As-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullaah
Aspirations
You can do it, they said
I don’t know, I said
I knew it would be hard
Far-fetched, I said.
But it tugged on my heart
Wouldn’t leave my mind
It enclosed my vision
Like gold silk so fine
I longed to be one of them
So few yet so many
Like scattered pearls in the desert
Found only by so many
‘Strange folk!’ they said
‘Tooba’, I said
‘They’re so few!’ they said
The righteous are few, I said
I found them awake
In the depths of the night
I saw them weep
I saw them fight
They spoke very little
Yet their wisdom was sought
Like ‘Abbad ibn Bishr
With light did they walk
They inspired me then
They inspire me now
Forgive me Ya Rabb
To You I bow
My vision shifts fast
To gaze at rewards so surreal
I pick the Book up with my right
Her recitation she begins
I wanted not much
From this hayat al-hazeen
But to gain the Pleasure of al-Mannaan
And to soar with the Muttaqeen
I can do it, I said
We don’t know, they said
I’ll aim high, I said
Turn the page, she said.
Aim high brothers and sisters – aim for al-Firdaws al-A’laa. Nothing stopped the righteous from ascending in rank. They fixed their focus and engraved their goals – not stopping except to purify their intentions and seek forgiveness. They knew no boundaries except the boundaries of Allaah and they knew that the sky was never the limit.
[The poem has a story behind it which is personal to me, so don’t worry if it’s not all too clear!]
Assalamu alaykum sis
Was just reading this at work… nice message there 😉
Like a shiekh once said.. aim high at least you wil reach the moon
As’salamu ‘alaykum Ya Binty
Mashaa’allah beautiful poem…(who wrote it??)…
Inspiring I must say…Nice work habeebah,
Wa’salamu ‘alaykum
Wa `alaykumasalaam wa rahmatullaah
Wa iyyaakumaa 🙂
Got the message? Right, I will be on your cases from now on, especially Bint Adam…
Yeah I think the quote is, “Aim for the moon you’ll be amongst the stars.”
A sister once said to me, ‘Aim for Firdaws al-A’laa – if you don’t make it, at least you’ll reside in whats below it. If you aim for what’s below it, who knows if you’ll make it at all.
And at all times, it’s important we remember the hadeeth of the Rasool (s) when he said, ‘Remember the destroyer of all pleasures/aspirations (i.e. death)’
As’Salaamu Alaikum wa’Rahmatullah…
nice site, mashallah…
i mean…nice blog mashallah…
Wa `alaykumusalaam wa rahmatullaah
Baarak’Allaahu feek
Assalamu alaykum
No this is another quote from Al Kauthar course Drops of Dew the shiekh said to aim high in everything we do, because even if we dont make it to the highest station we will be close to that which we aimed for. Think globally, act locally!
Wa `alaykumusalaam wa rahmatullaah
Ahh I see mashaa’Allaah, I missed quite a lot in that course didn’t I subhanAllaah.
“Think globally, act locally” – first place I saw this quote was in my high school geography class… the poster was for keeping the environment clean heh 🙂
Asalamu aliaki! Ma’shaAllah, what a beautiful beautiful poem 🙂
i loved it, Ma’shaAllah!
i remember hearing this quote “Aim for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars” 🙂
Jazaki Allah koli khair,
Wa `alaykumusalaam wa rahmatullaah
Wa iyyaaki khayral jazaa’ 🙂
Asalamo3alaikumwara7matulahiwabarakatuh
Was it muhammad al shariff who mentioned that as though driving in a mini van/ pupil carrier and you type in tick tick tick “Target Jannah”
You got to have the right driver though, people may end up driving you to the wrong place.
And yet again , jazakillahukhair Fajre Dhuhr Asre Maghrib Isha
Wasalamo3alaikumwara7matulahiwabarakatuuh
I remember these lines.
Aim High
Either fall or fly
Wa `alaykumusalaam wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh
Wa iyyaaki ukhti 🙂
i looove u for the sake of Allah Fajr! May Allah preserve u! ameen. Keep up yhe good work
May the One for Whose Sake you love me, love you too! Ameen 🙂