I think it was Abu al-Aswad al-Du’ali, the grammarian who said,
و أحبب إذا ما أحببت حبّاً مقارباً *** فإنك لا تدري: متى أنت نازع
When you love, love with a love that draws you close
For you do not know: when will you depart?
و أبغض إذا أبغضت غير مجانب *** فإنك لا تدري متى أنت راجع
And when you hate, hate without turning away
For you do not know when you will return
و كن معدناً للحلم و الصْفح عن الأذى *** فإنك راءٍ ما عملت و سامع
Be a source of perseverance and forgive the harm
For you will soon see and hear what you worked
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Here’s one of my favourite comebacks:
اصبرْ على كيد الحسود *** فإن صبْركَ قاتِله
فالنار تأكل نفسها *** إن لم تجد ما تأكله
Be patient over the plots of the envier
Truly, your patience will kill him
For the fire only consumes itself
If it doesn’t find something else to consume
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Abu Ya’laa said, ‘I heard Ishaaq ibn Abi Israa’eel say: I heard Ibn ‘Uyaynah say, “If it was said ‘bring out the best of this city’, there would come out people that were unknown.’
And al-Karizi said so wisely:
و لا تمشِ فوق الأرض إلا تّواضعاً *** فكَم تحتها قومٌ هم منكَ أرفع
فإن كنت في عز و خير و منعة *** فكم مات من قوم هم منك أمنع
And do not walk upon the earth except in humility
For how many people underneath it are more exalted than you
If you are in glory, goodness and strength
Then how many have died that were more stronger than you
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Abul Ja’far al-Baghdaadi said,“I read upon the door of a castle in Sind:
نزل الموت منزلاً *** سلب القوم و ارتحل
“Death has descended with a great descent
It has taken the people and went away”
I said, ‘What is this?!’ They said, ‘All the people in the castle have died and in the morning this was found written on the door, no-one knows who wrote it.’
asalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh,
i lov reading poetry like that …
jazakAllaah for the post …
Wa `alaykumusalaam wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh
Wa iyyaaki ukhti
jazaak allaah khayr
Assalamu alaykum
the talk of love, sabr and death!… all in one… sums up my day to a tee!!!!
jazakillah khair dearest fajr 😉
Assalamu alaykum
I really enjoyed reading the second poem. It just gives you more strength to be patient and leave everything to allah (swt) as he knows best.
Asalamo3alaikumwara7matulahiwabarakatuh
Jazakillahukhair, simply awesome
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I also like al-Karizi’s poem on tawaadu’ (humbleness). You know subhan’Allaah, people walk over the earth in pride and arrogance, not realising that they were created from it and soon they’ll be returning to it, as Allaah `azza wa jall said,
We ask Allaah subhaanahu wa ta’aala for a good end and a welcomed return. Ameen
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh,
Have you come across any nice poetry which compares the life of this world to the life of the Hereafter.
I’m talking about something that really hits you.
If so, please post it up with arabic and tashkeel.
May Allaah subhaanahu wa ta ‘ala make your trip and safe and beneficial one. Ameen.
Jazaaki Allaahu khayran
Assalam ‘Alaykum,
I loved that one on sabr.
Jazakallah wa baraakallahu feek
Wa `alaykumusalaam wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh
Ameen, wa iyyaakumaa
Fulaan, I’ve come across quite a few that were very good, inshaa’Allah if I get time I’ll try to post them up.
Beautiful
JazakAllah for sharing.
as-salâmu ‘alaykum
Bâraka-Llâhu fîki Ukhti
Wa `alaykumusalaam wa rahmatullaah
Wa iyyaakum inshaa’Allaah