Category: Islam
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Poem: WHISPERING WORDS
{And when My servants ask you [O Muhammad] concerning ME, then indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon ME. So let them respond to ME [by obedience] and believe in ME that they may be [rightly] guided.}
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Thoughts: ON BARKING DOGS
A wise Arab poet once said, ‘Had you fed every barking dog a stone to silence it, a rock would cost a dinar to obtain.’
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Poem: ARAKEN
And so, after some restless days and agonising nights, the following verses are what flowed.
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Poem: A SYMBOL OF MY LOVE ~ MY DECLARATION
The inspiration for this simple poem came to me after the comments, looks and [mis]treatments (and questions) I received because of the hijâb in London after the 7/7 bombings.
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Poem: DEAR SYRIA, AN APOLOGY
I wrote this poem late at night after listening to the radio about the horror in Syria.
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Poem: JUST ANOTHER SHADOW
{It invites he who turned away [from truth] and fled away [from obedience]; And collected [wealth] and withheld it. Indeed, man was created very anxious; fretful when evil touches him; And when good touches him, withholding [of it].}
Skilful White Clouds (RABAB Maher) 