“…from the milk of battles, I was breastfed”

Antarah Ibn Shaddād

- By ‘Antarah Ibn Shaddād al-’Absī “I was silent, so my enemies were deceived by my silence. And they thought I had forgotten my people. How could I ever sleep over great leaders, Whose blessings I was raised from. If the steeds of the enemies encircle them, And I am called, I answer, whenever I […]

“Don’t be proud my sultan, Allah is greater than you…”

Don't be arrogant my sultan, Allah is greater than you

- By Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca On my way to mosque, in full pageant, My grandeur makes the roads go through. My slaves invite my body to life: “Don’t be proud, my Sultan, Allah is greater than you…” I scatter time like pieces of gold, Young and old get their due. The voices of rivers and birds escort […]

Lights and Delights

Lights and Delights

- By Abdulla ibn Adam Is there anything as deceiving as this world? Nights and lights delighting our sight, Dreaming lights in an empty night, Hopes dragging to the treacherous lights, Lusty souls are taken for a ride, Till they meet their Day…..at a surprise.

My aspiration in this world…

Ibn Hazm

- By Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi My aspiration in this world is to put forth knowledge, And to spread it openly in every town and village; Being one who is calling to the Qur’an and Sunnah, That, in their gatherings, the men have forgotten; And, as a Mujahid, on the farthest frontlines to stay, If I […]

I Am Kashmir

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- By San’aa Sultan I am Kashmir, I am under curfew, My children – encaged, The soil of my earth, Is slowly staining crimson, The rivers of my valleys – turning red. I am Kashmir, Nobody remembers me, I am slowly starving, No medicine, no food – no aid, I cannot leave my home, With the […]

Change – a poem

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- By Bismillah Sahar The spring of change needs blood to rain down, It requires the irrigation of the gardens with blood. Valuing the blood of the people of the past Requires the price of human blood. Each drop of it has become a Nile of the dawn’s blood; The Pharaohs want to fill the […]

america

american-oppression

- By Laila Yaghi Let it be documented in history Every shameful act Every bit of racism That America has Let every eye that cried And every tear that dropped Be documented on your shameful pages Let every sigh of oppression Every exhale of depression That America caused Mingle with high winds And twirl around […]

Sign this petition to help your brother in Islam, Babar Ahmad

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The Free Babar Ahmad campaign are urging all UK supporters to sign this petition to the British government to place Babar on trial in the UK . They need 100,000 signatures before 10 November 2011 for the issue to become eligible for parliamentary debate. Seven Years in Captivity by Babar Ahmad Seven years ago this […]

The Martyr

I will carry my soul in my hand, And throw it in the valleys of death. It is either a life that makes a friend happy, Or a death that makes an enemy angry. The noble man’s soul has two goals, To die or to achieve its dreams. What is life if I don’t live, […]

A Poem for Fatima – Massacre at Sabra and Shatila…

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They came in through the roof They closed the doors and windows They stuffed a fistful of sand into her mouth and nostrils, Fatima. Their hands ripped her stomach blood pooled they urinated on her face. Fatima took the statue’s hand and walked lightly between the trees and the sleeping children. She reached the sea […]

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