ALMISKEENAH

 

Hope.

And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way. (2:186)

And they hope for His mercy and fear His chastisement. (17:57)

Their sides draw away from (their) beds, they call upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and they spend (benevolently) out of what We have given them. (32:16)

That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another. And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for. And that his striving shall soon be seen. Then shall he be rewarded for it with the fullest reward. And that to your Lord is the goal. And that He it is Who makes people laugh and weep. (53:38-43)

Abu Hurairah RadhiAllahu anhu heard Allah’s Apostle SallAllahu alaihi wasallam saying: “Verily Allah created Mercy. The day He created it, He made it into one hundred parts. He withheld with Him ninety-nine parts, and sent its one part to all His creatures. Had the non-believer known of all the Mercy which is in the Hands of Allah, he would not lose hope of entering Paradise, and had the believer known of all the punishment which is present with Allah, he would not consider himself safe from the Hell-Fire."

 

Hope.

Shapeless forms

ceaselessly amble

smoothly

on hallowed ground,

humming

wishing words

released by a longing soul

sequestered in a desirous heart.

Sweet whispers

ride the perfumed breeze of Hope

to the Imam of the Ummah.

The embroidered ornament of the Lord of Dominion.

 

Amorous avarice

for an everlasting intimacy

with the Intimate One,

dominates

our colour palette

of life. 

 

 

Oh that the seeds of our Hopes

are nurtured

by The All-Hearing, The All-Knowing, The Wise One.

Blooming as garlands manifest

in the Eternal Plain,

nourished by Dhikr

and streams of

Salutations

On our Nabi.

 

Shapeless forms

ceaselessly amble.

Misty haze

of Hopes dispatched.

 

 

All good is from Allah Ta’ala whereas mistakes are from this humble speck. May Allah Ta’ala Bless all readers, bringing you all closer to Him and His Rasul SallAllahu alaihi wasallam. Ameen.