Category Archives: Poems

If you hadn’t…

Posted on June 6, 2013 by

If you hadn’t made me strong my Lord, I would not have been able to resist If you hadn’t made me just my Lord, I would not have been able to stand-up If you hadn’t made me kind my Lord, … Continue reading →

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Recitation, a new poem

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Assalamu alaikum, peace to all! The Quran is a phenomenal book. It has about 50 titles, most of which I don’t know. One, the better known is ‘Furqan’, meaning roughly, ‘criterion’, i.e., a way to distinguish between right and wrong. … Continue reading →

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O’ Moon

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

There is a beautiful moon outside and the night is clear and still. These nights of the full moon of rabiul awwal…the time of the birth of the beloved, the final messenger Muhammed, upon whom be peace and salutations, what … Continue reading →

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‘What a Nourisher’ from Rumi’s Mathnawi

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

Peace be with you all, It is a beautiful morning here in Vancouver. MashaAllah it snowed last night (we have had hardly any snow this winter) and the earth covered in its white mantle suddenly seems a different place. How … Continue reading →

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Muslim ‘haiku’ :-)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

I forgot Thee my Lord, and for a moment thought of this world. So then I lost myself. -JoyManifest blog (c) 2012.

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Trust

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Assalamu alaikum, peace be with you! It has been a long long while since I last wrote. I have been on a journey, not just external but also internal as many life events took their toll. But this joy that … Continue reading →

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‘sabran jameelan’

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

It has been too long since I last wrote. I have been traveling, resting, absorbing, healing, wondering….Alhamdulillah! Being quiet as I try to come to grasp with life’s changes. Allah knows best and in this I have peace, and again, … Continue reading →

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Post Ramadan

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Mourning the passing the month of mercy, Sad, my sun has set taking with it that divine light that illumined each heart Made us good Despite ourselves. The light exists yet you know It is there, somewhere deep inside, speaks … Continue reading →

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Ramadan rhymes -2

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Now adjusted to the fast Yet tired, the body has lost weight and is lite Uncluttered body Now able to see, what it is to behold God, even a glimpse caught through long nights of prayer Ramadan nights Are passing, … Continue reading →

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Ramadan rhymes

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Simple rhymes to share this beautiful time of dawn…Assalamu alaikum warahmatullah *** Subhahanallahi wabihamdihi Words that fill the scales Said my beloved prophet Who I long to meet…inshAllah soon It will be. On that great day When my scale I … Continue reading →

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