Monday, December 17, 2012

"Necrology Undesired"

Reading the news of "Connecticut Massacre" made me think of many issues, the tolerance between humans is on sharp decline. The flaws in system over controlled substances and arms are too many to be pointed and the general state of affair in international harmony is crossing the limits of every etiquette in the book of idiosyncrasy..



I am deeply saddened by this heinous crime. Let it be Muslim, Christian or Jewish kids............it was uncalled for and a blatant cry over the falling standards of humanity. The loved ones left behind have to live with this reality that this big part of their life is gone for them, for good by a shear stroke of misfortune. Many kids were sent on a journey not chosen, forever by an unfortunate event.

All communities are showing a lot of grief and sentiments. And comparisons of such happenings are going around, everyone in their opinion seems to be missing out on the point.......No one has the right to take a fellow human's life............The closures happen when you condemn , refrain to inflict any such assault on others and then follow up with steps to eliminate such future happenings.

Islam is a religion of peace and harmony with clear orders about such murderous situations as in Al-Qur’an 5:32, "If anyone slew an innocent person it would be as if he slew the whole mankind and if anyone saved a life it would be as if he saved the life of the whole mankind".

The importance of every human life is beyond anything in Islam and unjust killing is equated , with killing all of humanity. The coldness shown by few at the horrific killings of a certain nation or group ,just reflects the moronic nature of their being and nothing else. There is no good if kids are being killed in USA or by a drone attack in Pakistan. There isn't a civil, feeling normal heart that won't protest at an atrocity of any nature.........unless it has been dead cold and good for plumbing purposes only.

Quran condemns wrong doings and prohibits homicide or genocide in clear terms. Also the person/nation, responsible can be punished by running a proper and competent legal system where deeds will be put on trial to decide the fate of an individual or masses who took the right to life and peace of other human beings.

Islam enjoins upon all Muslims to work side by side to maintain the balance in which God created everything. The core message of Quran is 'Tolerance' and 'Peace'.


It's very easy to pin point others for anything that goes under our radar setting of acceptable but we all should think twice before doing so. The voice of truth has power. The arm of justice has strength . The will to take care of humanity as we would love to be taken care of has harmony and peace inbuilt in it.

We all believe in humanity and benefit of it not clamorous murdering of innocence. No human can be happier, giving and pure without putting their interest in the betterment of the world and without someone being nurtured and comforted by the God given attributes of kindness and graciousness.

There was and will always be conformity to the recognized standard of propriety, goodness, modesty and decency.

Be the best one can be and deliver the best regardless of race and religion.

"Doing good for a good done to you is simply repayment, whereas doing good for an evil done to you is a tremendous virtue."
Umar bin Al Khattab (RA)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

"Treachery"


Instincts deceive

Impressions fail

Perceptions betray

When

Double faced abundant

Virtues  overrated

Efforts falter

The mortals hurt

With assumed retribution

Animals are brute but at least free of trickery

 The fraudulent persona

Happily deceitful

Scarcity of morals and ethics

Sensibly ,carefully, enigmatically

Pathologically lying

For a favor or two

Beasts at large

Concealing realities

Masked faces

Made up characters

Gliding by smoothly

Considering the silent........Stupid'

Forgetting the Latitude' given

The Blind Eye' is for a reason

How could you breath content?

Would there be an "Impulse"

That will never BETRAY ?

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

'Reminder to Self'


The message is the same

The news is old

Take the Quran or the Bible engrave

Life has to end

Transition be over soon

No bias……no prejudice

Neither a preference

Let it be

A friend or a foe

The rich or the poor

The challenger or the defender

The evil or the blessed

Even the one using the Holy Grail

Chasing the material world is of no avail

Eternal is death

Whenever, however and whomever it comes

My remorse just caught me

The transgression in built destroyed me

I sin, I sin and I sin

The violations of adage

Challenging of maxims

The inner darkness

The murky thoughts, a distract

Ashamed at the deviation from the said path

Unorthodoxy was the charm

The prettiness and ecstasy

Of this rapture world

Took me away

Burnt me down

Obliterated the core

The goodness and all

I sinned ……forgetting the temporal stay

Mundane wishes

Profane deeds……

Knowing well……. are of no avail

Still embracing world

Lost in the fleeting time

Taking precarious stances

Devoid of vitality

Hollow as a shell

The futile SELF’…… day will come

When being asked …….till then

Annihilate EGO’........

PROSTRATE………SUBMIT!

Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of Life): For the life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception(3:185) .

Monday, December 10, 2012

"Abu"


Resting in the heavens above..............

Can you feel….

My heartache

The sour loss of your departure

As if hell breaks loose

A big part of me went with you

The grief and anguish I carry…

Will I ever recuperate?

My seamless tears as clouds bursting out of skies

The absence of your strength and guidance in my life.

The agony of failing feelings

When smiles are not good enough to conceal the realities

Of my inwardly distraught.

My incensed anger breaks even with my silent punishing of self

No recluse in prayer

 My meditations failing

Emptiness in faith and so called happiness

I can’t comprehend this unreal saddening of soul

This sorrowful unending time

Years are not healers but stabbing time and again

Dad’

Today….again my spirit is just lost…..

What worth has my tears?

When I don’t have a hope

To have comfort of your presence

And the warmth of your arms around me.

No matter how brave I get to be

You left a gap too big to fill,

The world seems changed or

It’s just the gloom around…..

Just wishing

God keeps you close

Forever in my heart

Till death will make us meet again.

……..Love you ….................................................x.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

"Irony"

Driving into the foggy nothingness,
Of being,
Just accentuates the feelings,
Placelessness,
Timelessness,
Worthlessness.......
Isn't the irony of life lies
In the absolute pettiness of desires ?
 

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

"Bow"


Ingest the Ego........Devour the Pride,

Abd Allah can’t be Egocentric.

This ostentation of grandeur,

This life of so called splendor,

The desirous moments of reaching to the skies,

Are all, but a disease of heart..........GLUTTONY!!!

Save the soul,

No deadly sins....,

Altruism stands firm........time n again.

Slay the ‘Self’,

Kill the ‘Egoist’,

Vanity is malady,

Save the gifted ‘Soul’,

Healing is with the healer,

Reverence is the savior,

Yield to the ‘Divine’,

‘Bow’...........Be ‘Blessed’.

Monday, December 3, 2012

'Eschew Obfuscation'

With the dying heart cadence


A dip in oblivion


Nothing being let out


That rumor was just a smoky cloud

May the oblivious stay in its oblivion


Nothing matters to the one who matters


The little Boy' is the scared "inhibitions"


Cloaked in wonders and enchantment of life.


Don't judge the minor by the years


The blessed are way ahead of time


You, yours, Me and mine are irrelevant. 

The plan was Godly


But the action was mortal.


Submission is the aim


Yet eternity,in-between to claim.


The inquisitive mind will question


The innocence is hidden in gestures....


...way deeper, than an ordinary perception.


Keep on dreaming lest it hurts


Struggle is needed .....temptation is around


Focus the ambition.....serve the purpose


Toil is unending....persistence wins.


No shallow selling of soul


No complicity with malign


Traduced'


Negative connotations.....sadly


The cards are dealt


Diamonds on stake


A prayer full of piety


The last eschew


Pawn my remaining breaths


Just make me humble


..................................Humble as my Muse'.

Monday, November 26, 2012

" Gist "

Monday, August 13, 2012 at 2:38am

Time to sit back and reevaluate, revise the premise, rethink a bit, review the present and reconsider certain priorities in life. Complete detox of the undue hassles is sometimes the need of the hour, chucking out the dead and slowing factors in life is unavoidable to progress and get over certain inner withholds.

The suffocation felt with the clutter in life is never healthy for anyone, the distractions around do take a toll on number of things and divisions only lead to more divisions. It’s good to let go of those who take you as a sweet option and hold on to the ones who always stay on sidelines to lend a hand at your deepest and darkest moments.

Practicing forgiveness can be very rewarding towards spiritual and emotional well being .Positive influences and optimistic attitude establishes a better focus on life and a straight forward approach to a peaceful living.

Verily.......the saintly bone is not good enough to keep paving ways for others , keep offering to ease out troubles around.

The giving well does get dried sometimes..............!
"Let the dis-encumberment begin for those burdened........”

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Arfa Karim (1995-2012) ....A Life Too Short

 Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 11:39pm


The painful and ironic reminder of life.........all has to end....it is sad that we have lost a very intelligent and beautiful girl who was pride of Pakistan too but death is the destiny and everyone has to return to God sooner or later, may her soul rest in eternal peace, Amen.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un...........To Allah we belong and to Him is our return.

There are many questions about the care and Bill Gates offer to transfer Arfa Karim to USA for treatment. I am not sure if there was a real offer or not but she wasn't physically strong enough to even take advantage of it and travel for 16-18 hours to USA for treatment.

The care she was getting in Pakistan was probably the best and its so sad that we comment on things or postulate ideas on the basis of our limited knowledge .Somehow the bitterness in this world has turned people judgmental and apprehensive.
Honestly, I myself have a limited knowledge by reading different news and articles on her and watching few of her videos .She was a vibrant 16 years old...........so full of life and energy ,beaming with the passion to do something worthwhile for her country .Arfa did make a mark in a short but well lived life. She will be remembered and missed always.....May God grant her the highest levels of Jannah and bless her parents the strength to bear this untimely loss, Amen.

Pakistan Army is the only organized entity in the whole State of Pakistan. The Combined Military Hospitals (CMH) all over the country are run by Army with the help of very qualified, mostly foreign trained doctors, under the best available facilities within minimum budget.
As far as I know Arfa's father is a military man too and this treatment whatever it included would have incurred minimum to zero cost to her family. It’s easier said than done but that is one place where you will get treatment by the top notch person available in the department without the offering of an arm and a leg, even for private patients the charges are pretty reasonable.
I agree there are many fancy options available ,laced with beautiful state of the art equipment and foreign qualified doctors but how many people have access to them.......or do they have any option of charity care available there........the CMH she was treated in ..........is no less than any and the doctors are no less qualified than any either.

They are the unsung heroes who sacrifice the private practice opportunities and staying away from the hardships of a under developed country for better life and money abroad and serve their homeland to the best of their knowledge and strength.

May their efforts be acknowledged by God and may they all be blessed in hereafter, Amen.
........I just sign off by saying......it is very unfortunate that the people who could have made a difference.............left the country............now sitting 10,000 miles away we can write all we want and bang our heads on this wall of misery forever but the results will be zero to frustration...........every little rain drop is a hero in a drought............that's my thought.......:)
Long Live Pakistan and Long Live Pakistanis...... :)

"Mercy"

Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 12:26am ·
 
God is merciful and there is always a 'Hikmah' in everything he devise or contrive for us and when things don't go the way we want .....we just have to remember........... he wouldn't give us anything......we can't handle.............and we should only pray to be strong and steadfast to stand the tests of adversity and be thankful for his blessings.........,Although I still wish he doesn't trust me so much.........:) . Still I am thankful for his bounties and every test he puts me through with a smile for there is some beautiful Hikmah in it ,Inshallah.
Surat Al-Baqarah {2:155-156}
And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah , and indeed to Him we will return."


 


 

 

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

"Death"

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un........'Surely we belong to God and to Him shall we return'."

Another tragedy another heart break another reason to shed the tears and another reason to value the blessings we have and forget to thank for.

The hardest reality to face in life is the termination of it ......."DEATH".

Death is the tyrant that always hangs around the corner with a smile conveying over and again that, we are all bound to be conquered by it one day....... this worldly life as temporary as it is ......only ascertains the fact that death is the beginning of eternity..............there we will meet our fate for being whatever we had been in this transitory phase..............life.

Despite of constant reminders ,and losing loved ones at its merciless hands we still defy death. I happen to pass by two funerals today and I was appreciating the respect being given to the funeral procession...............no rushing at green signal , no honking ,no cutting the procession.............all waiting patiently to let this last journey for the departed be as peaceful and as smooth as possible.

At the very moment the mind started rationalizing the factual bigotry between living and dead......the prejudices ,the unjust treatment ,the intolerance we show and face.

Death is the ending, termination, cessation of all biological functions, the passing on from one mode to another......usually personified as sadness, black robed skeleton.......a fearful happening........a loss.

All this sadness and destitute leads to a pinnacle of realization .......life is a short existence on this God's earth and its magnitude is too limited to be living with regrets and wasted in pettiness of matters.

On the same thought, death is absolute and eternal and the hope of a solid glimpse of a successful and well lived life is the ultimate wish of every human being without a gender, race or age bias.

Any and all tiny and seemingly useless small efforts counts for the peace and serenity of mind.

Keeping faith intact in one's potential and the mercy of God...........self reliance, strong confidence, loving the loved , attaining experience and fulfilling the dreams are the key factors to get going for a life well lived...............!

The ultimate goal should be when death knocks at our doors........ our strength in ourselves and our hard work towards our betterment and our services towards mankind help us submit with the confidence of knowing that............ Yes we fought what life brought us, stood by our loved ones...........kept faith in the divine power, strived our utmost to live the best and made lemonade out of all the lemons............life threw at us.............with the ultimate hope of finding love...........Love of God as well as his mankind.
Don't you ever laugh as the hearse goes by,
For you may be the next to die..........

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

"Alive"


That raging Flame,
Strips away the skin,
The deeper burn felt
Like nothing so intense.
Waiting for the Miracle,
The invisible strength,
The brave actions…..
All lost in smug realities.
No one to hear except one,
Just another Ray,
Bright and vibrant,
Trust and Submit……
ALIVE !!!

 
 

"Hope"


Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 1:30am

The more I get you .

The more my longing heighten .

To the point,

Where prayers become ambition.

Weaknesses defy strenghts.

Where abilities will be tested.

Potentials will be raised.

Patience will be used .

Virtues will be enhanced

Goals will be determined.

Where attainment will soar.

To get treasures beyond.

Where imaginations will be all.

The ultimate and absolute.

Where desires will be silken

Dreams will be woven.

Hope will never cease.

Forgiveness will prevail.

Directions will be determined .

Aspirations will be boundless.

Nobility will rule.

The immensity of thoughts.

The richness of myself.

With the privilege to be loved.

My life will go on.......

With infinite radiance of HOPE.

SD

"SOLO"

Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 11:44pm ·

 

 

A thought tonight .............a person is regarded way higher in ranks when they tend to turn...... ingratitude to gratitude; coldness to compassion; carelessness to caring; anger to patience ; difficult to easy; painful to pleasure and; hatred to love; ................no one is perfect but a wish and need to be the best should always be there to overcome the harshness of the world.

Doubt is the killing agent in many a relationships........selfless being is a rarity..........the clouds of expectations are always lingering around to take the best out of a beautiful soul.

Sometimes one feel lost when the meditative muse is overcome /occupied by worldly expectations. Why the free bird can't fly solo in the deeper blue skies to the end of the horizon .......the wish for flying solo, becomes a burden of heart and soul and the grey cloud hides the sunshine from reaching the ground.

Sometimes giving in isn't the best solution and letting the grey cloud rain to wash away the invisible strings....... is the absolute needed outcome for a sunnier tomorrow.......making peace at times haunt back with regrets of the opportunity not availed or pursued to the heart's content.

Although in humble reality every grey cloud presents a melancholic situation and our inner positivity and content can dispel gloom ........verily all grays carry an intricate, delicate and a beautiful silver lining that makes us believe that sunny days are ahead.....hope is around , the frost will give way to the greener grass and the hiding birds will come out to chirp with the overwhelming feelings of reverence.

For all humans the down time do come but to give a boost to the weary being and spin the cycle of thankfulness again and forever.........lacking the drive to fulfill in our spirits ..................won't we be culpable ??? for denying the blessings bestowed........no hibernation for the brave and resilient.

The Free Bird with its Free Spirit will Fly to its rightful desire.......to the essence of a crowd in being Solo.


 

Monday, November 19, 2012

"Abd Allah"

November 15,2012



My personal clouds never go on vacations.

They are always there.
Either to fuel me up or burn me down.


Happened to hear from a Buzurg today and contemplated a lot on it . It's a very cathartic statement and sometimes we need a purgative outlet to think through our daily lives.


Unfortunately, it seems only people with a deeper vision can be thoughtful enough to observe the cause and effect of their every day doings.


Our lives are supposed to be the reflection of our thoughts and our meditation and spiritual matters should go hand in hand but we all have sent the self analyzing attributes in pursuit of lifeless,emotionless,useless ambitions.

No dignity, no self rendering, no devotion .......just a psychological relief through the expression of strong emotions and rude curses.

SD

"Breath"




Breathing low, I cannot sleep at night,

I keep playing with words,


That one tune stuck in my mind,


Holds the eternal moment of freedom.

Breath !


Let Me




Sunday, April 8, 2012

..Let me find the love in my failure.


...let me survive the way I want....

...let me be the one I cherish .......


...let me be the one placeless....

...let my be the one with passion unlimited....

...let me be the one boundless in myself...


...let me be the one directionless ...


...just let me be the one and only.................................The Traceless !