Feel free to share. Please include translations though. JazakAllah khayr.
لسانك لا تذكر به عورة امرئ *** فكلّـك عورات وللناس ألسـن
وعينك إن أبدت إليك معايباً *** فدعها وقل : يا عين للناس أعينُ Let not your tongue mention the shame of another
For you yourself are covered in shame and all men have tongues.
If your eye falls upon the sins of your brother
Shield them and say: "O my eye! All men have eyes!"
What a fine band you met, O Ibnu'l-Huqayq,
And you too, Ibnu'l-Ashraf,
Travelling by night with their light swords
Bold as lions in their jungle lair
Until they came to you in your quarter
And made you taste death with their deadly swords,
Seeking victory for the religion of their prophet
Counting their lives and wealth as nothing
Learn silence as you have learned speech.
Speech will guide you, and silence will protect you.
naýību zamānanā wal áybu fīnā
fa mā li zamāninā áybun siwānā
wa nahjū dhaz’zamāni bighayri dhanbin
wa law naţaqaz’zamānu lanā hajānā
wa laysa’dh dhi’bu ya’kulu laĥma dhi’bin
wa ya’kulu ba’đunā ba’đan íýānā
labisnā li’l khadāýi maśuĥa đa’anin
fa waylun li’l mughīri idhā atānā
dayānatuna’t taśannuá wat tarāyī
fa naĥnu bihi nukhādiú man yarānā
We find fault with the world, while the faults lie in our own selves.
The world is not at fault; except that we are full of flaws.
We make fun of the world for no reason,
But if others spoke about us, we were no better than be mocked at.
A wolf does not eat the flesh of another of its kind,
But we eat the flesh of each other knowingly
We have worn the sheep’s clothing to deceive the people;
But woe unto the wild animal if it strays by us!
We have reduced religion to mere show and formalities.
And thus, we deceive those who look at us
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“I have no power save to knock at Thy door,
And if I be turned away, at what door shall I knock?
In full abandon I put my trust in Thee,
Stretching out my hands to Thee, a pleading beggar.”
-Shafi3y
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What's the source for the first poem in this post?
thanks for Muslimah421 who told me about this thread.......I posted this in the Arabic section
By Imam Shafiei
ولما قسـا قلبي وضـاقت مذاهبي....جعلت الرجـاء مني لعفوك سلمــا
When my heart hardened and my ways narrowed
My hope of your forgiveness towards You was my approach
تعاظمني ذنبـي فلمـا قرنتــه.........بعفوك ربي كان عـفوك أعظمــا
I greatened my sin, yet when I compare it with your forgiveness
My Lord your forgiveness was greater
فما زلتَ ذا عفو عن الذنب لم تزل......تـجـود وتعـفو منة وتكرمـــا
Yet, You forgive sins and still
Generously and gracefully bestow and forgive
فلولاك لـم يصمـد لإبلـيس عابد.........فكيف وقد أغوى صفيك أدما
Were it not for You, no worshipper would withstand Satan
How and he already has lured your chosen Adam
فيا ليت شعــري هل أصير لجنة.........أهنـــا؟ وأمـا للسعير فأندما
Alas! Would I be lead to paradise then I am a fortunate
Or a remorse to hell I am lead
فإن تنتـقـم مني فلست بآسي........ولو أدخلت روحي بجــرم جهنمـا
Indeed not despaired if You avenged me
Or into the core of hell You brought my soul
فإن تعف عني تعف عـن متمرد....ظلوم غشــوم قاسي القلب مجرما
And if You forgive me, a mutinous You forgive…
A wrongful unfair pitiless criminal…
ويذكر أيام مضت من شبابه...........وما كان فيها بالجهالة أجرما
He remembers the past youth days
And what crimes of ignorance were committed
يقيم إذا ما الليل مد ضلامه........على نفسه من شدة الخوف مأتما
Then, when the dark spread out
Fearfully he mourns himself
يقول حبيبي أنت سؤلي وغايتي.....كفى بك للراجين سؤلا و مغنما
Saying my beloved You are my request and wish
Sufficient You are for the hopeful to ask and gain
ألست الذي غذيتني و هديتني...........ولازلت منانا علي ومنعما
Were not You who fed me and guided me?
And still, You give me generously and bless me
عسى من له الإحسان يغفر زلتي......ويستر أوزاري وما قد تقدما
May You, to Whom my charity belongs, forgive me my faults,
Pardon my sins and what came before.
this poem was performed by Mohammed Aubaid in an amazing nasheed called: Ilayka (to you)
مَن يَهُن يَسهُل الهَوان عليه *** ما لِجُرح بميتٍ إيلامُ
Whoever accustoms himself to degradation, degradation accustoms to him
Indeed, there is no pain for the corpse when it is wounded
- Here al-Mutanabbi likens the person who is passive to humiliation & degradation (i.e. is weak and does nothing to defend and protect himself etc) to a dead person - a wound does not further harm a corpse just like verbal abuse and humiliation does nothing to such a weak person.
إذا شئت أن تحيا غنيا فلا تكن *** على حالةٍ إلا رضيت بدونها
If you wish to live richly then do not- get used to something but that you can live without it
And this one was by Abu Bakr, I'm not really sure if he said this at the time of the Prophet's illness or if the beloved was someone else. Maybe some one can clarify.
مرض الحبيب فعدته *** فمرضت من حذري عليه
فأتى الحبيب يعودني *** فبرئت من نظري إليه
My beloved was ill, so visited him- and fearing for his sake i became ill
so my beloved came to visit me- and looking at him healed me (?)
كلما أدبني الدهر *** أراني نقص عقلي
وإذا ما ازددت علما *** زادني علما بجهلي
as time disciplines me- it shows me what i lack in brains (reasoning)
and if i don't increase in knowledge- [time] continues to teach me through my ignorance (?)
يا رب إن عظمت ذنوبي كثرة*** فلقد علمت بأن عفوك أعظم
أدعوك ربي كما أمرت تضرعاً*** فإذا رددت يدي فمن ذا يرحم
إن كان لا يرجوك إلا محسن***فمن الذي يرجو المسيء المجرم
مالي إليك وسيلة إلا الرجا*** وجميل عفوك ثم أني مسلم-
-Oh my lord if my sins are great in multitude, then I know your forgiveness is greater
I call on you lord as you have commanded in humility, so if you reject my hand who will have mercy on me?
If only the righteous have hope in you, then in whom should the transgressing criminals hope in?
I have no path to you except hope, and your beautiful forgiveness, and that I am a Muslim.
-Four verses found under Abu Nuwas' pillow when he died..
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i think it was from one of the other forums i go on, but its by Ash-Shafi3y i think
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