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Sami'gna wa ato'gna
As Long As You Are Not Angry With Me Then I Do Not Care
(In Lam Takun Ghaadiban Annee Falaa Ubaalee)
(In Lam Takun Ghaadiban Annee Falaa Ubaalee)
Date: 19-Aug-2004
A poem by British political prisoner, Babar Ahmad
As long as YOU are not angry with me then I do not care
For me is the model of Mus'ab ibn Umayr
The best dressed man in the city
But that was for him a state of pity
Until there came to him the Message
All did he leave of his privilege
For the sake of Allaah and His Beloved
As long as YOU are not angry with me then I do not care
For I think of Bilaal when his chest was bare
On the burning sand did they make him lie
Until he thought he was going to die
They crushed him with rocks in the blazing sun
And begged him to reject the Almighty One
But never did he give in to the wicked ones
As long as YOU are not angry with me then I do not care
I remember Khabbaab when they pulled his hair
In the blacksmiths of his evil mistress
With burning rods did she cause him distress
She twisted his neck and burnt his skin
Until his fat dripped into a tin
But he remained firm to his belief as long as he lived
As long as YOU are not angry with me then I do not care
For I picture Khubaib when he was there
Tied and bound to an immovable tree
With no chance of him being free
Their spears and arrows did they fling
Yet grapes to him did his Lord bring
Until his noble soul was lifted
As long as YOU are not angry with me then I do not care
I think of Yasir, Sumayyah and their heir
Even when placed on sizzling ember
None but their Lord did they remember
Patience you all when paying this price
Indeed your abode is Paradise
As a reward for all that you did.
As long as YOU are not angry with me, then I do not care
My example is Your Beloved when struck from the rear
By the sticks and stones of Taif's crowd
Yet he did cry in a voice so loud:
"O Lord! Forgive my people for they do not know,"
And even thought I am feeling so low...
As long as YOU are not angry with me, then I do not care.
by British Political Prisoner Babar Ahmad MX5383 HMP Woodhill Tattenhoe Street Milton Keynes Bucks MK4 4DA
Hasbuna^Allaah wa ni'gma[t] wakiyl
