ISLAMIC POEMS

(11. If You Really Love) & (12. This Isn't Your Home)

IF YOU REALLY LOVE

If you really love him

You won't allow yourself to meet him

Because to date is strictly forbidden

To love is to protect, even from our own selves.

If you really love her

You won't even tell her

Not before you talk to her father

And seek his permission to marry her.

THIS ISN'T YOUR HOME

Of course you're sad sometimes

Of course life has its imperfections

Of course losing something is inevitable

Of course not having trials is impossible.

Of course injustices exist

Of course there are oppressors and tyrants

Of course crimes will be rampant

Of course there'll be wars and guns.

Of course children who are victims will cry

Of course some governments will turn a blind eye

Of course calamities will befall a country

Of course there'll be loss of lives and melancholy.

Because real happiness exist in another place

Because everlasting peace cannot exist here

Because wholeness can only be achieved there

Because Jannah is the real home of the believers.

But that does not mean we shouldn't do anything

We should try to help the Ummah and be caring

A donation will go a long way for a world that suffers

No charity too little, not even a simple prayer.

*May Allah help us. Our prayers to the victims of wars, atrocities and injustices, to the less fortunate who are stricken with illness and hunger. Ameen.