I remember

A quarter of a century has passed
Since I came into this world
With lots of failures and lots of success,
A million experiences I have unfurled

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Dear Wife,
I apologize for the moments I made you cry.
I apologize for the times when to you, I was the bad guy.
I apologize for answering your concerned questions with a lie.
But know, this letter is not an apology that is wry.

This is a letter of appreciation,
Of the words left unspoken,
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The moon, the sun;
The sky, the earth;
The night, the day;
Everything around indicates –
From flowers to every walking creature,
Creation of partners in nature.

Allaah, the All-Encompassing,
Knew it already,
Our desire for company.
Through Adam and Eve,
The Most Loving inculcated this belief,
That marriage is a blessing indeed!

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