Between Safa and Marwa

Oh my mother Hagar!
The wife of Ibrahim
Running and searching to fed your dying babe
In distress
Running out of breathe
Feeling helpless
And feeling weak

Taking your faith to every mountain
In search of water for your boy
Your dying boy
Oh how the angel took pity on you
Striking the ground and causing water to flow

Fed your babe
All alone in the desert
Wasting away

But it was not the wish of your husband
To cause you such cruelty
He could not even turn back to you
As you pleaded for a reason
His heart was soft
But their was someone he loved more then you
For Allah?, you asked
And he said yes

For Ibrahim loved unconditionally
More then anyone in the world
The one who created the heavens and earth

When Allah spoke to him, he listened
He tested repeatedly his most faithful servant
And in turn Ibrahim is a friend to Allah

And now my mother
We run like you run
Retracing your steps
Not with a babe in our arms
But with our hearts filled

Asking for mercy
Praying that a mere ritual
Will grant us a place in paradise

But for you Hagar, my sweet mother
My faithful mother
I pray for you, a place beside your husband
Where you'll wear gold and never be cold
And never have to run again Narrated 'Asim bin Sulaiman (Radi-Allahu 'anhu): I asked Anas bin Malik about Safa and Marwa. Anas replied, "We used to consider (i.e. going around) them a custom of the Pre-islamic period of Ignorance, so when Islam came, we gave up going around them. Then Allah revealed" "Verily, Safa and Marwa (i.e. two mountains at Makkah) are among the Symbols of Allah. So it is not harmful of those who perform the Hajj of the House (of Allah) or perform the 'Umra to ambulate (Tawaf) between them." (2.158) Bukhari Vol. 6 : No. 23 Poetry : Nuriddeen bint Yusuf More Islamic poems of Nuriddeen can be read at her team blog www.GuidingFriends.com Alhamdulillah, I had the honor of starting "The Guiding Friends" blog. But when I felt that I needed to avail some time for my personal life I gave the ownership of the blog to respected sister Nuriddeen. Although, I am not a team member of www.GuidingFriends.com any more but I still love this blog and recommend it to my visitors as well. Please read more Islamic poems written by sister Nuriddeen at: "The Guiding Friends" Alhamdulillahe Rabbil-Aalameen

Verily ! in these things there are signs for those who believe...

It is He Who sends down water (rain) from the sky, and with it We bring forth vegetation of all kinds, and out of it We bring forth green stalks, from wich We bring forth clustered grain.
And out of the date-palm and its spathe come forth clusters and dates hanging low and near, and gardens of grapes, olives and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety and taste).
Look at their fruits when they begin to bear, and the ripeness thereof. Verily ! in these things there are signs for those who believe.

The Holy Quran
Chapter #06 Al-Anaam

Sharing one of my Favourite Nature Photographs

I have a collection of more than three hundred nature phtographs and the one I am sharing today is the one which I love the most:

Photography: Ibn Hanif

Inspired to come back for a while...

Although, I had decided to not to share anything for weeks but the following words at Spring of Autumn drew me back for a while to share them right away with my readers as well :
"whatever you cross, whatever you pain
There'l be always be sunshine after the rain
Perhaps you may stumble, perhaps even fall
But Allah (God) is always ready to answer your call"
Poetry:Spring of Autumn Have a blessed new Islamic year: 1432 A.H.
Aameen