'Whithering thoughts'

The world is filled with metaphors;

For metaphors is all she sees.

She steals a glance of silence

Pondering over what she once longed to be.

Her thoughts, striving hard to fight memories

Such memories that could have eaten her alive.

So she retreats to a comforting reality;

'All that seems real cannot fulfill

Thus it must one day die'.

© Jan 2007 Umm Thameenah

'And so I ask. . .?'

Do you even see me? Or not?

Am I something you acknowledge from within?

Have you ever asked me? Or not?

I've never once uttered that I was free of sin.

Do I look content to you? Or not?

Though you clearly recognise the twinkle in my eyes.

. . . Am I oppressed? Absolutely not!

For I live, to return beyond the skies.

© Dec 2007 Umm Thameenah

Our forgotten reality

There are no words to really describe the feeling of loss. . . The feeling as though something you've known, loved and cherised can so easily be taken away.

The reality of our life remains misunderstood. We are the possessions of Allah (Swt) and He (Swt) can do with us, whatever He (Swt) Wills. Yet through His immeasurable Mercy and Kindness, He provides us with the perfect means to seek His love. A love that awakens hearts and fulfills empty souls - the true sweetness of emaan.

How many times I'd pondered over this saying; the sweetness of emaan, and wondered what it truly meant. Now, whether Allah (Swt) has ever bestowed its treasures upon me, He (Swt) Knows Best, however the pearls and jewels that He (Swt) has enable me to witness; the sweetness that has touched my heart and soul is. . . truly beyond description, leaving no words to do justice to its weight.

. . . So I ask (myself first and foremost), what has been prepared for the standing before Allah (Swt)?