Subhanallah..

tearsofice21 · Jul 13, 2007

I received this in a forward from a friend a while ago, and I just read it again. Subhanallah.. it hits you hard.. I just had to share it with you all. Sorry, it might be a bit hard to read... May Allah guide us and keep us on the straight path and make us among the righteous that achieve the ultimate goal of Jannah Insha'Allah. Ameen.

>>> >> >>>I knelt to pray but not for long,
>>> >> >>>I had too much to do.
>>> >> >>>I had to hurry and get to work
>>> >> >>>For bills would soon be due.
>>> >> >>>So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
>>> >> >>>And jumped up off my knees.
>>> >> >>>My Muslim duty was now done
>>> >> >>>My soul could rest at ease.
>>> >> >>>All day long I had no time
>>> >> >>>To spread a word of cheer.
>>> >> >>>No time to speak of Allah to friends,
>>> >> >>>They'd laugh at me I'd fear.
>>> >> >>>No time, no time, too much to do,
>>> >> >>>That was my constant cry,
>>> >> >>>No time to give to souls in need
>>> >> >>>But at last the time, the time to die.
>>> >> >>>I went before the
>>> >>Lord,
>>> >> >>>I came, and I stood with downcast eyes.
>>> >> >>>For in his hands God held a book;
>>> >> >>>It was the book of life.
>>> >> >>>God looked into his book and said
>>> >> >>>Your name I cannot find.
>>> >> >>>I
>>> >> >>>once was going to write it down...
>>> >> >>>But never found the time"
>>> >> >>>Now do you have the time to pass it on?
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>ALLAH
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>IF SOMEONE HAD A GUN HELD IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE AND ASKED
>>>YOU
>>> >> >>>IF YOU BELIEVED IN ALLAH,
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>SAY NO AND FEEL ASHAMED THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>OR SAY YES, I DO, AND DIE STANDING UP FOR
>>> >>ALLAH?
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Funny, isn't it?
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Funny how simple it is for people to trash Allah and then
>>>wonder
>>> >> >>>why the world's going to hell.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question
>>> >> >>>what Allah says.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do
>>>not
>>> >> >>>have to believe, think, say, or do anything that Allah
>>>says.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Funny how someone can say "I believe in Allah" but still
>>> >> >>>follow Shaytaan
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>(Who, also "believes" in Allah).
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail
>>>and
>>> >> >>>they spread like wildfire, but when you
>>> >>start sending messages
>>> >> >>>regarding
>>> >> >>>Allah, people think twice about sharing.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not
>>> >> >>>send it to many on your address list because you're not
>>>sure what
>>> >> >>>they
>>> >> >>>believe, or what
>>> >> >>>they will think of you for sending it to them.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Funny how I can be more worried about what other people
>>>think
>>> >> >>>of me than what Allah thinks of me. Are you thinking?
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Yes, I do Love Allah!
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>"An Intelligent Person Is One Who Is Constantly Thinking
>>>About
>>> >> >>>And Preparing For Death"
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>"O you who believe! What is the matter with you, that when
>>> >>you
>>> >> >>>are asked
>>> >> >>>to march forth in the Cause of Allah, you cling heavily to
>>>the
>>> >> >>>earth.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Are you pleased with the life of this world rather than the
>>> >> >>>Hereafter?
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>But little is the enjoyment of the life of this world as
>>> >> >>>compared
>>> >> >>>with
>>> >> >>>the Hereafter."
>>> >> >>>(Quran 9:38)
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The Word of Islam?
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The Most Selfish One-Letter Word
>>> >> >>>"I"
>>> >> >>>Avoid
>>> >> >>>It
>>> >> >>>(Surah Al Kahf 18:34)
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The Most Satisfying Two-Letter Word
>>> >> >>>"WE"
>>> >> >>>Use It
>>> >> >>>Surah Al An'am
>>> >>6:71-72
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The Most Poisonous Three-Letter Word
>>> >> >>>"EGO"
>>> >> >>>Kill It
>>> >> >>>Surah Al Qasas 28:78
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The Most Used Four-Letter Word
>>> >> >>>"LOVE"
>>> >> >>>Value It
>>> >> >>>(Surah Al Rum 30:21)
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The Most Pleasing Five Letter Word
>>> >> >>>"SMILE"
>>> >> >>>Keep It
>>> >> >>>(Surah Al Najm 53:43)
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The Fastest Spreading Six-Letter Word
>>> >> >>>"RUMOUR"
>>> >> >>>Ignore It
>>> >> >>>(Surah Al Hujurat 49:12)
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The Hardest Working Seven Letter Word
>>> >> >>>"SUCCESS"
>>> >> >>>Achieve
>>> >>It
>>> >> >>>(Surah Al Nur 24:37-38)
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The Most Enviable Eight-Letter Word
>>> >> >>>"JEALOUSY"
>>> >> >>>Distance It
>>> >> >>>(Surah Yusuf 12:8-9)
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The Most Powerful Nine-Letter Word
>>> >> >>>"KNOWLEDGE"
>>> >> >>>Acquire It
>>> >> >>>(of Allah & the Holy Qu'ran) Surah Ya Sin 36:2 Surah Yusuf
>>> >> >>>12:2
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>The
>>> >> >>>Most Essential Ten-Letter Word
>>> >> >>>"CONFIDENCE"
>>> >> >>>Trust It
>>> >> >>>(Trust in Allah's Guidance)
>>> >> >>>Surah Yunus 10: 9
>>> >> >>>Surah Al Tawbah 9:51
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Ya Allah
>>> >> >>>Today, upon a bus,
>>> >> >>>I saw a girl with golden hair.
>>> >> >>>and
>>> >>wished I was as fair.
>>> >> >>>When suddenly she rose to leave,
>>> >> >>>I saw her hobble down the aisle.
>>> >> >>>She had one leg and wore a crutch.
>>> >> >>>But as she passed, a smile.
>>> >> >>>Ya Allah, forgive me when I whine.
>>> >> >>>I have 2 legs, the world is mine.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>I stopped to buy some candy.
>>> >> >>>The lad who sold it had such charm.
>>> >> >>>I talked with him, he seemed so glad.
>>> >> >>>If I were late, it'd do no harm.
>>> >> >>>And as I left, he said to me,
>>> >> >>>"I thank you, you've been so kind.
>>> >> >>>It's nice to talk with folks like you.
>>> >> >>>You see," he said, "I'm blind."
>>> >> >>>Ya Allah, forgive me when I whine.
>>> >> >>>I have 2 eyes, the world is mine.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Later while walking down the
>>> >>street,
>>> >> >>>I saw a child with eyes of
>>> >> >>>blue.
>>> >> >>>He stood and watched the others play.
>>> >> >>>He did not know what to do.
>>> >> >>>I stopped a moment and then I said,
>>> >> >>>"Why don't you join the others, dear?"
>>> >> >>>He looked ahead without a word.
>>> >> >>>And then I knew, he couldn't hear.
>>> >> >>>Ya Allah, forgive me when I whine.
>>> >> >>>I have 2 ears, the world is mine.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>With feet to take me where I'd go.
>>> >> >>>With eyes to see the sunset's glow.
>>> >> >>>With ears to hear what I'd know.
>>> >> >>>Ya Allah, forgive me when I whine.
>>> >> >>>I've been blessed indeed, the world is mine.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is a way of life, try it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is a gift, accept
>>> >>it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is a journey, complete it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is a struggle, fight for it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is a goal, achieve it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is an opportunity, take it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is not for sinners, overcome it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is not a game, don't play with it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is not a mystery, behold it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam
>>> >> >>>is not for cowards, face it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is not for the dead, live it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is a promise, fulfill it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is a duty, perform it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is a treasure (the Prayer), pray it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is a beautiful way of life, see
>>> >>it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam has a message for you, hear it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Islam is love , love it.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>Remember My Brothers and Sisters That We Have So Much To Be
>>> >> >>>Thankful For!
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>No Matter What They Say ISLAM Is The
>>> >> >>>Worlds Fastest Growing Religion