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[imagebrowser id=10] Mawlid an-Nabi The arrival of Rabi’ul Awal marks a month of wondrous celebrations all around the world as Muslims celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (S). From amidst the modern cityscape of Malaysia to the traditional settings of Kenya, Muslim men and women, adults and children alike parade in the streets or […]

There was a time in my youth, When Islam was only a custom. They said “say La IIaha IIIa Allah,.. And pray, you’ll go to Heaven.” Ah, how simple, no struggle in this, Just a word, and simple act. Thereafter I’m absorbed in this world again, With my ‘assured’ place in Paradise intact. But this […]

Goes and comes back, the season’s springs; Wilting flowers away as sunlight eventually recedes. But glad tidings – there exists an everlasting spring that never depletes; That the Lord of springs has sent as mercy to the worlds. It is the Prophetic Spring; it is an everlasting spring In the fertile hearts of the Believer; […]

Audio track: Qasidah Bushra Lana Bushra lana nilnal-muna, zalal-‘ana wafal-hana Wad-dahru anjaza wa’dahu, wal-bishru adha mu’lana   Glad tidings for us, we have attained our highest wish troubles have ceased, and well-being has come. Destiny (or: history) has delivered what was promised, and joy has become manifest everywhere.   Ya nafsu tibi bil-liqa, ya ‘ainu qarriya […]

Audio track: Qasidah Ya Imam al-Rusli   Ya imam al rusli ya sanadi, Anta babullahi mu’tamadi Fabidun yahya wa aa-khirati ya Rasullulah hihud biyadee O leader of all Prophets, o you my Support, You are the door to Allah, the one on whom I rely. In this my dunya and in my afterlife, O Messenger of […]

  Tholama asyku ghoromi yaa nurol wujud wa unadi ya tihaami yaa ma’dinal juud For so long I have complained of my loneliness Oh light of existence, light of Allah… I mention, I call you, oh, Noble Mecca, Source of excellence and sublimity… Mun-yati aqshol maromi ahzho bissyuhud wa aro baabas salami yaa azkal judud […]

    Mawla ya salli wa sallim daa’iman abadann ‘Ala habeebika khayril khalqi kullihimi O Allah, send prayers and peace always and forever Upon Your beloved (pbuh), the best from all creations Muhammadun sayyidul kawnayni wath-thaqalayn Wal fareeqayni min ‘urbiw-wa min ‘ajami Muhammad is the leader of the two worlds and the two beings (men […]