YA RABB
YA RABB
You never leave us for the blink of an eye,
But You know our condition….we blink once and we are ‘elsewhere’
Distracted, fantasizing, heedless, averted, inattentive, flummoxed.
YA RABB
Not so Your industrious pigeons.
2am inside Masjid Nabawi with two persistently bobbing their turquoise necklaces as they peck at the carpet. Intriguing; as the carpets seem spotless. Maybe they are constantly making Sajdah in the wide open spaces between the scant scattering of sisters magnetized from the cozy comfort of sleep to the calm and serenity of a nearness to our Noble Nabi SallAllahu alaihi wasallam in the dark of night.
YA RABB
Barely audible whisperings of Dhikr, recitation of Your Words and repetitive cycles of Salat, and sparrows harmoniously twittering are carried on a breeze divine. The sounds of reverence, of seeking, of inanimate brass, marble, concrete and glass glorifying Your Greatness joins the heavenly symphony of the spheres and the earthly songs of darkness.
YA RABB
You are the Merciful, the Most Merciful of the Merciful. Turn our hearts. Change the condition of our dead hearts. Transform our hearts into searchers of You. By finding You we have found everything. We belong to You, guide us to become your obedient slave. Every ghair is You. Open our hearts to this realization. Salvation is only with You. Strengthen our Yaqin, our trust in Your Qadr, in Your Tawheed. Correct our relationship with You, whereby You will then correct our relationship with the entire creation. Make our Fikr focused on the Akhirah, so that You and only You are sufficient for all our conditions.
YA RABB
If You are pleased with us then we have everything, if You are displeased then we have lost everything.
YA RABB
Revive our dead hearts. Make our hearts breathe with Your love and the love of Your Habib SallAllahu laihi wasallam. Prevent our bodies from becoming the coffins of our dead hearts. Deliver us to Your Beloved SallAllahu laihi wasallam, making his day our day, his night our night, his Fikr our Fikr, his concern our concern, his worry our worry, his Sunnah our Sunnah.
YA RABB
You have not decreed that all hearts are in the direct vicinity to be intrigued by the antics of the Madian pigeons, nor all ears to hear the piercing Adhan, nor all eyes to see the Green Glory decorating the residence of our Liege Lord SallAllahu alaihi wasallam, nor all feet to stand shoulder to shoulder praying for rain to quench this arid Mubarak soil, nor all tongues to laud Your Greatness or to send salutations upon the Best of Creation SallAllahu alaihi wasallam from the confines of this City Radiating Peace and Light. But Ya Rabb, You have blessed us all with hearts that contain You and all that You love and all that brings us to Your love, and the love of all that You love….
YA RABB
Revive our dead hearts.
YA RABB
You never leave us for the blink of an eye, guide us to never leave You, not for the blink of an eye.
Ameen Ameen Ameen.
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. May He accept our humble efforts and grant us the capacity to be good and do good. Ameen.
salam,
ameen to all you duas.i can almost sense the cozy comfort from here as i read your post K dozing in my arms.the pigeons are lucky or i should say blessed.a very beautiful picture that you have painted for us.Jazakallah.
Comment by umm yusuf — October 24, 2007 @ 6:44 am
Ya Rabb thankyou for allowing us acess to the mosque of the belov prophet
ed prophet24/7 Ya Rabb thankyou for knowing a sister who is there at 2am
beseaching you so beautifully!!!Ya Rabb thankyou for letting her make duas for all
of us…oh how can i ever thank u Ya Rabb
Comment by saimah — October 24, 2007 @ 1:44 pm
I must rewrite Beloved Prophet Rusulullah Sall Allahu Alaihi Wassalam.
Comment by saimah — October 24, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
Salaam Dearest Sister
Ya Rabb! I beg you to accept the prayers of Your servant Almiskeenah, truly devoted to Your service. Ameen to all your prayers. Ya Rabb! You have dipped her pen of devotion in the inkwell of love, and love is all that it writes. Here paper turns to fire under the force of such love, and the flames enter and cleanse our heart of all but Hu!
La illaha illAllah!
Ya Haqq!
Comment by Irving — October 24, 2007 @ 7:58 pm
Ameen, ameen thuma ameen Ya Rabb! Indeed supplication is the essence of worship! May The All Knowing, All Seeing, All Mighty Rabb of all that exists inspire within us such words of beauty as you’ve written and may He Subhanawatala then accept all our prayers, ameen.
Comment by ikramuddin — October 24, 2007 @ 10:20 pm
Assalamu alaikum Dear Sisters Umm Yusuf and Saimah, and Dear Brothers “I”, your collective words bring me to tears….tears of such joy and bliss that we have been gifted with a connection across oceans and mountains in a cyberspace of screens covered in symbols….and yet the Muhabbah this Ummah has been blessed with still pierces hearts. May all of our Du’a Ya Rabb be accepted, Ameen.
Wassalamu alaikum
almiskeenah
Comment by almiskeenah — October 24, 2007 @ 11:42 pm