Poetry of Imaam Ash Shafiee

[Khalid Saifullah]

ضَحكتُ فقالوا ألا تحتشم
بكيتُ فقالوا ألا تبتسم
بسمتُ فقالوا يرائي بها
عبستُ فقالوا بدا ما كُتم
صَمتُ فقالوا كليلُ اللسان
نطقتُ فقالوا كثيرُ الكَلِم
حلمتُ فقالوا صنيعُ الجَبان
ولو كانَ مقتدراً لانتقم
بسلتُ فقالوا لطيشٍ به
وما كان مجترئاً لو حَكم
يقولون شذّ إنْ قلتُ لا
وإمَّعةً حينَ وافقتُهم
فأيقنتُ أنّي مهما أردتُ
رضا النّاسِ لابُدّ منْ أنْ أُذَم
(الإمامُ الشّافعي)

I laughed and they said "can't you be modest"
I cried and they said "why don't you smile?"
I smiled and they said "he's a show off"
I frowned and they said "i started showing my true colors"
I was silent and they said i had a feeble tongue
When i spoke they said i was too talkative
When i was tolerant they called it cowardice
And said, had I been brave, i would have taken a revenge
When i showed up some courage they said it was rash & reckless
And i wouldn't have behaved so if i were balanced.
When I said NO they considered me odd,
When i agreed with them, they called me a blind follower
So it became certain, that no matter how hard i try,
Pleasing People will bring nothing but criticism.

From poetry of Imaam Ash Shafiee

[noraina]

Ma'sha'Allah, an amazing poem, and although I have not read much of his works, he wrote one of my all-time favourite quotes (forgive me if I'm wrong), 'Life is but a moment, so make it a moment of obedience'. I mean this says it all!

[Hamza :)]

I laughed and they said "can't you be modest".
I cried and they said "why don't you smile?"


I smiled and they said "he's a show off".
I frowned and they said "I started showing my true colors"


I was silent and they said I had a feeble tongue.
When I spoke they said I was too talkative.


When I was tolerant they called it cowardice
and said, had I been brave, I would have taken revenge.


When I showed up some courage they said it was rash & reckless, and I wouldn't have behaved if I were balanced.
When I said NO they considered me odd.

When I agreed with them, they called me a blind follower.


So it became certain, that no matter how hard I try, pleasing people will bring nothing but criticism.
So don't care about people. Only try to please Allah!


~ Imam Al-Shafi'ee

ضَحكتُ فقالوا ألا تحتشم
بكيتُ فقالوا ألا تبتسم
بسمتُ فقالوا يرائي بها
عبستُ فقالوا بدا ما كُتم
صَمتُ فقالوا كليلُ اللسان
نطقتُ فقالوا كثيرُ الكَلِم
حلمتُ فقالوا صنيعُ الجَبان
ولو كانَ مقتدراً لانتقم
بسلتُ فقالوا لطيشٍ به
وما كان مجترئاً لو حَكم
يقولون شذّ إنْ قلتُ لا
وإمَّعةً حينَ وافقتُهم
فأيقنتُ أنّي مهما أردتُ
رضا النّاسِ لابُدّ منْ أنْ أُذَم
(الإمامُ الشّافعي)

like a boss

[noraina]

So true, subhanAllah.