فرشي التراب

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Farshi Al Turab - Dust is my bed

فرشي التراب

Meshary Al arada’s 'farshi al turab'





فرشي التراب يضمني وهو غطائي

حولي الرمال تلفني بل من ورائي

واللحد يحكي ظلمة فيها ابتلائي

والنور خط كتابه أنسى لقائي

والأهل اين حنانهم باعوا وفائي

والصحب اين جموعهم تركوا اخائي

والمال اين هناءه صار ورائي

والاسم اين بريقه بين الثناءِ

هذي نهاية حالي فرشي الترابِ

والحب ودّع شوقه وبكى رثائي

والدمع جف مسيره بعد البكاء

والكون ضاق بوسعه ضاقت فضائي

فاللحد صار بجثتي أرضي سمائي

هذي نهاية حالي فرشي الترابِ

والخوف يملأ غربتي والحزن دائي

أرجو الثبات وإنه قسما دوائي

والرب أدعو مخلصا أنت رجائي

أبغي إلهي جنة فيها هنائي


Dust is my bed, embraces me
and it’s my cover now.

The sand surrounds me
even behind my back.

And the grave tells a dankness
of my affliction.

And the brightness draws a line……

Where is my family’s love?
They sold my loyalty!

And where is my group of friends?
They left my brotherhood!

Where is the bliss of money?
It’s behind my back now

And my name (reputation)
where is it shine between praises
This is my end and this is my bed

And love farewells its longing
nd my elegizing cried

And the tears went dry after crying

And the universe became narrow
and so is my space

And the grave became my ground and sky
This is my end and this is my bed

Fear fills my estrangement
and sadness is my illness

I expect firmness
and I swear it’s my cure

And for Allah i pray faithfully,
you are my hope.

Allah!
I desire heaven, to find bliss in it

And for Allah i pray faithfully,
you are my hope

Allah!
I desire heaven, to find bliss in it.

[alhamdulilLAH, the song and lyric was compiled by Mutma'inaa - 06/04/2005 - http://www.geocities.com/mutmainaa/index1.html]

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Bintu Yusof:

BismilLAH,alhamdulilLAH, wassolatu wassalamu
'ala RasulilLAH s.a.w.

Assalamu'alaykum warahmatulLAHI Ta'ala
wabarokatuh,

All praise is due to ALLAH Subahanu wa Ta'ala,
the ONE who created every humans with a will to survive
and a mind to understand. We are the creatures who
agreed to accept the burden of consciousness and
self-awareness.

We have chosen to be the ones to be granted the ability
to reason and choose the course of our actions. ALLAH Subahanahu wa Ta'ala, the EXALTED, did not force
us to be self-aware. Indeed he offered this blessings and
burden to the rest of creation first. There were no takers.
This is a might responsibility which rests upon
our shoulders.





Syukran LilLAHI TA’ALA,
Greatest thanks to ALLAH Subahanahu wa Ta’ala
for destining me to come across our sister of ISLAM's website
who nicknamed herself as Sis. Mutma'inaa. MasyaALLAH,
dear sister, what a great work, alhamdulilLAH, indeed your
endless effort in compiling all sorts and medium of information
in flourishing ISLAM, touches my heart.

May ALLAH reward you and your family sincerity towards
spreading the word of ISLAM to the World, insyaALLAH,
ameen. InsyaALLAH, it would be very beneficial for everyone
towards appreciating the beauty of ISLAM.



And not forgetting Bro.Yahiya Emerick,
the writer of "What ISLAM is all about", masyaALLAH,
your master piece of writing alhamdulilLAH, does help me a lot in deepening my understanding of ISLAM esp in the interest of futhering Qur'anic and ISLAMIC literacy. AlhamdulilLAH, biiznilLAH,
the format, style and presentation of the content might be beneficial for
me as a teacher-to-be to my students and my future family:
Muslim generation; ones who would carry the torch of
ISLAM in the future and bring back glorius victory to ISLAM, insyaALLAH, ameen. May ALLAH bless your humble effort, insyaALLAH.





Dear Brothers and Sisters of ISLAM,
let’s hope and pray for the mercy and reward of our LORD, ALLAH Subahanahu wa Ta’ala. May HE protect us from the punishment
of the grave and the trials of the Day of Judgement. If we do not
pass the spirit of ISLAM to our next generation, who will?
Think long and ponder over why you are alive and how soon you will die. InsyaALLAH, we will all have lives that are useful in the Cause
of ALLAH Subahanahu wa Ta’ala. Ameen.

Saamih ni ‘ala kulli hal,
May ALLAH Subahanu wa Ta’ala bestows HIS ‘tawfiq’ and ‘hidayah’ to each and everyone of us, insyaALLAH, ameen.

Wassalamu bilkhair ajma’in.

al faqiirah ila ROBBIha,
Bintu Yusof,
15 Jumada al Akhirah 1427H
TRC, Downtown, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.

:: The QURAN: Treat it with RESPECT. ::

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The QURAN: Treat it with RESPECT.





Assalamu’alaykum warahmatulLAHI Ta’ala wabarakatuh,

Dedicated to my Brothers and Sisters of ISLAM for all their courage and support toward ISLAM.

BismilLAH..

Selected Sayings about the QURAN.




1. Umar ibn al Khattab reported that the Messenger of ALLAH (p.b.u.h.) said,

“ALLAH will raise some people up with this book and bring down others”

(Muslim)





2. Abu Musa reported that the Messenger of ALLAH (p.b.u.h.) said,

“The example of the believer who reads the Quran is of a citrus fruit whose smell is nice and taste good. The example of the believer who does not read the Quran is that of a fresh date which has no scent but whose taste is still sweet. The example of the hypocrite who does not read the Quran is like a basil leaf which has not smell and whose taste is bitter. The example of the hypocrite who reads the Quran is that of a fragrant flower which has a nice smell but whose taste is terrible.”

(Agreed: i.e. this hadith is in all main collections.)





3. A’isyah r.a. reported that the Messenger of ALLAH (p.b.u.h.) said,

“A person who has expert knowledge of the Quran will be with the honorable writers (angels), and the one who reads the Quran and struggles with it in difficulty will get twice the reward.”

(Agreed)





Bintu Yusof:
AlhamdullilLAH..all praise is due to ALLAH, dear Brothers and Sisters of ISLAM whom I nicknamed as B.A.S.I.S.,

Note:
I have chosen to insert this sign: (p.b.u.h.) to indicate “peace be upon him”. A saying of the Blessed Prophet states that when we hear his name, we should wish peace be upon him.

Akhirul kalam..



May ALLAH Subahanahu wa Ta’ala grant us best in this short life of ours, and may HE grant us the best in Paradise. And may ALLAH grant glorious victory and peace to the UMMAH! InsyaALLAH, amen.

Ismihni ‘ala kulli hal (Please forgive me for everything and anything.)

BarakalLAHUlakunna (May ALLAH bless us all!)




Wassalamu’alaykum warahmatulLAHI wabarakatuh.


A humble servant of ALLAH Ta’ala,
Bintu Yusof,
14 Jumada al Akhirah 1427H (Mon)
TRC, Downtown, Auckland, NZ.

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p/s:Source of reference: "What ISLAM is all about" by Yahya J.A. Emerick; The ISLAMIC ARTS SERIES, produced in association with The ISLAMIC Foundation of North America.