Assalamu alaykum!
You've been reading literary works from secular angles, what about reading works from established and growing Muslim writers from the Islamic perspective? We made a call for submission and we received quite a number of entries. The top...
When I die, but
I can still feel an ant crawl on my skin
Hear the hands of the clock as it ticks.
If I could still distinguish between beef and cow skin.
Hear babies cry and cock crows.
Tell the difference between caps...
SURVIVING
All night long
The thoughts that flew around
Traveling galaxies,
The cloudy cover that's overwhelmed my heart,
Thinking about the day of Reckoning
Thou could not help but be gripped in the fear,
The fear of the mightiness of this day
Thinking to a while back,...
Oh slaves of Ar-Rahaman!
Wrapped up in blankets
Get up from your comfort
and seek the mercy of your Lord,
for the one who seeks your fall never sleeps.
How can I blink,
or slumber
when my sins are rocks
strapped to my heart.
sobbing for it misdeeds
while...
Iya Ologi - I Am Afraid
"Iya ologi", I called out to her
"Ẹ kaaro sir" said she to me
The voice and greeting led me back to the days
Iya ologi would greet my father
Those days before he was bathed with dust
So,...
Death is the beginning of life
In the barzakh, the afterlife
Where all men shall meet Nakeer
And Munkar, both rich and Faqeer
The Chief Examiners in the grave
Tough, straightforward and brave
To answer the questions: man rabbuka?
“Who is your Lord?” Then, mā dīnukā?
“What...
Gone are the days;
when Adhan would be made,
while dribbling the ball,
flaunting our step-over skills,
A call to sucess;
we were heedless to,
until satisfaction is done
to the blazing love of the pitch.
Gone are the days;
when we would sleep all night,
caressing...
Mountains Of Mecca.
I stand on the top of the mountain
People of colour,
Black, white, red and yellow
Sons of Adam
Praise be to my Lord
Who has made the mountains
Bigger than Mankind.
The reality
Allah has no partner
Mountains of Makkah
Mountains of Madinah
The mountain of Asia
Mountain...
It was beyond her imagination that I could prefer her for a consort. She knew how deep my involvement in da'wah was, and the kind of a lady that befitted a person of my religious status, hence her worry...
I am a muslim but only by name
when it comes to practicing, what a shame!
I go to friends and relatives in suit and tie
it’s all right if i occasionally lie.
Yes i practice but when it suits me
more to the point ,when it pleases...
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