Silent Screams

Smile through the tears
Face your fears
Have confidence that
You’ll emerge victorious

Bend not to peers
Nor care about their leers
Of your ability
They know not a thing

In Him Who Hears
Have faith, my dears
Stray not
Hold on, I plead

Our troubles He clears
In answer to prayers
From what I have seen
I speak

Life in this world
Isn’t eternal
Each day that passes
Just a page in your journal

Work for the Hereafter
Where true bliss does await
So we shall not regret
When it is too late

It’s Your Choice

The heart has hardened
The tears have dried
In fear of your Lord
When have you last cried?
To ward off Satan
Have you ever strived?
For the cause of Islam
What have you ever tried?
Without a care
How many times have you lied?

Time does not wait
Just like the tide
You’ll be questioned one day
And you cannot hide
You’ll be punished, perhaps
For your sins and your pride
There’s no chance to escape
No chance to bribe

Leave what’s wrong
And do what’s right
One leads to doom
The other, to light
If you heed not the Message
You’ll regret your plight
Wishing you had revered
What you had regarded with spite

To the Quran and Sunnah
Do hold on tight
You’ll be granted a future
Joyous and bright
Worship your Rabb
Doubt not His Might
Towards Al-Matheen alone
Direct your fright

Use well your blessings
Your hearing, speech and sight
Only in doing good
Your time you should bide

Pray to Al-Haadee
To guide your heart and mind
Anticipate rewards
Of graves well-lit and wide
Of luxurious dwellings
And virgins wide-eyed

You must choose
To abandon blasphemy
And with Haq to side
A day will dawn
When you have died
You’ll be bathed and buried
Dressed in white
The angels will take you
On an inevitable ride
Whether it’s fun-filled or fearful
Depends on what you now decide…

Make me good
Make me strong
To worshipYou
All life long

Make me pious
Make me fit
With the muttaqoon
Let me always sit

Let me thank You
For Your mercy
When my ibadah
Becomes too racy

Guide me Allah
Don’t forsake me
Of the munafiq
Please don’t make me

Help me worship you
Every day
Even when I’m
Old and grey

Grant me friends
Who’ll guide me through
Ups and downs
Towards what’s true

Oh my Lord
Forgive me, do!
Keep me close, ‘cos
I love You.

I didn’t write this! I wish I could write like this though.

Judgment Day

For the final time the trumpet is sounded,

You awake from your grave shocked and dumbfounded,

The day will begin with Allah descending,

This is for real, it aint no pretending

Followed by angels who stand all in rows,

Judgment Day is here, and this is how it goes,

The scales of justice will be brought before man,

Now you shall have to explain your whole life span

What you did in the open and what you concealed,

From big to small shall today be revealed,

Men in shear horror will run to one another,

But no one can save you, not even your mother

You’re standing there naked as the day you were born,

This day would come to be, that Allah has sworn

Your deeds shall today be weighed in a scale,

This shall determine if you pass or fail

Heaven and Hell shall be brought into vision,

Allah alone shall make the ultimate decision

It’s all up to you now, make up your mind

See Allah’s greatness, and don’t be blind

To all brothers and sisters I’d like to say,

Ask for forgiveness and do that today

Don’t be foolish and follow shaitaan,

He’s out to strip us of our Imaan

We’ve lived in this world all so deluded,

Finally, I hope in your prayers I am included

You are my Comfort
You are my Solace
You are my Saviour
From all horrors

You are my Friend
You are my Strength
You’re with me through life
You walk the whole length

You are The Light
You are The Truth
Your dhikr is my addiction
Cultivated in youth

You are The Source
You know my destiny
You hold my fate
From me a mystery

You send me trials
You know my pain
You teach me through hardship
I have much to gain

You bestow me with fruits
In abundance to savour
Yet You are patient
When I forget Your favours

You send the rain
And the rainbows too
With hardship comes ease
These words ring true

Dear Lord,
Enlighten my heart
Enliven my spirit
Let deeds in Your Name
Take up my minutes

Of this temporary life
Let me make use
To win Your pleasure
When my records You peruse

Help me stand up against the devil
Let me always do what’s right
Deliver me from peril, Oh Lord
To You belongs all might