Albint_Almuslima
Im Proud 2 B Me!
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Verdana]By Masood[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][FONT=Arial,verdana]Out of the oceans of their virtues, my pen's ink only drops a few.[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Only a fleeting glimpse of the Sahabah's greatness is in this poem to view.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Only a fleeting glimpse of the Sahabah's greatness is in this poem to view.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Abbaad bin Bishr was getting shot with arrows,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]yet he still didn't want to break his salat.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Who are we compared to him?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We complain when the room we pray in is a little hot.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]yet he still didn't want to break his salat.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Who are we compared to him?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We complain when the room we pray in is a little hot.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Our Masaajid are empty,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]even though we drive fancy Cadillacs.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The Sahabah went to the Masjid for every prayer,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]even though many had no cloths on their backs.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]even though we drive fancy Cadillacs.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The Sahabah went to the Masjid for every prayer,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]even though many had no cloths on their backs.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The Kuffar put massive rocks on Bilal's chest in the burning dessert sun,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]All he said was "Ahad, Ahad" and from Islam he did not run.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]All he said was "Ahad, Ahad" and from Islam he did not run.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]They strove in the path of Allah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]doing Jihad even in the fierce dessert heat.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Who are we compared to them?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We can hardly make it to the Masjid right down the street![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]doing Jihad even in the fierce dessert heat.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Who are we compared to them?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We can hardly make it to the Masjid right down the street![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Sumayyah loved Allah and for that the kuffar speared her most private part.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]She was the first shaheed of our ummah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]to the end she had true love of Allah in her heart.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]She was the first shaheed of our ummah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]to the end she had true love of Allah in her heart.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Who are we next to Sumayyah?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We hide our faith in fear of being teased.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We get a little laugh from a kaffer,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]and we turn away from Allah displeased.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We hide our faith in fear of being teased.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We get a little laugh from a kaffer,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]and we turn away from Allah displeased.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Khabbab bin Alarat was burnt on hot coals until his blood put out the heat.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]How ashamed should we be?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]While listening to a khutbah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we find it hard to just stay on our seats.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]How ashamed should we be?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]While listening to a khutbah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we find it hard to just stay on our seats.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Most of them were starving,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]but this didn't keep them away from any part of the deen.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We have tons of rice and lamb,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]but nonetheless, in us, Islam can hardly be seen.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]but this didn't keep them away from any part of the deen.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We have tons of rice and lamb,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]but nonetheless, in us, Islam can hardly be seen.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Mus'ab Ibn Umair's hands were both severed when he was the flag bearer,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]yet with his bloody forearms, he still kept the flag up high.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Yet how is our condition?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We can barely even give dawwah because we feel too shy![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]yet with his bloody forearms, he still kept the flag up high.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Yet how is our condition?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We can barely even give dawwah because we feel too shy![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]If even the breeze grew a little stronger,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]they would go to the Masjid fearing that it may be the last day.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Do we even notice what's going on around us,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]or are we too busy thinking of our weekly pay?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]they would go to the Masjid fearing that it may be the last day.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Do we even notice what's going on around us,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]or are we too busy thinking of our weekly pay?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Abu Bakr gave all of his wealth for Allah in His path.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Though if we were asked to do this,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we would probably laugh.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Though if we were asked to do this,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we would probably laugh.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Out of their fear of Allah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]they had tear stains on their cheeks.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Out of our love of the dunyah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we stay away from the Masjid and go shopping in the boutiques.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]they had tear stains on their cheeks.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Out of our love of the dunyah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we stay away from the Masjid and go shopping in the boutiques.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]After being captured in Jihad,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Ibn Hudhafah was glad that he might be boiled alive.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Yet what about us?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]For Allah, many just frown when they are asked to strive.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Ibn Hudhafah was glad that he might be boiled alive.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Yet what about us?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]For Allah, many just frown when they are asked to strive.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]This noble man cried in pleasure that he might be boiled alive for Allah![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Next to him we seem like hypocrites, or worse,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]many of us don't even do our salah![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Next to him we seem like hypocrites, or worse,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]many of us don't even do our salah![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Even when Umar was khalifah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]his clothes still had many tears.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Yet when we have even the littlest job,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we end up with many clothes that we don't even wear.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]his clothes still had many tears.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Yet when we have even the littlest job,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we end up with many clothes that we don't even wear.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]They established the empire of Islam,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]they spread the deen throughout all the lands.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Yet when it comes to us,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we have trouble obeying the simplest of Allah's commands.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]they spread the deen throughout all the lands.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Yet when it comes to us,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we have trouble obeying the simplest of Allah's commands.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Aisha was thirsty for knowledge,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]she was one of our greatest scholars.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]She was busy searching for wisdom,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]yet we're busy searching for dollars[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]she was one of our greatest scholars.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]She was busy searching for wisdom,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]yet we're busy searching for dollars[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]With it's last drops of ink,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]this poem is coming to an end.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]But before I let you go,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]there is one thing that I do recommend:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]this poem is coming to an end.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]But before I let you go,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]there is one thing that I do recommend:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]We can sit around and talk,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we can reminisce about them with much ease.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]But unless we actually try to be like the Sahabah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]our words just drift away with the breeze[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica].[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]we can reminisce about them with much ease.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]But unless we actually try to be like the Sahabah,[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]our words just drift away with the breeze[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica].[/FONT]
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