Ahad!
Rewritten by Azuan Ahmad
Why shed these tears of sorrow?
Why waste this weep of grief?
Ya akhi how soon you forget,
After trials come sweet relief.
Why turn you from Ar-Rahman?
Why yearn for a listening friend?
Ya akhi, do you not remember,
On ALLAH, you must depend?
Read you not those stories,
of the trials in days gone by,
Of the Sahabah beloved by Nabi,
Who for Allah’s cause did strive?
Why loosen your hold upon Him?
Why fling away, His outstretched Hand?
Ya akhi, do you not remember,
Bilal’s patience on the blazing sand?
"Ahad! Ahad!" He cried,
While his flesh dripped and burned..
"Ahad! Ahad!" He cried,
To Allah alone he turned.
Forget you the firmness of Hamza,
As the gleaming swords did fall?
With patience he turned to Allah,
as the Quraish did slice and maul.
Why drown in salty teardrops?
How can you dare compare your pain?
To that of Yasir and Summayah,
As the lay tortured on the scorching plane?
Forget you the charring of Khabbab,
As on burning coals he lay?
Ya akhi how meager your suffering,
Wherefore do you lose your way?
Why continue to mumble and grumble,
As if your life is at stake?
Like what happened to Mashitah
Had to defend her faith for sake.
Forget you the dreadful people of Yathrib?
Rained Muhammad with sticks and stones,
Yet, His unloosing spirit endured,
Still them he did forgive and condone.
Why befriend you not Al-Wali?
Why not in Salat to Him complain?
Like Ayub who only to Allah,
Turned in all his grief and pain?
Forget you those trials in this life,
Cleanse your heart and make it clean?
Ya akhi, why all this sadness?
Do you not wish your heart to gleam?
Be patient in all your hardships,
Allah hears your cries of woe.
So trust Him and in His hikma,
For He knows best that you not do.
So tighten your hold upon Him,
Lest He withdraw His outstretched Hand!
And remember the example of Bilal,
As he lay anchored on the blazing sand.
"Ahad! Ahad!" he cried,
While his flesh dripped and burned.
"Ahad! Ahad!" he cried,
To Allah alone he turned.
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