10.17.09
My Poems: Lights Up the Whole Sky
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
(Written 10/2)
I am suffering a chemistry coma (if you do too much chemistry and think about amus too much this may happen to you) and I decided to go outside. This morning I went to campus about 7:00 AM and I remember the sky was really cloudy. Now the sun is blaring and I guess I got inspired to write this by that and remembering Hafiz’s poem….
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Lights Up the Whole Sky
09.16.09
My Poems: Our Garden
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
This was inspired at Taraweeh. Don’t ask why, but I pulled out a sheet of paper and wrote this (I removed a few errors):
(Although this is clearly written to Allah swt, I did think of someone else when I wrote it. I’ll give one guess to each person who wants to know. No one guesses correctly, then it will be my secret.) =)
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Our Garden
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The stars are shining brightly tonight.
People are home with the ones they love dear.
But You and I are together, hidden from sight.
And although other people claim their love is sincere,
Ours is in a Garden that bursts into life. Read the rest of this entry »
08.20.09
My Poems: Allah Will take Care of You
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
This poem was totally inspired after going on the treadmill for 4 miles at 10:00 PM. (Don’t ask) No edits, done in 13 minutes. I might edit it, but believe it or not. I think I may actually like this one. This is dedicated to all the people out there that have problems, worry about the future, or feel down. I may never see you or know you, but know that I was thinking of you. Consider it a cheap Ramadan gift, although I think it has a powerful message (in terrible rhetoric… is that the right word?) Hope you like it!
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Allah Will Take Care of You
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On the road but you have no destination.
No words said but you can feel the sensation.
This world seems unreal so you hide in your imagination,
We are only characters playing a role as God’s creation.
Every downfall is only a path to spiritual elevation,
Get up brilliant noble people of Islam’s nation.
Forget everything and enter the world beyond sound or hue.
Feel the heart’s rhythm that Allah will take care of you. Read the rest of this entry »
02.16.09
My Poems: Oscillation
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
This has slightly more rhythm. A bit more song-ish I think.
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Oscillation
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02.12.09
My Poems: Losing Grip
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
Wrote in five minutes. No joke.Decent form, simple and pretty straightforward. Been feeling like that lately. And I really can use someone promising me that one day I’ll get out.
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Losing Grip
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So many days,
So many years,
So much to think about,
With so many fears.
01.23.09
My Poems: Spring Web
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
This is dedicated to my high school class and more specifically to Amina, Mally and Sarah for all the madness those days.
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Spring Web Read the rest of this entry »
01.20.09
My Poems: Distance
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
For all the people who have friendship problems and feel ‘distant.’ Looking back at it, the style needs some work. For so many people, close and far, who I may never see again:
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Distance
01.11.09
My Poems: Daylight Star
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
This is a poem for a very special someone. =) (Because daylight stars remind me of her and her birthday is coming up.) I hope you like it:
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Daylight Star
12.31.08
Sufi Quotes!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum!
I have been reading my books and I found some of the most amazing Sufi poems/quotes/proverbs that I HAD to share. (I’ll add to the list as I continue reading.) I hope you enjoy them and get closer to Allah swt! (Oh some of the quotes are from the internet, but these quotes are meant for educational purposes as I can imagine the speakers would want us to learn from them.)
Open to me, so that I may open.
Provide me Your inspiration
So that I might see mine.
-–Rumi
I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.
-–Sufi Proverb
There wouldn’t be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold somewhere.
-–Sufi Proverb
If you make intense supplication
and the timing of the answer is delayed,
do not despair of it.
His reply to you is guaranteed;
but in the way He chooses,
not the way you choose,
and at the moment He desires,
not the moment you desire.
–Ibn Ata’llah (I need to do a seperate post for him) Read the rest of this entry »
12.28.08
Islamic Quotes II
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
This is my next list of Islamic quotes. I like my first list the most, but I am finding it hard to find a good translation and I didn’t finish my Imam Al-Ghazali books. (Cough, cough, they are amazing, cough, cough.) Sorry if there are any repeats, but I do love Islamic quotes a lot! (I’ll add more in the next couple days insha’ Allah.) I hope you benefit from these too.
The company of a good friend is like an owner of musk; if you don’t buy anything, you will get the smell of it.
The company of a bad friend is like the blacksmith’s bellows; if you are not affected by its black dirt, you will be touched by its smoke.
–Prophet Muhammed (saw)
Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
–Ali Ibn Abi Talib RA
Everyone who is being overtaken by death asks for more time.
While everyone who still has time make excuses for procrastination.
–Ali RA
Knowledge is my companion, it is with me wherever I go. My heart is its container, not the bookshelf.
–Ali RA
Indeed the whole world is imagination. Only He [Allah] is the real in Reality. Whoever understands this knows the secrets of the spiritual path.
–Ibn Arabi
A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah.
–Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah Read the rest of this entry »
