[Know-the-Ledge]

I sit perched on the frosty sill
My glacial breath blows, steaming the glass

I wipe it and watch
as the cold mist sweeps gently down the road
hazily reflecting the orange glow of the street light
cushioned on the serenity of silence

I hold still and scent the moment
I picture the 'ism' and shiver as the tranquility suffuses

My chest dilates as my smile spreads
My whisper pierces the air with his praiseworthy name
I sink into the moment, as my soul coils in his remembrance

my heart races in gratitude, as I feel the summit of happiness
realisation dawns, as my knees give way and I fall on the dusty path to Madina

I submit my meridian of being to Him
as my tongue transalates what my heart thinks

He is The Lord of the Mashirk and The Lord of the Maghrib
so I dispose of my affairs in Him
For He is Allah and He is enough

This post has been edited by Know-The-Ledge: 09 December 2011 - 10:02 PM

[Desert-Sheikh]

Subhan Allah,

Shivers ran down my spine and tears rolled down my cheeks, when I came to the middle of reading it.

[Fatema-the-resplendent]

Beautiful, Beautiful.

[piara-madinah]

Hameen jaan o dil say hay piyara madinah .

[Know-the-Ledge]

The word 'shair' in arabic means "the one who see's things that others don't" and The Prophet (s) himself enjoyed poetry and He would listen to much of it, He (s) said thaat in poetry there is wisdom and I think The Qur'an has a chapter called 'the poem' as well, I think.

Reading the Qur'an really does allow you to connect to a poetic self, which incites thinking of and about wisdom. The last part of the above poem is from surah al-muzzammal and I was thinking of that as I was trying to find strength to fight the temptation to a great sin which seems to have waylaid me on the road to Medina. Tests are to be overcome but sometimes, it really does take a good and sincere friend to be your eyes to see with as your own become blinded by the allures of worldly delusions; to be your ears to hear with as the Pied-Pipers (old English euphemism for 'devil) tunes fill your ears and muffle out the divine sounds. Isi liye Allah ne insaan, insaan ke liye hi banaya and he who has served man has served his Lord. Good friends and company is essential for us all, there is a tradition that on the day of account, it will be your good pious friends who will come and plead for you too and be the difference between the fire or the garden:

voh zindagi hi kya
jisme mohabbat nahein

voh mohabbat hi kya
jisme yaadein nahein

voh yaadein hi kya
jisme tum nahein

aur voh tum hi kya
jisme hum nahein


Treaure your good pious friends.

This post has been edited by Know-The-Ledge: 10 December 2011 - 02:30 PM

[badman]

Know-The-Ledge, on 10 December 2011 - 02:29 PM, said:

The word 'shair' in arabic means "the one who see's things that others don't" and The Prophet (s) himself enjoyed poetry and He would listen to much of it, He (s) said thaat in poetry there is wisdom and I think The Qur'an has a chapter called 'the poem' as well, I think.

Reading the Qur'an really does allow you to connect to a poetic self, which incites thinking of and about wisdom. The last part of the above poem is from surah al-muzzammal and I was thinking of that as I was trying to find strength to fight the temptation to a great sin which seems to have waylaid me on the road to Medina. Tests are to be overcome but sometimes, it really does take a good and sincere friend to be your eyes to see with as your own become blinded by the allures of worldly delusions; to be your ears to hear with as the Pied-Pipers (old English euphemism for 'devil) tunes fill your ears and muffle out the divine sounds. Isi liye Allah ne insaan, insaan ke liye hi banaya and he who has served man has served his Lord. Good friends and company is essential for us all, there is a tradition that on the day of account, it will be your good pious friends who will come and plead for you too and be the difference between the fire or the garden:

voh zindagi hi kya
jisme mohabbat nahein

voh mohabbat hi kya
jisme yaadein nahein

voh yaadein hi kya
jisme tum nahein

aur voh tum hi kya
jisme hum nahein


Treaure your good pious friends.

Masha'ALLAH, simply Beautiful. May ALLAH Protect your intelect, Always. Ameen.. Summa Ameen, Wal Hamdulilah Hi Rabil Alameen.

So nice to hear positivity!

[The-Mughal-Sister]

Know-The-Ledge, on 10 December 2011 - 02:29 PM, said:

The word 'shair' in arabic means "the one who see's things that others don't" and The Prophet (s) himself enjoyed poetry and He would listen to much of it, He (s) said thaat in poetry there is wisdom and I think The Qur'an has a chapter called 'the poem' as well, I think.

Reading the Qur'an really does allow you to connect to a poetic self, which incites thinking of and about wisdom. The last part of the above poem is from surah al-muzzammal and I was thinking of that as I was trying to find strength to fight the temptation to a great sin which seems to have waylaid me on the road to Medina. Tests are to be overcome but sometimes, it really does take a good and sincere friend to be your eyes to see with as your own become blinded by the allures of worldly delusions; to be your ears to hear with as the Pied-Pipers (old English euphemism for 'devil) tunes fill your ears and muffle out the divine sounds. Isi liye Allah ne insaan, insaan ke liye hi banaya and he who has served man has served his Lord. Good friends and company is essential for us all, there is a tradition that on the day of account, it will be your good pious friends who will come and plead for you too and be the difference between the fire or the garden:

voh zindagi hi kya
jisme mohabbat nahein

voh mohabbat hi kya
jisme yaadein nahein

voh yaadein hi kya
jisme tum nahein

aur voh tum hi kya
jisme hum nahein


Treaure your good pious friends.

SubhanAllah very beautiful.

You're on a roll bro!

[qalam]

I asked for your wisdom, not your wise-cracks.
- ktl

This post has been edited by Know-The-Ledge: 10 December 2011 - 11:15 PM

[Malaaikah]

Know-The-Ledge, on 10 December 2011 - 02:29 PM, said:

The word 'shair' in arabic means "the one who see's things that others don't" and The Prophet (s) himself enjoyed poetry and He would listen to much of it, He (s) said thaat in poetry there is wisdom and I think The Qur'an has a chapter called 'the poem' as well, I think.

Reading the Qur'an really does allow you to connect to a poetic self, which incites thinking of and about wisdom. The last part of the above poem is from surah al-muzzammal and I was thinking of that as I was trying to find strength to fight the temptation to a great sin which seems to have waylaid me on the road to Medina. Tests are to be overcome but sometimes, it really does take a good and sincere friend to be your eyes to see with as your own become blinded by the allures of worldly delusions; to be your ears to hear with as the Pied-Pipers (old English euphemism for 'devil) tunes fill your ears and muffle out the divine sounds. Isi liye Allah ne insaan, insaan ke liye hi banaya and he who has served man has served his Lord. Good friends and company is essential for us all, there is a tradition that on the day of account, it will be your good pious friends who will come and plead for you too and be the difference between the fire or the garden:

voh zindagi hi kya
jisme mohabbat nahein

voh mohabbat hi kya
jisme yaadein nahein

voh yaadein hi kya
jisme tum nahein

aur voh tum hi kya
jisme hum nahein


Treaure your good pious friends.

MashAllah...

Brother KTL you will find your journey starting to become a little more difficult from now on. We all go through this though some of us fail while others succeed. What I am speaking of is the devil will try extra hard to divert you and lead you astray as he knows he is dealing with one of Allah's special believers. Especially, the time when you return from Umrah or Hajj which I found reallly hard to deal with well I guess it depends how strong your Imaan is and how committed you are. This is why sometimes you see people returning from Pilgrimage and they have changed completely and start to indulge in certain sins. I did go abit crazy myself, but Alhamdulillah Im trying to get back on track.

I just thought you should know this as, the stronger your Imaan the more time the devil will spend on you so you need to be on guard all the time. My father told us this while we were on our way back from Hajj, however I still seemed to have diverted, although, I think there were also the rest of the tests I had to face too within the last year which made it even more difficult for me to return to my old self. Alhamdulillah . I hope I havent said anything bad I just wanted you to know.

May Allah send countless blessings upon you and assist you in succeeding your journey which will inshAllah bring you closer to Him. Ameen

PS. Remember us in your Du'as.

[Brother_MGS]

The biggest thing Ive learnt from this forum, is that in order to understand Islam and its concepts, you have to go through a journey of soul searching of finding out who you are first.

KTL - reading your posts and about glimpses of your journey has helped me do that.