(Islamic
Poetry Collection)
To Sir with Satan.
When a Messenger framed his desire, Satan threw
some vanity into his desire, but Allah will cancel anything that Satan throws
in,
And Allah will confirm and establish His Signs,
for Allah is full knowledge and wisdom.
Satan promises the Unbelievers nothing but
deceit, he doth sow dissensions among them, for Satan is to man an avowed
enemy,
Satan made their own acts seem alluring, he is
also their patron to day,
but they shall encounter nothing but agony.
Satan will fail in his promise, really he has no
authority over them,
just to call, and they listened to him,
He will reject the former act in associating him
with Allah, for wrong doers there must be a grievous Penalty.
“Verily Satan is an enemy to you, so treat him as
an enemy,
He only invites his adherents, that they may
become companions of the Blazing Fire”. (Fathiir: 6).
“O ye who believe, follow not Satan footsteps, if
any will follow the footsteps of Satan, he will (but) command what is shameful
and wrong and were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, not one of
you
would ever have been pure, but Allah doth purify
him whom He pleases,
and Allah is One Who hears and knows (all
things)”. (An Nur: 21).
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To Serve Allah swt.
Someday every soul will be confronted with all the good it has done, and all the evil it has done,
It will wish there were a great distance between it and its evil,
And Allah is full of kindness to those that serve Him.
If any do desire a reward in this perishable world, Allah will give it to him,
And if any do desire a reward in the Hereafter, Allah will give it to him, and all that they said is:
“Ya Rabbana, forgive us our sins and anything we may have done that transgressed our duty,
Establish our feet firmly, and help us against those that resist Faith. Amien”.
And Allah will give them a reward in this world, and the Excellent Reward of the Hereafter. For Allah loves those who do good.
Allah will test His servants by one distress after another by way of requital, to teach not to grieve for the booty that had escaped, and for the ill that had befallen. For Allah is well aware of all that we do.
223 'Abdullah (bin Mas'ud), may Allah be pleased with him, said: While observing Prayer behind Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), we used to recite: Peace be upon Allah, peace be upon so and so.
One day the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said to us: Verily Allah is Himself Peace.
When any one of you sits during the Prayer, he
should say: All services rendered by words, by acts of worship, and all good
things are due to Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and Allah's mercy and
blessings.
Peace be upon us and upon Allah's upright
servants for when he says this it reaches every upright servant in heaven and
earth, (and say further): I testify that there is no god but Allah and I
testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. Then he may choose any
supplication which pleases him and offer it (Bukhari – Muslim).
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The Lamp enclosed in Glass.
“Allah is
the Light of the heavens and the earth.
The parable of His Light is as if there were a
Niche and
within it a Lamp, The Lamp enclosed in Glass, the
Glass
as it were a brilliant star, Lit from a blessed
Tree,
An Olive, neither of the East nor of the West,
Whose Oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire
scarce
touched it, Light upon Light!
Allah doth guide whom He will to His Light,
Allah doth set forth Parables for men, and Allah
doth know all things”.
(An Nur: 35).
The Light will guide the Believers to the Reward
according to the best
of their deeds, and add even more for them out of
His Grace,
For Allah doth provide for those whom He will,
without measure.
Their only fear is for the Day when hearts and
eyes will be transformed,
in a world wholly new.
Do not cry over the fading out rainbow,
Do not laugh over the troubled muddy soil,
Do not sing by the furry river runs after
landslide,
His Light illumines the heavens and the earth,
the pious hearts and souls.
For those who resilience, steadfast to their
commitments and follow the truth
of Holy Book Al Qur’anul Karim and As Sunnah,
Verily, they will be welcome to enter the Gate of
Victory, wherein the Sun keeps over the green Hills and touches the Flowers of
Eternity.
The Signs will be encountered along the Way of
Dzikrullah on this perishable World to the Endless Universe.
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