Defining Moments and Divine Decree
Love of Quran and Its Teachers
Dunya affairs
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Caught in dunya affairs
Of akhirah no one cares
Hooked to the politics
Worried about economics
Islamophobia rampant
Humanity dampened
Crushed souls
No vision of goals
Caught in dunya affairs
Of Akhirah who cares
Health gurus and glued
To body needs n good food
Soul nurturing irrelevant
Dunya and dime we navigate
No value or need for
Eat less pray more
No vision no recourse
Wait for the remorse
Just be caught in dunya affairs
Wait when the fire flares
29/12/19
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Mind the Soul
بسم آلله الرحمان الرحيم
* وَٱلۡكَـٰظِمِینَ ٱلۡغَیۡظ
ََ وَٱلۡعَافِينَ عَنِ ٱلنَّاسِۗ
وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
wal kadhimeena al ghaidh –
wa aafeena an nin naas
wallahu yuhibul muhsineen
Sura Aal-E-Imran, Ayah 134
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Mind the Soul
mind the soul
to keep you whole
serving the Creator
will make you greater
Peace reigns
relationships gain
egos abdicate
kindness cultivate
reach for depths
watch the breaths
anger rein in
hide it n feign
those who:
restrain their anger *
forgive others, are tender
Allah loves them
for their benevolence
as people of excellence
in Zikr they be
from acrimony they flee
souls find comfort
knowing days are numbered
yearn for a higher goal
nurturing the soul
Allah they please
it becomes a breeze
from the depth of their being
it’s always Allah they are seeing
may we aspire to be
those who of dunya are free
in our hands it be
keeping our hearts free
reserved for the Loving
serving with longing
we can do it
if we mind our soul
and remember our goal
13/9/19 pre fajr
Blessings
Blessings
Ya Allah
Is it a blessing to see kufr
Is a blessing to see lack of salaah
Is it a blessing to witness indifference
In it all there must be an element of shukr
The negative highlights the positive
Gratitude for sensibility to deal with insensitivity
Careful about humility – away with kibr
So easy for arrogance to creep in
The ego forever bouncing out of turn
More powerful than 70 shaytan
The only option for a Mumin
To be in sabr or shukr
Be thankful in the face of kufr
Hold firm to the blessings of iman
Know blessing abound all around
Pray for the vision that makes that clear
The blessings of living between hope and fear
To keep one on track – never derail
Aim for the siratul mustaqeem
Make sure we don’t fail
Blessed to be born muslims
Striving to be mumins
Hoping to reach the mukhlis
Be in company of the Mukhlas
Blessings infinite all around
The ink will dry the pen consumed
Endless refills, never enough to detail
The universe filled with blessings
Every day has new moves
Discover new joys new truths
Blessings in the sorrow
Blessings in each tomorrow
May we be blessed with the basira to see
May we manage to keep rancour at bay
In the end see the mercy in grief and anger
Channel it appropriately to strengthen iman
Let the haqq seep into the very marrow
Yaqeen in qada wa qadr be confirmed
No dodgy wishy washy faith
Taking us down dead alleys and trails
Let our faith be confimed by action
Refrain from retaliation and reaction
The blessings of what is on our plate
Be always apparent, a beautiful state
Ya Rabb to present to you in Akhirah
May we look forward to the day of Qiyamah
May we be assured our place in jannah
May we see blessings in everything – the Rahmah
© Najma Ansari
8 June 2006 Johannesburg
The inner eye
Oh for the inner eye
To see my tummy as it churns
all that I eat, drink and burn
what creates a sludge
what gets flushed
if I had the inner eye
I’d watch what I take in
what I eat and when I eat
oh for that inner eye
If I trust the doc I’ll know
what’s going on even though
it is from the unseen
Somewhere I haven’t been
I’ll trust and I’ll abide
what to take what to avoid
why then the Creator, I don’t hear
of the unseen don’t take care
my inside is as hidden
as the ghaib in the sky
if the insides function
though I cannot see
why is it so hard to believe
of what’s beyond death
the writing is on the wall
see the earth thru spring and fall
I can’t see – why oh why
oh for the inner eye
my heart does sigh
Baseera for the unseen
1/7/19 Jhb
fajr
Destination Qabr
Destination Qabr
Ya Allah I pray
my bones and core
be drenched in dhikr
as they disintegrate
turn to dust – they emit
the fragrance of dhikr
as my insides melt away
become one with the earth
may it be infused with dhikr
At destination Qabr
may my body decompose
from every pore emit dhikr
Let the fragrance
of tawhid flow
let the earth mellow
Welcome my body
enfold in homecoming
with a breeze of jannah
I pray Ya Rabb
my destination in Qabr
Is warm and welcoming
A glimmer of hope
of my subsequent end
beyond the barzakh bend
For iman I pray Ya Allah
Giver of falaah
beyond doomsday
19/5/20 Fajr
25 Ramadhan 1441
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