from the works of abul Otahia...

[Ummu Sufyaan]

...rahiallahullah...

im not too sure who exactly this man was, but i do know that he's done some brilliant poetry (in arabic)...

anyway, these extracts from his poems are ones which i feel are brilliant.

ill add more in time, inshallah...let me know if they dont make sense, i translted them myself :hiding:


From tape one (there're about 5 tapes...as far as i know):
Tape 1

أن كان لا يغنيك ما يكفيك*** فكلما في الأرض ما يغنيك
If what you possess is not sufficient for you***then everything on earth will not be sufficient for you.


يا طالب الدنيا, بالدنيا الهمة***أين طلبت الله كان ثم
O seeker of the Dunya, in the Dunya are the worries*** wherever you seek Allah, He is there.


لم تصلح الناس وأنت فاسد
The people will not become righteous whilst you are corrupt.


للنسان طبيعتان***خير وشر وهما ضدان
For man, is two habits*** good and evil, and they are both contrary (to one another).


ان الشقي للشقي خائن
Verily the wrenched (one) to the wrenched (one), is a betrayer (i.e the blind lead the blind).


كم من شدة بعدها رخاء
How many of hardships has there been after it ease.


يا دنيا يدنيا يا دار الفتن***يادار يا دار الهموم والحزن
O Dunya, O Dunya, O place of trials*** O place, O place of worries and grief


كل خير تبع للعقل***وكل شر تبع للجهل
Every good is a result of a (sound) intellect***And every evil is the result of ignorance


they sound so much better in arabic :-[

 

[Na7lah]

أن كان لا يغنيك ما يكفيك*** فكلما في الأرض ما يغنيك
If what you possess is not sufficient for you, then everything on earth will not be sufficient for you.

:thumbs_up

يا طالب الدنيا, بالدنيا الهمة***أين طلبت الله كان ثم
O seeker of the Dunya, in the Dunya are the worries, wherever you seek Allah, He is there.

Al-Hamm? or is it right like that? :-[

لم تصلح الناس وأنت فاسد
The people will not become righteous whilst you are corrupt.

nice mashallah :thumbs_up

للنسان طبعتان***خير وشر وهما ضدان
For man, is two habits: good and evil, and they are contrary.

really true, but doesn't it hav a " yaa' " ? Dabee3ataan? طبيعتان

يا دنيا يدنيا يا دار الفتن***يادار يا دار الهموم والحزن
O Dunya, O Dunya, O place of trials. O place, O place of worries and grief

i love this one oh:

they sound so much better in arabic :-[

thats cuz they were orginally in arabic but u did good with the translation :thumbs_up

 

[Ummu Sufyaan]

Al-Hamm? or is it right like that? :-[

nah now that you mention it, i think ive misunderstood...i think himmah means enthusiaism (as used in the poem), right...so ive mistranslated it lol :-[

its menno be
O seeker of the Dunya, in the Dunya is the enthusiasm wherever you seek Allah, He is there.
so i think what he means is that you only live once and thats this dunya...

really true, but doesn't it hav a " yaa' " ? Dabee3ataan? طبيعتان

jazakiallahu khair

thats cuz they were orginally in arabic but u did good with the translation

lol...jazakiallahu khair :exhausted

 

[Na7lah]

wa iyaaki ^ sorry haven't gotten around to translating that email 4 ya, will do it this weekend inshallah