Yâ Hâbib Yâ Sâhib al-Qadam

“Silence is victory”,
Said Your Beloved

If so,

I wail silently
For his Love Heavenly

Each day flies as a feather lost in the wind
Unable to grab it from front or behind

Life is losing its real meaning
Over the leftovers is it dining

No fresh spark is coming from the heart
To serve the world is racing every form of art

We laugh pretending to be happy,
But in truth-
We are so sad with no tears to shed

Our only dream is to live like humans
Alive-
Eat only when hungry
Smile only when heart is in joy
And show love only to those who deserve.

They say ‘tis must to struggle for the bread
But does it mean that the whole life in it be shred?

The goal of this system is to make man spend
It sweet-coats the debts seducing others to lend

The apostles of Interest do their creed openly preach
Never giving a chance for the layman to escape their catch

‘Consume, consume and consume’
They make greed in you fume

They steal your time and mind
And stab you laughing from behind

The air is polluted with emission of smoke
But worse are the ‘colorful waves’ to which eyes flock

Man is no more than an ‘asset’ in the corporate eyes
Like a table or machine, his value over time falls

Ah! I don’t point fingers at the Time
If any fault, I am to take the blame

All these misfortunes fell on us
Because from Mustafa we are at distance
Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

Had we shown loyalty to Chief of Madina
Enemies would not insult us as in Najaf and Basra

Bombs and missiles drop on our heads
Embargoes and sanctions halt our foods

Women are raped,
Man are stripped,
Children are orphaned
Families are shattered…

Shh!!!

It is not fashion to talk of misery
Forbidden is everything except merry

Lord! All I ask is for a little calm
But not without Your Thought in me storm

“Silence is victory”,
Said Your Beloved

If so,

I wail silently
For his Love Heavenly

The clamor in the world may only get worse
But at least within may I find some peace

Your Beloved is the ultimate in Love
Suffice for me that his footsteps I follow

He is my haal and maqaam
He is my faqr and Ishq
He is my Miraaj and Sidrat
He is my Kawthar and Jannat

I wail silently
For His Love Heavenly.

sallallahu ala Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam!

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Notes

Weeks and months are racing one over the other and man remains as a dumb spectator to this passage. ‘Where is the time’? is the complaint of most of us. We have no control over the reins of time. And in such a situation, we are losing our creativity making us resort to imitation. We act as if we are happy, whereas we are robbed of the true emotions. The financial institutions and corporate giants foster hyper-spending, artificially creating, not serving, demand of the buyers. The agents of credit cards who promote overspending are playing all sorts of deceitful games to sell their products. The only escape from the worldly worries is the closeness to the teachings of Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. The enemies of faith gained an upper hand because of the believers’ detachment from him. They are subjected to all sorts of humiliation and torture due to the same reason.

The poet is begging Lord to grant him peace of mind, if not peace in the world.

* point fingers at the Time : Based on a saying of Prophet, "Do not blame Time, for Time is God"

Six buildings are being constructed on the mountains around Mina in order to provide accommodation to the increasing number of pilgrims who come for Haj. The first phase of the project will be ready for use by pilgrims during this Haj season.

“Three floors in each of these six buildings will be used for the accommodation of pilgrims during this Haj season,” said Sayyed Bahrawi, deputy director of the project. Each building is designed to have 15 floors with three of them set aside for essential services. He said each floor would have 10 rooms with four toilets.

“There will be one room for the handicapped with a special toilet,” he added. Each floor will have a total area of 1,200 square meters and each room will have a space of 36 square meters.

About 5,000 employees have been working around the clock for the last seven months in order to complete the first phase before Haj. The project is financed by the state-owned General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) and Pension Fund.

The ground floor in all buildings will be used for reception while the second and third floors will have mosques, kitchens and first aid services. Every building will have four electric lifts. The buildings will be provided with early warning systems, smoke and fire detectors and central air conditioning systems.

“We will start the second phase soon after Haj,” Bahrawi said.

Suleiman Al-Humaid, governor of GOSI, said his organization had decided to go ahead with the project after receiving approval from higher authorities. “We have already signed an agreement with the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs for the project,” he said.

This year’s Haj is expected to begin on Dec. 29 when many of an estimated 2.5 million pilgrims will start flocking to the Mina Valley.

Saudi Arabia has stepped up preparations for the Haj. Authorities have urged both Saudis and expatriates to obtain Haj permits through private Haj service firms. Those who fail to obtain permits will be sent back. The Passport Department has opened 70 outlets across the Kingdom to issue Haj permits. The last date to receive applications is Dec. 21.

The government has erected some 44,000 air-conditioned and fire-resistant canvas tents on the plains of Mina.

The high-tech fiberglass teflon-coated shelters are equipped with sprinklers, air coolers and fire extinguishers. The project has been implemented in three phases at a cost of SR2.4 billion.

 


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It is a absolute shamble’s, it basically mean’s the poorer pilgrims will reside in tent’s where as the rich will remain in these luxirious area’s or those that can afford. It is generally known that the Saudi Royal family already have a palace overlooking the plain of mina, where Muslim leader’s often reside during Haj, the whole purpose of Haj is not to differentiate between the poor and rich and the black and white, Are these people not destroying the concept of Hajj with the introduction of these bidda’s?

What i find even appaling is the fact that having a disabled daughter myself,
is that they will only provide one flimsy toilet for the disabled, of both genders.

Then…

Oh Lord! You know well
Very very well
What in my heart was then
And what in my heart is now
When Your answer is given!

In eagerness had I called upon YOU!
With much confidence had I relied upon YOU!

I was full of zeal
When in tears did I call

Never for once
Had I lost my confidence

I had pinned all my hopes
On your Loving Grace!

Oh Lord! You know well
Very very well
What in my heart was then
And what in my heart is now
When Your answer is given!

Like any other eager slave of Yours
I wished to be the one
To whom was given
Prayer’s reply at once.

Ya Kaafiyal Muhimmat!
Ya Daafi’al Baliyyat!
Ya Muhallilal Mushkilat!
Ya Mujeeb Ad-da’wat!

All through the morning I sat
Reciting salat on salat
On the Coolness of my Heart
To avert the threat
That my sincere friend felt (at heart).

Oh Lord! You know well
Very very well
What in my heart was then
And what in my heart is now
When Your answer is given!

NOW,

Now that your answer has come
More and more grateful
For Your blessings have I become

In the eyes of my beloved
Tears on tears have flowed
Thanking You for the honor saved
And from the trouble rescued…

All my strengths and weaknesses
Are known to You!
All my deeds- good and bad
Are shown to You!

"Although through (Your) purity
You know my feelings
Lend ear to my words
O Cherisher of thy slave!"

O the ONE! The All Hearing One!
You have heard my cry,
Out of your Mercy!
Thanks to You!
Now hear my gratitude,
That I convey to you in solitude!

O Reader!

In this little tale is taught
A lesson that is indeed sweet
If upon the Full Moon is sent salat
Safe and secure will you become from the worldly craft.

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Notes

Ya Kaafiyal Muhimmat…Ya Mujeeb Ad-da’wat! : Different kinds of prayers for adressing God.

Coolness of my Heart: The Holy Prophet of Islam

"Although through (Your) purity… : taken from Masnavi (Vol. III) of Rumi

Full Moon: The Holy Prophet