SOME TIME SPENT WITH MY MOST MERCIFUL GOD

O my most loving God Allah

I am ever grateful to Thee

For blessing me

With a caring mother

And children three.



O my most loving God Allah

Extremely in debt am I

In comparison to the favours

Conferred on me by Thee:

Blessing me with the best friend

A man can have in this selfish world

Yes, I thank thee O my loving God

For giving me a friend like Shazi*.



O my most and loving Allah

I shed tears of thankfulness when

I think of your latest mercy

Bestowed on a rainy day by Thee

In the form of a loving soul

Whose name will I keep a mystery

From all others who do know me

Satisfied deep inside am I

That only You sent her to me

So let her remain a mystery...



O my loving God Allah

You have given me all I sought

In prayer with a sincere heart

Kept me unbeaten in my trade

And let none ever vanquish me

For all these long years did Thee

Kept me as I wished to be

The champion of prose and poetry.



O my loving God Allah

I pray yet once more most humbly

To be generous with Your mercy

And grant her me who truly loves me

Not just in heart, mind and soul

But fully and totally, eternally.

You O my most merciful loving God

Please always be with me

And not for a moment forsake me

Make my mother's life a happy one

And bless her with a long long life to come

And health and fulfilment wholesome.

And even to my children three

Grant the best of what the best can be

And make them live successful lives

Carefree may they always be

And enjoy their joys independently.



O my most merciful God

Your mercy has no end or depth

Nor does your love and care for us

So one more time do I bessech thee

To be even more merciful and lovingly kind

And forgive us whatever our sins might be.

And with Your most forgiving love

Save me and my loved ones from perdition

And the hell of damnation

For this attribute is Your great mercy

Loving grace, pardon and bounty.

This prayer O my most merciful God

Is for me and my family

And the who truly loves me

And a friend whose nickname is Shazi.



And before I beg my leave of Thee

This too I pray for O my Lord God

Let not Your enemies walk freely

Spreading evil and bigotry

Slandering the Prophet and His family.

O my most kind and loving God

Sin can vanish only when sinners

Are wiped out from this lovely earth.

So it has been told in Your holy books

How Your angels descend with wrath from Thee

So be it so again my Lord God

Destroy all those who hate and ridicule

Muhammad*, Your Messenger of mercy.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

*SHAZI: MY BEST AND TIME-TESTED FRIEND FOR MORE THAN 3O YEARS.
*MUHAMMAD: PROPHET MUHAMMAD OF ISLAM.
* THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN WHO IS MY BELOVED: LET HER REMAIN A MYSTERY FOR SOME MORE IIME.

COMPOSED AND POSTED ON JUNE THE 2ND, 2010. IN THIS POEM I HAVE VENTED OUT MY FEELINGS IN THE FORM OF A RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE WITH MY GOD ALMIGHTY WHOM WE MUSLIMS CALL ALLAH. I HAVE THANKED HIM FOR BLESSING ME IN SO MANY WAYS AND HAVE PRAYED FOR WIPING OUT SIN AND SINNERS FROM THIS LOVELY PLANET OF OURS.

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