The Veil

[Din-al-Islam]

The Veil

(From the Sound Vision documentary Hijab: An Act of Faith)

They say, "Oh, poor girl, you're so beautiful you know
It's a shame that you cover up your beauty so."
She just smiles and graciously responds reassuringly,
"This beauty that I have is just one simple part of me.
This body that I have, no stranger has the right to see.
These long clothes, this shawl I wear, ensure my modesty.
Faith is more essential than fashion, wouldn't you agree?"
This hijab,
This mark of piety,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to protect her dignity.
So lift the veil from your heart to see the heart of purity.

They tell her, "Girl, don't you know this is the West and you are free?
You don't need to be oppressed, ashamed of your femininity."
She just shakes her head and she speaks so assuredly,
"See the bill-boards and the magazines that line the check-out isles,
with their phony painted faces and their air-brushed smiles?
Well their sheer clothes and low cut gowns they are really not for me.
You call it freedom, I call it anarchy."
This hijab,
This mark of piety,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to protect her dignity.
So lift the veil from your heart to see the heart of purity.
Lift the veil from your heart and seek the heart of purity.

[Tasneem]

MODERATOR'S COMMENT: QUOTING UNNECESSARY HERE

This is a very beautiful poem.
And sooooo true.
I went to the doctors and i had to lift my veil up and take my Abbaya off
The doctor(She was a woman..two of them!!!)when i took my stuff off they both said-''awwwee ur soooooo beautiful!!
Why do u cover??
My mom says that they did that because they think we cover because we
Have bruises and are ''jacked up''.

SaLaMz:coolsis:

[mehnaz]

Salaam,

MashaAllah very nice poem sis...JazakAllah khair for sharing it with us...

W'salaam

[Din-al-Islam]

as-salâmu 'aleikum..

Wa iyaki

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[s_123_v]

jazakallah 4 sharing that with us, nice poem

[servent]

manshalah it very good the first on is acshally an inasheed you may listen to it on srakly water .com but the nasheeds somtimes dont work on that site but alhudolilallah jazakallah kair __________salam ___-servent__________:)