POETRY
"We came this way searching for glory and power."
--Taken from a young poet and Hafiz.
His Oneness.
Know, child, that Allah is only One,
And has no partner or son;
He has made us and everything,
All beast, all fowls, all birds that sing,
The Sun, the Moon, the Starry Sky,
The land, the sea, the mountains high.
He knows whatever we think or act,
By Him is seen the real fact.
And only He does what He Wills,
He makes, He keeps, He saves, His kills.
Forever the same, no age, no youth,
He is Perfection, He is Truth.
Almighty Allah, All-Seeing, Wise,
He hath not form or shape or size.
Foerver The Great, is our Lord,
And always to be adored.
Hadha Kitabul-Haqq
(This is The Kitab of Al-Haqq)
The books of Allah, a third guide
form,
And us of His Commands inform,
Allah sent them through His Ambiya
(Prophets) great,
Repealing Older by the Late;
The Holy Qur'an now the law in
force,
The other books have run their
course.
The 5 Pillars
The Holy Qur'an teaches us to pray,
To our Allah five times a day;
To fast the days of Ramadan lent,
To give alms to the indigent;
To visit Mekkah once in life,
To make for Allah (Alone) every
strife.
Find here the Muslim laws in brief,
May Allah Al-Hadi (The Guide) guide
all to this belief.
Allah is Just, and loves the right,
The wrong is hateful to His sight.
He gave us reason that we might,
Know good from bad wrong from right.
This is the first to light our
path,
To gain His grace and shun His
rath.
But gift of reason varies far,
Some wise and others foolish are.
The eyes of mind our passion dims,
And reason oft is quenched by whims.
For second guide we have the men
Of larger mind and weaker ken,
Who could from Allah a message
get,
His law before the people set.
We call them Ambiya, know you well,
Comming events they could fortell.
No nation was without such a guide,
To warn them and from sins to chide.
Each Nabi taught in his own sphere,
To worship Allah and Him to fear.
But thousands of such Anbiya came,
Of whom we know not the name.
Of some well-known I mention make,
Allahuma Rabbi bless us
for their sake!
Nabi Aiyub, Ya'qub, Yussuf, Ibrahim,
Nabi Is' haq, Dawud, Sulaymon,
Nabi Lut, Musa, Haroon, Zakariyya,
Nabi Hud, Nuh, Isma'eel and `Isa;
With Nabi Adam first and Muhammad
last,
Between the two all others pass.
Their minds were brighter than
our own.
But otherwise all flesh and bone;
Allah did not in them incorporate.
They were but men and separate.
In all these Books 'tis plainly
said,
The graves will once give up their
dead;
A new life Allah will give to men.
Who made us once will quicken agin.
That day we shall, to judgment
brought,
Be called to answere what we wrought,
And shall be judged by Faith we
had,
And work we did good or bad.
The good shall get a festive treat--
Everlasting bliss and heavenly
seat,
Where such the pleasure, such the
mirth,
We've never dreampt of on this
earth.
The bad shall go to the hell fire,
And suffer pains and agony dire.
But sense of guilt to concious
mind
Is more than all th pains combined
While sense of having pleased our
Lord
Is greatest bliss and highest reward.
O Nuri Women
O Nuri women, O friend of Allah
This night your veils have been
lifted,
O beautiful women truly you are
gifted.
O Banaa TunNoor,
You all saw this miraculous incident
As the Ism did soar, the Ism Hoo,
Allah, and Muhammad (SAWS),
The Ism Hamd, Ahad, and Ahmad,
Across the sky did these names
fly.
O Nuri women the moon it was so
bright,
And 'round it formed a rainbow
in the beauty of that night.
Endless tears began to shed,
Hugs and kisses toward the forehead.
O Spiritual beings may your hearts
glow,
Truly a miracle to us Allah did
show.
The attributes of Ar-Rahman and
Ar-Raheem,
and Bismillah were clearly seen.
So on this night give thanks to
Allah,
For he has shown us a miracle which
has surrounded the Qamara.
--Banaa TunNoor International Inc.
1998 Summer Retreat
Medina Wadi, Georgia
Noor of Muhammad
(peace be upon him)
Noor of Muhammad
Shining bright
Noor of Muhammad
The Guiding Light
Noor of Muhammad
With Guidance sure
Noor of Muhammad
Noor! Noor!
Noor of Muhammad
Noor of Hoo
Noor of Muhammad
Noor of You
Noor of Muhammad
Shining bright
Noor of Muhammad
The Guiding Light
Thine hour is drawing high,
O world of sensual pleasure;
Thine sands are nearly run,
As all things have a measure.
The primrose paths of vice,
The thorny paths of virtue,
May soon be tread no more
By wicked souls and true.
With atom bomb and nuclear force,
O man; thou hast attained
The climax of temporal life
With soul and conscience stain.
Allah Almighty who shaped the world
Is keeping watchful eye
On human acts and human speach,
And human rebels' cry.
Domain belongs to Him Who made
The earth, the sky, the sea.
But faithless man with shallow
wit
Bethinks the master is he.
The fall of man the Atomic Age
The staged all predict.
But man of faith and more bliss
Will not become convict.
This heartless, maniac, frightened
world
Is thirsty, parched and dry,
The nectar of Islamic faith,
It dreads and fears to try.
The war cry is loud and high,
But, restless human hearts
Crave for perfect peace and calm,
Islam alone imparts.
The Doors Are Opening
The doors of Allah's Noor are opening,
To all who seek the Light.
Even if it be a slither,
What a blessing and delight.
A love that's grown through all
these years,
Guided by Allah who allayed our
fears,
In efforts to rationalize Allah's
Deen,
We almost -- O Muhajireen.
What I speak of now is not new,
An attempt to cover it has been
made,
By polititions and Jews.
Let's not continue in this distructive
manner,
And surge forth with Islams banner.
We reflect on knowledge gained in
khutbehs past,
The doors are opening
ALLAH IS FIRST AND LAST.
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