But what have you¹ done today??.…..(khidmat, that is)

Some do it with dollars

Some do it as scholars

They may do more tomorrow

But what have you done today?

Some do it by teaching

Some do it by preaching

They may do more tomorrow

But what have you done today?

Some do by writing and some by publishing

Some by building a masjid or a hospital wing

They may do more tomorrow

But what have you done today?

Some do by watching jamaat property

Some do by caring for jamaat crockery

They may do more tomorrow

But what have you done today?

Most think khidmat is a neamat

Some think khidmat is a zehmat

Zehmat thinkers will cry tomorrow

As they mock the khidmatguzars today

Khidmatguzars are a buzz for Amirun Nahal

Their only reward is Maola’s cherished wasal²

For which they will do more tomorrow

But what have you done today?

What if tomorrow never came

Wouldn’t you die of shame

Don’t put off until tomorrow

What you can do today

Maola Mohammed Burhanuddin

In khidmat of Imamul muttaqin

He doesn’t postpone till tomorrow

What he must do today

O’Allah, give him abundant sehat

And a long life until qiyamat

Don’t postpone it till tomorrow

Please do it immediately today

1=my own nafs,           2= deedar/qadambosi

Abd-e-Syedna, TUS – Shk. Husain Jamali, Anjuman-e-Burhanee, Los Angeles, CA