tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214960345756943702024-03-18T19:59:44.358-07:00Poet at HeartProud to be an Indian. Proud to be a Muslim. But sadly, circumstances deny me the pleasure of saying 'proud to be an Indian Muslim'.Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-36168201504807733722014-07-10T23:18:00.001-07:002014-07-10T23:21:51.363-07:00Gaza<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Gaza Gaza Gaza... I have no words to express my grief. The pictures speak it all.<br />
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How can little children be terrorists? What danger do babies pose to your bloodthirsty reign? Are you following the footsteps of Firaun and killing them before they grow big enough to question your misdeeds? And the media portrays Israelis seeking shelter from Hamaz rockets! Really!!! Do any of them show an injured Israeli pet even, let alone children?<br />
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And you Arab leaders! You sheikhs of UAE and Saudi Arabia! You filthy hypocrites! Where is your sense of right and wrong now? You were at the forefront to "relieve" Egypt of the "undemocratic" rule of Mursi. What is happening in Gaza isn't just anti-people, it's anti-human! Have you gone blind now? Why don't you do something? What do you have armies for? Go help Gaza! Can't you see children-- children!-- being slaughtered? These could be your kids too! Remember that your comforts aren't eternal. Your palaces too will crumble!<br />
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Remember, your indifference will never be forgiven. If you choose to remain silent today, you will have no words when your Lord asks you about them.</div>
Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-82919556967847851682014-07-04T23:57:00.000-07:002014-07-04T23:57:19.559-07:00Nine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
How time flies! Now I'm a mother.<br />
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I wouldn't say 'if only you were here'- no, it isn't befitting a Muslim. But at times when I exchange new-mom worries with my friends-- my baby sucks her thumb all the time, has your son started rolling on to his stomach yet, does your little one sleep through the night, does she laugh and play, and so on-- I sometimes wonder how it would have been between us. I believe it was the thought of the once-potential now-impossible grandchild that made your mother's eyes well up when she came to see my baby. We still miss you.<br />
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In sha Allah, I will introduce you to my son from Jannah, when Allah unite us all.</div>
Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-36540298150606768232013-08-17T22:04:00.001-07:002013-08-19T07:30:06.481-07:00The blood in the streets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The agony of the brothers and sisters dying in Egypt in a revolting massacre of democracy brought to my mind the lines of Pablo Neruda. The time and place may be different, but the situation the same- perhaps ten times worse.<br />
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" And one morning all that was burning,<br />
one morning the bonfires<br />
leapt out of the earth<br />
devouring human beings --<br />
and from then on fire,<br />
gunpowder from then on,<br />
and from then on blood.<br />
Bandits with planes and Moors,bandits with finger-rings and duchesses,<br />
bandits with black friars spattering blessings<br />
came through the sky to kill children<br />
and the blood of children ran through the streets<br />
without fuss, like children's blood.<br />
Jackals that the jackals would despise,<br />
stones that the dry thistle would bite on and spit out,<br />
vipers that the vipers would abominate!<br />
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Face to face with you <br />
I have seen the blood<br />
of Spain tower like a tide<br />
to drown you in one wave<br />
of pride and knives!<br />
Treacherous<br />
generals:<br />
see my dead house,<br />
look at broken Spain :<br />
from every house burning metal flows<br />
instead of flowers,<br />
from every socket of Spain<br />
Spain emerges<br />
and from every dead child a rifle with eyes,<br />
and from every crime bullets are born<br />
which will one day find<br />
the bull's eye of your hearts.<br />
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And you'll ask: why doesn't his poetry<br />
speak of dreams and leaves<br />
and the great volcanoes of his native land?<br />
Come and see the blood in the streets.<br />
Come and see<br />
The blood in the streets.<br />
Come and see the blood<br />
In the streets!"<br />
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-"I'm Explaining a Few Things", Pablo Neruda</div>
Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-52405751780683298112013-07-28T22:49:00.000-07:002013-07-28T22:49:07.122-07:00The Dream<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-39474874124000120972013-07-28T17:57:00.003-07:002013-07-28T22:45:09.311-07:00Allah knows..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, worry not. Put your trust in Allah. He knows it all..</span></div>
Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-24932716326039346072013-07-16T00:21:00.003-07:002013-07-16T00:22:11.705-07:00How true!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-365506084846584012013-07-15T23:24:00.000-07:002013-07-15T23:24:32.746-07:00He alone...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Ramadan, befriend the Creator. He alone knows you better than you know yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After much anticipation, Ramadan is almost here.. :) There is something about this blessed month that makes one so happy and at peace with oneself and the rest of the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few reminders before Ramadan:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ramadan is the month of fasting, not feasting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The shayateen are chained during this month. Make the most of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Holy Qur'an was revealed in Ramadan. Take a resolution to learn more of Qur'an this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ramadan begins with mercy, moves on to forgiveness and ends in protection from hell fire. Use it to the fullest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remember, Ramadan comes only once in a year. Who knows if you would be alive next year to ask for Allah's mercy and forgiveness?</span></div>
Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-42412083005793159152013-07-05T20:53:00.001-07:002013-07-05T20:53:22.832-07:00Eight years<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eight years ago, it rained so heavily on this day that water had to be drained out of a grave pit before my dearest friend's body was lowered into it.</span></div>
Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-78308185984009829672013-06-30T23:16:00.002-07:002013-06-30T23:18:01.338-07:00Lonely?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And when you have Allah, whom else do you need? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So whenever you feel lonely or sad, remeber this and say, hasbiyallahu wa ni'mal wakeel wa ni'mal maula wa ni'mannaseer- "Allah is sufficient for me, and He is the Best Disposar of affairs. What an Excellent Guardian and Protector He is!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your burdens will be lifted off your shoulders. Your heartburns will be healed. You will feel better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You will attain the peace that only faith and unlimited trust in Allah can bring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So wipe those tears and smile. He is with you.</span>Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-90765192610528975032013-06-20T07:58:00.001-07:002013-06-30T23:18:24.274-07:00July 5 Looms Near<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yet another June ends, to be followed by the inevitable July. Why do I fear July so much? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because you, my dear Wafa, died on July 5 eight years ago (the use of the word <i>died</i> is deliberate- I had to muster some courage to type that word because I don't know if I have accepted your death yet, but in the end, that 's what actually happened ). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because July brings such an onrush of memories that I wish you were still around, though I know that I can never ever meet you again in this world, which is rather sad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because each July takes the moment I saw you for the last time farther back in time, which is dreadful. Forgive me when I say that I am afraid that the voice that I remember as yours might be a mixture of the voices of your sister and cousin- forgive this stupid friend of yours for her poor memory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because each year, my life takes new turns and I wonder what turns yours would have taken if you haven't left this world for the better. I wonder what you would study and where, when you would get married and to whom, how many children you would have, and what career you would pursue, and so on and on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because I keep missing you so much that I can talk a whole day about you and I still won't be able to say everything that I want to say about you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And because it rains so heavily in July that I am reminded of that sad, sad morning when it rained so heavily that it seemed to me that the whole world was weeping at the loss of its dear child.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-9452190640173762622013-05-17T03:49:00.001-07:002013-05-17T03:49:26.872-07:00People!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Human beings...they are going to fail you," says Shashi Deshpande in her book <i>The Dark Holds No Terrors.</i> How very true. Sometimes, people simply disappoint you. They can be so insensitive/irritating/infuriating that you are forced to marvel at your ability to keep your calm. I can hardly stand people who</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. do not keep their word</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. preach what they don't practise</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. give themselves airs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. take others for granted</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. are incorrigible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The last are the worst, as they will never know what they really are. I hope I never ever fall into any of these categories!!!</span>Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-90961170216261361222013-05-07T22:14:00.000-07:002013-05-07T22:14:43.933-07:00Jannah = Justice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">...because in this world,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some win,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some lose.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some rise,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some fall.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some soar,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some stumble.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some are strong,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some are weak.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some are healthy,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some are sick.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some live long,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some die young.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some find happiness,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some drown in sorrow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some live in huge mansions,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some sleep under the canopy of the sky.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some love,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some are favoured.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some dream,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some are denied even a chance to dream.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some prayers are unanswered,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some tears unnoticed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some dreams crushed...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jannah is justice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because in this world,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Life, at times, is a bit too much to bear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">This poem was written by Ammar Alshukry and produced by Belal Khan in the form of Kinetic Typography.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Close your eyes and imagine this</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Eternal bliss,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">your every wish,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">at your finger tips</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">and more...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Perched on a throne, near a stream</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">So serene, and exquisite a scene</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">You've never seen</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Yet you still dream</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">of more...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Gone is pain, gone is fear</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Gone is grief, gone are tears</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Idle speech you shall never hear</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">And the Prophets make up your social sphere</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">and more...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">The martyrs, righteous and truthful too</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">You are from them, and they from you</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">They held tightly to what they knew was true</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">and To join them, you did too</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">theres more...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Maidens, chaste, who restrain their gaze</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Lost in a glance for days and days</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Fun and frolic, as a child plays</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Where the breath that leaves your lips is praise</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">of the One who gave you more</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Imagine you and your father, with ages the same</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Imagine showing off your book with no shame</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Imagine nights with the sahabah, with their stories to entertain</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Imagine Muhammad (Sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) knowing your name</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">What could be there more..</span><br style="background-color: white; 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color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">for more?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">For all the bounties, all the grace</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">All the sights and the smells and the tastes</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Will be forgotten, without a trace</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">as if frozen in time and space</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">When you see His Face</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">What an excellent Master, of a miserable slave</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">You forgot and He forgave</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">He gave you guidance, and you still strayed</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">You asked for mercy, that He gave</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">and more...and more..and more</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And why does the West that celebrates Malala turn a blind eye towards the children of Gaza who resist invasions with stones? Oppression is oppression, no matter whether it comes from the Taliban or the US-backed Israel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A lot of things happen in the world. And caught in the woes of our own day-to-day existence, we often forget Gaza and its children. Let us please not forget to pray for them.</span>Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-46545996417905851622013-04-24T20:34:00.000-07:002013-06-30T23:20:47.035-07:00the times<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is said- rightfully- that there is a time to sow and a time to reap. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Times you can't wait to grow up, and times you weep for the lost childhood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Times you are grateful for the gift of reason, and times you hope if only you could somehow stop thinking...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are times when you don't know whether to laugh or cry and end up doing both at the same time.</span>Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-40983629575201380322013-04-05T03:21:00.000-07:002013-06-30T23:25:23.813-07:00Ruya<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ruya.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There is always Ruya, no matter what. A dream and a vision. Manifestations of wishes and longings beyond fulfillment. Like the rain. And colours. Stars, moon and patches of the sky. Like the wind, music and stretches of sea. Like words- sheer, powerful words. Beautiful words. Ruya.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are always there, Ruya. You'll always be there. What is life without you? You are that inevitable, undefinable craving. Ruya.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You will always be there, Ruya. Like a dear little daughter. Like an unborn twin... a long lost friend. A deep yearning in my unconscious. A rain-like Love, so beautifully, beautifully sad. Ruya.</span>Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-61092717018494811112013-03-02T23:41:00.000-08:002013-03-02T23:41:00.440-08:00Lost...<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">... in thoughts:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wherein lies the fulfillment of the mind?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why exist when you can really live?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Turbulence, turmoil, torment, torture- how useful these alliterations!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How many ants do we lead to death just because we don't have time to wait till they pass?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The impulse of thy strength, only less free</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Than thou, O uncontrollable! If even</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The comrade of thy wanderings over Heaven,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As then, when to outstrip thy skiey speed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scarce seem'd a vision; I would ne'er have striven</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As thus with thee in prayer in my sore need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh, lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A heavy weight of hours has chain'd and bow'd</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One too like thee: tameless, and swift, and proud.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What if my leaves are falling like its own!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The tumult of thy mighty harmonies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Drive my dead thoughts over the universe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Like wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It has rained heavily today. You did not know it, though. You were sleeping soundly beside me, oblivious of the world around you. And now you are asleep again- but no longer beside me. You are lying on soft earth which covers your body (and keeps you warm, I hope), under a little plant that marks your grave.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Others may not mind- after all you lived just for a day. But I do care, because I’ve known you all these months. You were alive, as far as I’m concerned, for the nine months that I’ve carried you in my womb. Inside me, you’ve breathed and your little heart has beat and you tiny body has moved. I’ve talked with you, cradled you in me and I’ve thought of you before doing everything -I was worried how my movements may affect you. And now after all that care and attention, after months of wondering whether it would be a boy or girl and thinking of names… after all that, you have left sooner than you had come.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Had you been born still, it wouldn’t have been this painful. It would have hurt, sure, but not this much. You have lived, though only for a day. And that one day, you haven’t left my side, no matter what you did. Whether you were sleeping, crying or being fed, you were beside me all the time. You have felt as secure beside me as you had within me. I was the only world that you knew. And I had thought of the day you’d start walking, holding my hands, your tiny steps faltering, unsure of what lay ahead but trusting me with your life… I had thought of all the stories I would tell you and the songs that would lull you to sleep, all the things we would do together, and all the things I would teach you… But all in vain! You’ve gone without knowing the colours of the world and the smell of nature. You’ve left without knowing what life is.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your father, grieving as he is, is at a loss for words. As for your brother, he is still too young to comprehend death. He does not know that he has lost his little sister forever. But I- I feel the pain like no one else. One day you left my body, and the very next day you left my world… I haven’t yet adjusted to these facts. I feel so blank, so empty. What really is a mother without her child? Whom should I feed now; for whom am I bearing all the discomforts of giving birth? It seems like my life has lost its meaning… God save me!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know you’ll be blessed with the fragrance of heaven. You were too young to do anything on your own, let alone commit sins. You hadn’t even started to live. So surely, God will honour you with a better life in Heaven. Only I’m left here to grieve your loss…I know that everything in life has a purpose. Even a flower of a day has its beauty. So may be your unexpected departure serves some purpose too great for me to even imagine. Whatever, I hope that you are resting in peace, my dear. I do hope the angels of heaven are guarding your little soul from darkness. And I love you, my dear, dear daughter. Wherever you may be, this mother’s heart is always praying for you.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">[<i>Written on 24 Aug 2008</i>]</span></div>
Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-43479308222995618012013-01-12T02:48:00.000-08:002013-06-20T07:36:12.273-07:00Umpteen Reasons Why I Remember You<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Birthday, memories... You would have been 21 today. Here are some of the umpteen reasons why I still remember you.</span><br />
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10. Because we played Chinese checkers from your deathbed and that does not happen with everyone.</span><br />
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9. Because you liked chocolate and mango and small <i>samosa-</i>sized <i>manda </i>and I like them too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. Because you were a good human being and a good Muslim (may Allah unite us in Jannath).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7. Because your little cousins recognize me only when they are told that I'm <i>deedi</i>'s friend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Because your mom's eyes well up every time we meet each other, out of remembering you. </span><br />
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5. Because you were in a lot of pain and never complained even once, and so you inspire me more than lessons on perseverance.</span><br />
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4. Because I'm in pain myself (though not even one-tenth of what you suffered) and thinking about you helps me stop (at least at times) from complaining. </span><br />
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3. Because you told me that for every little bit of pain that we bear patiently, we'll be forgiven some of our sins.</span><br />
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2. Because you were my best friend from kindergarten till the time you were alive.</span><br />
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1. Because I love you in the name of Allah.</span></div>
Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621496034575694370.post-63333407249911227762013-01-01T06:32:00.001-08:002013-01-01T06:34:03.133-08:00Terrible Times<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These are terrible times. Terrible times indeed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And who knows, it may get even worse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ya Allah, we seek refuge in you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Take care of our daughters, lest they be raped and tortured to death.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Take care of our sons, lest they be arrested and branded terrorists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ya Allah, make this planet a better place to live in, and help us live in peace.</span>Umm Inaamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516890036077630892noreply@blogger.com0