Between me and my Lord

Between death and I a breath
Between pain and I a needle
Pray tell,
Where am I between me and my Lord?

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He knows you

He knows them best
Who created these cells
He gives life
A whole being produces
Showers on it gifts
Gives it form
Embellishes the senses
Shows the ways.

How life would be
if all was had
Luxuries and
human desires unlimited
And nothing for soul’s keep?
He knows them best
Who created these cells.

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Small thanks

haven't you noticed…

how belittled
benevolence stands,
small thanks given
for health or wealth
gratis obtained.
it's when the bills
mount or the body
declines truly
awareness dawns.
it's human nature
to take lightly
the gems of life...
oblivious of the cost
involved
man drinks
the air,
as though
it
were
an object
purchased.

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Those who blaspheme

In this world of tests and trials
Deliberate
Those who blaspheme the Lord
Their souls degrade.

It's a free world they say
And right they are
But the Creator so did make
These days and minutes to pass
An ordeal for those who walk His earth.

But those who blaspheme the Lord
All sense shut
Seeing but seeing not
Own voices alone exaggerate
Averse to stop
Or take stock by the setting sun.

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By the Dome of the Rock

Heart weeps
For hands tied
Yours and mine joined
To infinite eyes tear-logged
Heavenwards flooding reverent
Heads raised by the Dome of the Rock
A billiion hearts united..

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Stop for a minute

Allah is great
His Kingdom grand
Don’t be shy for fear of folk
Come forth cast off terror
Allah isn’t in need
The indigent is I.
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