Whispers of the Night
by Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq
I pounded on the door of mercy as the world slept
And humbling myself before my Creator I wept
Hands raised high and head bowed I knelt
And dejectedly began to lament what I felt
With a torn heart I gave a tongue to my woes and fears
And in great [...]
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Whispers of the Night
Posted in Poetry on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A sign in everything
Posted in Arabic, Poetry on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
وفي كل شيءٍ له آيةٌ *** تدل على أنه واحدٌ
And He has a Sign in everything,
Which shows that indeed He is One
Forgetting the remembrance of Allah is a death to their hearts
Posted in Arabic, Dhikr, Poetry on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
فنسيان ذكر الله موت قلوبهم**** واجسامهم قبل القبور قبور
Forgetting the remembrance of Allah is a death to their hearts
And their bodies are the graves before graves
Whoever constantly looks to others dies depressed!
Posted in Arabic, Poetry, Reminders on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
من راغب الناس مـــات هـمّــا *** وفاز باللذة الجـــســـور
Whoever constantly looks to others dies depressed!
It is the bold and daring who triumph with delight
Be good to people
Posted in Arabic, Poetry on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
أحسن إلى الناس تستعبد قلوبهم *** فطالما استعبد الأنسان أحسان
Be good to people and you will enslave their hearts
How often has goodness enslaved a person!
He will suffice you
Posted in Arabic, Heart Soother, Poetry, Reminders on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
إنَّ ربّا كفاكَ ما كان بالأمسِ *** ســيكفـــيـك في غدٍ ما يكونُ
Indeed the Lord who sufficed you of what was of yesterday
Will suffice you of what’s to come in the morrow
The winds only blow in ways that ships do not desire
Posted in Arabic, Poetry, Reminders on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
ما كلُّ ما يتمنى المرءُ يدركه *** تجري الرياحُ بما لا تشتهي السفنُ
Not everything that a person wishes for, does he attain
The winds only blow in ways that ships do not desire
Lan yablugh al 3ilma jamee3an a7ad
Posted in Arabic, Imam Shafi, Poetry on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
لن يبلُغَ العلمَ جميعاً أحدٌ
لا ولَوْ حاوَلَهُ ألفَ سنَهْ
إنما العلْمُ عَمِيقٌ بحرُهُ
فخذوا من كل شيءٍ أحسنه
