“Don’t worship Allah so He may give you. Rather, worship Him so He may be pleased. For when He is pleased, He will astonish you with His Gifts.”
By the dawn
And the ten nights
And the even and the odd
O you tranquil soul!
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing
[al-Fajr: 1-3; 27-28]
Loftiness is attained in accordance to one’s struggles,
And whoever seeks nobility, remains vigilant by night.
Whoever wishes to achieve without due effort,
Will waste their life seeking what’s impossible.
You search for glory and yet you sleep at night,
It’s only the seeker of pearls who dives deep into the sea.
– Imam al-Shafi’i, al-Diwan
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You are Believers…
Something I wrote a long while ago…
You Are Believers…
Like the oceans that lie calm
Covering another world beneath
Like the trees standing tall
With a kingdom underneath
Like the clouds moving softly
Only to release the heavy rain
Like the leaf blowing in the sky
Ready to withstand the pain
… You are who you are.
Like the mountains in the sky
Unreachable to many
Like the streams gushing forth
Unstoppable by any
Like the winds howling past
A wake of a new realm
Like the boulders rolling down
With nothing to stop them
… You are who you are.
You are the youth of today
Being prepared for tomorrow
You are the moon showing the way
For generations to follow
You are the sun rising at dawn
Clearing the darkness for a new morrow
You come from a line of great heroes
You know no sorrow
You are the key of goodness
Opening the doors to every good
You are valiant believers
Closing the doors to falsehood.
Never forget who you are.
Life is designed. But we choose the pattern.
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