Doas

I have two dear and loving Sakina’s in my life

One is my daughter, and the other is my son’s wife

To avoid confusion, we call one Lulu, the other Merjaan

Got the idea from the readings of Surah-e Rehmaan

Lulu was a Scientist until recently with NASA

Now she is home raising our third grandchild, a nawasa

Merjaan is in final year of Optometry at U. C. Berkeley

Optometry is the Science of eyesight to make you see things clearly

So Merjaan calls one day and requests for our doas

Doas for her State Board exam, fast approaching as it was

It stirred in my heart many a parental emotion

She wouldn’t know until she becomes one, a parent’s devotion

Exams are nothing, parents worry about bigger things

Like their health, well being, safety, and Iman among other things

Parents doas are not cyclical or seasonal like their exams

Our doas are continual, flowing like a river without dams

For doa to be qubool, it should be done between two salawaats

If you also take vasila of Imam and Dai, it is definitely mustajaab

Don’t ever be shy in asking Allah for anything big or small

He is closer to you than your Jugular vein after all

Momin’s first doa always is for sehat and umar darazi of our Maola

We wouldn’t be a momin if not for the shafaat of our Maola

Second doa should be for our gunaho’s maafi

Then pray for all momeneen to live forever happy

We worry so much for one or two kids of our own

Just imagine our Maola’s task, us million kids call him our own

Maola’s daily doas and blessings keeps us million strong in aafiyat

O’Allah between two salawaats with Imam’s vasila keep him healthy ta qiyamat

Abd-e-Syedna, TUS – Shk. Husain Jamali, Anjuma-e-Burhani, Los Angeles, CA