Zheng He (1371-1433)

Zheng helped transform China into the superpower of his time.He led a fleet of 30,000 men on board 300 ships to the American continent in the 15th century to expand China's influence during the Ming dynasty. Zheng drew up maps later used by Columbus to reach America in 1492 while searching for a new route to India.
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan also sailed with the help of Chinese-drawn maps in the 16th century. He was a Muslim eunuch who served as a close confidant of the Yongle Emperor of China (reigned 1403–1424), the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Originally named Ma Sanbao (馬 三保), he came from Yunnan province. He belonged to the Semur or Semu caste who practiced Islam. He was the sixth generation descendant of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar, a famous Yuan governor of the Yunnan Province from Bukhara in modern day Uzbekistan. His family name "Ma" came from Shams al-Din's fifth son Masuh. Both his father Mir Tekin and grandfather Charameddin had travelled on pilgrimage to Mecca, and no doubt he heard them recounting tales of travels to far away lands. After the Ming army conquered Yunnan, he was taken captive, and castrated, thus becoming a eunuch. The name Zheng He was given by the emperor. He studied at Nanjing Taixue (The Imperial Central College). His missions showed impressive demonstrations of organizational capability and technological might, but did not lead to significant trade

The Prophets Methods for Correcting Peoples Mistakes by Sh. Al-Munajjed

• Sincerity towards Allah
• Making mistakes is part of human nature.
• Saying that someone is wrong should be based on shar'i evidence and proper understanding, not on ignorance and that fact that one happens not to like it
• The more serious a mistake is, the more effort should be made to correct it.
• Taking into account the position of the person who is striving to correct the mistake
• Making a distinction between one who errs out of ignorance and one who errs despite his knowledge
• Making a distinction between mistakes stemming from an honest effort to find out what is right (ijtihaad), and mistakes done deliberately, out of negligence or because of shortcomings
• A good intention on the part of the one who makes the mistake does not mean that he should not be rebuked
• Being fair and not being biased when correcting those who make mistakes.
• Being careful lest correcting one mistake leads to a bigger mistake.
• Understanding the human nature from which the mistake sprang.
• Making a distinction between mistakes that transgress the limits of Islam and mistakes that only affect other people.
• Making a distinction between major mistakes and minor mistakes, just as Islam makes a distinction between major sins (kabaa’ir) and minor sins (saghaa’ir).
• Making a distinction between a person who has a track record of many good deeds, which will more or less cancel out the significance of his mistake, and a sinner who transgresses against himself (by doing evil deeds).
• Making a distinction between the one who makes mistakes repeatedly and the one who is making a mistake for the first time.
• Making a distinction between the one who frequently makes mistakes and the one who rarely does so.
• Making a distinction between the one who makes mistakes openly and blatantly, and one who tries to cover up his mistakes.
• Paying attention to cases where a person’s adherence to Islam may not be strong and his heart needs to be opened to the religion, so we should not be too harsh with him.
• Taking into account a person’s situation as regards status and authority.
• Rebuking a youngster who makes a mistake should be done in a manner appropriate to the child’s age.
• Not occupying oneself with putting the symptoms right whilst neglecting to deal with the cause of the mistake.
• Not exaggerating about the mistake.
• Not going to extremes to prove the mistake happened or trying to force an admission of guilt from the one who made the mistake.
• Allowing enough time for correcting the mistake, especially in the case of one who has been accustomed to doing it for a long time, whilst still following up the matter and continuing to advise and correct.
• Not making the one who makes the mistake feel like an enemy, because the aim is to win people over, not score points against them.

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Quotes

"Say, No importance would your Sustainer attach to you were it not for your supplication"
"Call on Me; I shall answer you".
"If I had not wanted to give, I would not have given wanting."
Make manifest your thankfulness for what you must conceal.
God is always there for us, but never on our terms.
Despair of self is the door into religion; despair of God is the door out of it.
Be attached to God, not to the fruits of your actions.
Who is better: the one who is all fitra and no fiqh, or the one who is all fiqh and no fitra?
Today the rigidity that comes from the spirit and not from the ego is rare indeed.
Islam is mainly threatened by those who mainly say that Islam is threatened.
Some want to serve, others to deserve.
The West is crepuscular - it only advances because the East recedes.
Loyalty is simple: it is to the oppressed.
The fight against suffering in this world that takes no account of the next world can only yield a suffering that is greater still.
Male and female cannot be equal, for they are mutually superior.
The Koran is prism or it is prison.

The Islamic Naming System

an excerpt from Tafseer Soorah Al-Hujuraat A Commentary on the 49th Chapter of The Qur'aan by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips)

The second aspect of mutual acquaintance refers to man's division into tribes and clans wherein family ties are established. These ties define the boundaries of marriage and incest, delineate family obligations and protect weaker members of society by inheritance. Consequently, Islaam places great emphasis on the clear identification of family relationships. The Prophet (S) himself said, "Learn enough about your lineages to know your blood relatives and treat them accordingly." (at-Tirmidhee and authenticated by al-Albaanee) That is, family lines should be known well enough to prevent marriages within the forbidden degrees and to determine blood and family obligations.

Although it is the duty of the Islamic state to take care of its citizens, the primary responsibility lies first and foremost on family members. Therefore, according to Islamic law, blood relationships should be clearly defined and any tampering with them is strictly forbidden. This is clearly stressed in the Islamic naming system in which each name and its sequence implies a specific genealogical relationship. For example, the name Khaalid ibn 'Abdullaah ibn Zakee al-Harbee, which in present times is written Khaalid 'Abdullaah Zakee al-Harbee, means Khaalid the son of 'Abdullaah, the son of Zakee, from the tribe of Harb. This system of naming people after their fathers and forefathers has appeared in most cultures. Even in English, George, the son of John in time became George, John's son and eventually became George Johnson. In pre-Islaamic times, the Arabs used to change the lineage of their adopted sons to their own lineage and this practice also occurred during the early stages of Muhammad's prophethood (S). However, Allaah forbade it during the Madeenan stage of prophethood in which the majority of the religious, social and economic laws of Islaam were revealed. Ibn 'Umar reported that after the Prophet (S) freed Zayd ibn Haarithah and adopted him, people used to refer to him as Zayd ibn Muhammad until the verse, "Call them by their father's names, it is more just to Allaah," (33:5) was revealed (Bukhaaree, Muslim, and Abu Daawood). Once this principle became part of the divine law, the Prophet (S) was instructed to further emphasize it by a series of warnings. For example, on one occasion he said, "He who knowingly attributed his fatherhood to someone other than his real father will be excluded from paradise." (Bukhaaree, Muslim, and Abu Daawood) Abu Dharr also related that he heard the Prophet (S) say, "He who deliberately lets himself be called the son of someone other than his father is guilty of disbelief (Kufr)." (Bukhaaree, Muslim, and Abu Daawood) Thus, the Arabic system of naming people according to their fathers' names which was endorsed by the Prophet (S) and approved of by Allaah is considered the Islamic naming system. Islamic law is comprehensive. It regulates all aspects of human life in order to establish a social system in which human welfare is looked after and the worship of God is enshrined. Consequently, although some facets of the Islamic naming system may be more important than others, none are so irrelevant or unimportant that whether it is done or not makes no difference. The fact that European colonialism has managed to corrupt the application of the Islamic naming system especially among non-Arab Muslims does not in any way alter its validity. By colonial times the western naming system had degenerated into a meaningless jumble of names followed by a family name. Influenced by the Greco-Roman culture in which women were considered to be the property of men, western society erased a woman's family name upon marriage and replaced it by that of her husband. In the Islamic system she retains her father's name as it indicates her true lineage. However, both of these degenerative Western trends have been widely adopted in Muslim lands along with other un-Islaamic cultural trappings of European colonialism. New Muslims, unaware of the Islamic naming system, often adopt Arabic names in the chaotic European style. In fact, those of African descent often erase even their family names on the basis that these names are remnants from the days of slavery. That is, those of their ancestors who were slaves usually adopted the family name of their slave masters and it was the slave masters' name which was handed down from generation to generation. Hence, an individual who may have been called Clive Baron Williams while his father's name was George Herbert Williams may, upon entering Islaam, rename himself Faisal 'Umar Nkruma Mahdi. However, his name according to the Islamic naming system should have been Faisal George Williams, that is, Faisal the son of George Williams. Whether "Williams" was the name of his ancestors' plantation owner or not is of no consequence. Since his father's name was George Williams, he is, according to the Islamic naming system, the son of George Williams. That much of his father's name is necessary to determine who his relatives are in order to avoid incestuous marriages, discharge inheritance rights and fulfill general responsibilities to blood relations.

This becomes especially important in the West where premarital and extra-marital relations are common leading to generations of illegitimate inter-related children. Consequently, when some of these half-brothers and sisters enter Islaam under different assumed family names, there exists a very real possibility that some of them may unintentionally contract incestuous marriages. The practice among new Muslims of deleting their family names has frequently created deep resentment among their non-Muslim families which could have been easily avoided if the Islamic naming system had been adopted. Actually, the new Muslim is under no obligation to change even his or her "Christian name" unless it contains an un-Islamic meaning. Thus, the given name Clive, which means cliff-dweller need not have been changed whereas "Dennis" (Fr. Denys), a variation of Dionysius which means He of Dionysus (the Greek god of wine and fertility who was worshipped with orgiastic rites) would have to be changed. Similarly, female names like Lois, which means desirable, or Ann or its diminutive forms Annie and Nancy which mean grace, need not be changed while names like Ingrid, which means daughter of Ing (a god in Germanic mythology), or Laverne, taken from the name of the Roman goddess of spring and grain, would also have to be changed. However, it is perfectly acceptable for a Muslim, whether a recent convert or not, to change his or her first name. It was the Prophet's practice to change peoples first names if they were too assuming, negative or un-Islaamic. One of the Prophet's wives was originally named Barrah (pious) and he changed it to Zaynab (Bukhaaree, Muslim, and Abu Daawood) as Allaah had said in the Qur'aan, "Do not claim piety for yourselves for He knows best who is God-fearing."(53:32) Ibn 'Abbaas reported that another of the Prophet's wives was also named Barrah and he changed it to Juwayreeyah (Muslim). Ibn 'Umar reported that his father, 'Umar, had a daughter named 'Aasiyah (disobedient) whom the Prophet (S) renamed Jameelah (beautiful) (reported by Muslim). Jaabir ibn 'Abdullaah reported that the Prophet (S) decided to forbid names like Ya'laa (elevated), Barakah (blessing), Aflah (successful), Yasaar (wealth) and Naafi' (beneficial) (Reported by Muslim).

However, Allaah's messenger (S) never changed the names of people's fathers, no matter how un-Islaamic they may have been. For example, when the Sahaabee 'Abdu Shams ibn Sakhr accepted Islaam, the Prophet (S) cancelled his given name, Abdu Shams (slave of a sun) and renamed him "Abdur-Rahman" ibn Sakhr (al-Asqalaanee). His father's name, Sakhr (rock), was left untouched. Likewise, the Sahaabee, Abu Salamah's name was changed to 'Abdullaah ibn 'Abdul-Asad, leaving his father's name 'Abdul-Asad (slave of the lion) unchanged (Ibn al-Jawzee). Thus, it can be concluded that erasing one's family name is against both the letter and the spirit of Islamic law. The father's first and last name should be retained and if the father is unknown, the mother's first and last name should follow the Muslim's given or chosen name.

However, it should be noted, that there are other titles and descriptive names which may be added to either or both the beginning and the end of a person's actual name. According to the Islaamic naming system, prefixed names known as Kunyah consist of Abu (the father/owner of) in the case of males and Umm (the mother of) in the case of women followed by the name of the person's oldest child or male child, a child wished for or a trait the person is noted for. Some people became so well known by their Kunyahs that their actual names are almost forgotten. For example, among the Sahaabah: Abu Bakr ('Abdulla ibn 'Uthmaan), Abu Hurayrah (Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Sakhr) and Abu Laylaa (Bilaal al-Ansaaree); and among the legists: Abu Haneefah (Nu'maan ibn Thaabit). The suffixed titles are of two types, the Laqab, a descriptive trait, for example, Abu Bakr was titles by the Prophet (S) "as-Siddeeq" (the truthful) and 'Umar "al-Faarooq" (the discerner). The second type is known as Nisbah which refers to the place or tribe with which one is associated. For example, the Sahaabee, abu Dharr "al-Ghifaaree" (from the tribe of Ghifaar) and Hadeeth scholars such as al-Bukhaaree (Muhammad ibn Ismaa'eel) from the city of Bukhaaraa and at-Tirmidhee (Muhammad ibn 'Eesaa) from the city of Tirmidh. The Nisbah suffix may also refer to a profession.

Care should also be taken in naming girls, as the practice of giving girls two or three female names before the family name is a fairly recent western practice which is inconsistent with the Islamic naming system. For example, a girl named Asmaa Jameelah Zaynab 'Abdullaah whose father's name was Zayd 'Abdullaah should really be called Asmaa Zayd 'Abdullaah, that is, Asmaa the daughter of Zayd 'Abdullaah. This principle is due to the fact that a man's or woman's given name, according to the Islamic naming system should only be followed by the name of his or her mother if the father was unknown or the child was illegitimate and the parents were not married. Thus, the name Asmaa Jameelah Zaynab 'Abdullaah in the Islamic naming system means Asmaa was the illegitimate daughter of Jameelah and her mother Jameelah was also the illegitimate daughter of Zaynab, the daughter of 'Abdulla

Al-Maidah (The Repast):12

The Path to the Garden
"If you attend to your prayers, practise regular charity, believe in My messengers and support them and offer up to God a generous loan, I shall forgive you your sins and admit you into gardens through which running waters flow."

God does not give His blessings as a personal favour or a personal gift. This comes only after its conditions are fulfilled. This was true in this particular covenant God made with the Children of Israel.

The first condition was to attend to prayer. This is more than merely offering prayers. It means that prayers should become a manifestation of a true relationship between man and his Lord. Second was charitable payment, in recognition of God's favour for having given us what we have and by way of acknowledgement of the fact that whatever we may own actually belongs to God. The next condition was to believe in God's Messengers making no distinction between them. Every single one of them was sent by God to preach the same message.

In addition to zakat, giving generously to support God's cause is mentioned as a loan given to God. Since God has promised to return to man every penny that he spends in His way along with His reward, which will be several-fold, the Quran characterizes this spending as a loan to God.

To forgive someone's evil deeds signifies two things:

First, that if a man decides to follow the Straight Path and strives to follow God's directives in both thought and action his soul will be purged of many evils and his way of life will gradually become free of corruption.

Second, if, in spite of this reform, weaknesses still persist in a man's life he is assured that God will not punish him and will have his failing erased from his record.

Child

The names of Allah

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

Isn't Arabic Cool!

Relieving the Distress of Others

On the authority of Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) who said, "Whoever relieves a believer's distress (kurbah) of the distressful aspects of this world, Allah will rescue him from a difficulty of the difficulties of the Hereafter." [Muslim]

A Kurbah is that which distresses the soul and preoccupies the mind. In this world, many aspects can be described as kurbah. A person could face difficulties, problems and challenges almost every day in his life.

This hadith demonstrates the importance of fulfilling the needs of one's brother. This type of deed, with its great reward, is open to any Muslim. This is so because it can be accomplished by using one's knowledge, wealth or authority. It may be by simply advising him to what is best or guiding him to something good. It could also be by praying to Allah to help the other person and relieve his plight.

The word translated as "relieves" is actually naffasa. This means to lighten or relieve the burden. It comes from the expression, giving breath to one who is about to suffocate. It is as if one relaxes the suffocating person and opens a passage for him to breathe so that he is able to take a breath.

One can only imagine what society would be like - indeed, what the world would be like - if every Muslim would take this approach to life. The Muslim would go out in search of those who are in need and troubled because he knows that by helping them, he is actually helping himself and, Allah willing, saving himself from great hardship in the Hereafter.

Incidentally, according to al-Haitami, the mentioning of relieving a believer's stressful situation was simply for the purpose of honouring believers and emphasizing the importance of their good treatment. Otherwise, he says, the reward stated in this hadith applies to relieving a distressful situation of any human.

Source:
"Commentary on the Forty Hadith" - By Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo, pp. 1309-1316

Bangladesh bombings

Bangladesh bombings: the most sophisticated attack since 9/11
Richards, John. The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 25, 2005. pg. A15
.....International news organizations duly reported the Bangladesh bombings last week, but the story quickly faded. Bangladesh is an out-of-the-way country, and few care much about it. Maybe we should care about the fate of this desperately poor country of 150 million. Better to learn now than wake up to a major new front in the "clash of civilizations."

Niko

Report blames Niko for gas-well blowout: Bangladesh may seek compensation
Anonymous. The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 15, 2005. pg. B4

Facts that we never ponder...

- The average person has about 50 trillion cells

- From conception until birth a baby adds 15,000 cells per minute, each cell is more complex than the space shuttle.

- If you extracted all the DNA in your body it would fill 2 tablespoons full

- 1 persons DNA (from those 2 tablespoons) would stretch from the earth to the moon for 5 million round trips

- The chromosome is more complex than all of the computer programs written by man COMBINED

- If you typed out the code of DNA in your body - it would fill the grand canyon 40 times with books. In other words, the code written in one spoon of DNA is more than all the encyclopedia in the world combined.

Yet, with our limited knowledge we argue with our creator. We try to find out mistakes in His revelations.

Shouldn't we bow down with humility before it is too late? As the Almighty reminds us in Sura Al Asr......

By "the time!" verily, man is in loss! Save those who believe and do good works , and exhort one another with truth and exhort one another with patience.

Are you arrogant (when the question of "Submission to your creator" comes)? If you are, - as each second goes by, you are in loss. You know not, Allah knows.

FITRA

Fitra should be given as food according to majority of scholars. Unfortunately it is not the practice in Indo-Pak subcontinent. There is a difference in opinion to pay off Fitra in "money". But it is also allowed but not preferable.
Fitra calculation: One saa for one individual [even new born baby] in a family. One saa is equal to 4 mudd [one mudd is equal to the amount held by cupping the two hands together by an average built adult] It is measured by volume not by the weight.
Food items allowed for Fitra: [any of the following food]

Dates
Barley
Raisin
Cottage cheese

So money will be variable according to current market value and due to variability in selecting food item.
For example if you select Raisin [kishmish] then it will be higher than Barley, while both are valid. So $5, $6 and $10 are all valid. However, extra money will be considered as Sadaka.
In Canada Nisab for Zakat is $206.45. [calculated on 7th October 2002, price value of 21.605 oz Silver] So if you have money in your hand $207.00 at the end of a complete financial year, you are entitled as an "Al-Nisab Al-Malik". So you have to give zaka. Nisab is the term used to identify a person qualified for giving away Zakat.
Payment: There is nothing with Nisab. Whatever you have in hand in cash and wealth, you have to give Zaka at the rate of 2.5% [this means for every 40 dollar, one dollar is due]
Here is an example of calculating Zaka:

Gold 5.2 bori valued = 42,640 Taka
Silver = 0
Amount in Bank cheking account = 24,000 Taka
Fixed deposit [without interest] = 70,000 Taka
Bond = 7,500 Taka
Share = 5,000 Taka
Total amount is 1,49,140 Taka. [Zakat of 2.5% of this amount is due]

If there is debt about 45,000 Taka [this debt should be for basic livelihood purpose]
So his amount is [149140-45000] = 104,140 Taka 2.5% of these is 2603.50 Taka
Any ornament made of gold or silver is accountable for Zakat. [Stones embedded in an ornament are exempted from Zakat]
Zakat is an economic worship like Salah is physical worship, so for woman who owns ornaments, she has to pay her Zakat by herself. But her husband can pay on her behalf. Otherwise she has to sell her commodity for paying Zakat. There is no excuse of being a housewife. But husband can help. But it is not obligatory to husband to pay off zakat for wife. Punishment will be awarded to wife as an individual.

2:256 لاَ إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ

When Umar ruled the still expanding Muslim state he had a talented slave called Asbaq who reports: “Umar was my master and I was a Christian. He used to speak to me about Islam and call on me to become a Muslim. He also said to me: ‘If you become a Muslim, I will get you to help me to discharge the trust God has given me in looking after the Muslim community. It is not permissible for me to put you in a position of trust with regard to the Muslim community when you belong to a religion other than theirs.’ But I refused. He used to say: ‘Well! I will not compel you, as no compulsion is admissible in religion.’ Shortly before his death, he set me free and told me: “You can go wherever you wish.”
his freedom of belief is supported by another report in which Umar, the caliph, was willing to speak to an old woman about Islam, inviting her to accept it.

Aslam, Umar’s servant, reports that when he accompanied Umar on his trip to Syria, he once brought him water for his ablution. Umar said to him: “Where did you get this water. I have never used a finer and sweeter water, not even rain water.”

Aslam said: “I got it from the home of an old Christian woman.”

When he finished his ablution, he went to her and said: “Old lady! You may wish to become a Muslim, because God has sent Muhammad with the religion of the truth.”

She uncovered her head to reveal that she had gone totally gray, and said: “I am but an old woman who is awaiting her death.”

Umar said no more than: “My Lord! Be my witness.”

Nejd

The following tradition is from the Book of the Prayer of Rain of Sahih Al Bukhari. Narrated by Ibn' Umar :
The Prophet (SAW) said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen." People said, "Our Najd as well." The Prophet again said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen." They said again, "Our Najd as well." On that the Prophet said, "There will appear earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of Satan."
So you can always expect bad leaders rising from North of Saudi Arabia. False Prophets appeared after the death of our Prophet (SAW). Well-known among them were Musailama in Yamama; Tulaiha Asadi in Nejd; Laqait bin Malik in Oman; and Aswad Ansi in Yemen. Among those who killed Musailma was Wahshi, the negro slave who had killed Hamza, the uncle of the holy Prophet at Ohud. He had done this to win his freedom. Hind, the wife of Abu Sufyan, had promised to buy him his freedom if he slew Hamza. After the fall of Mecca, Wahshi became a Muslim. The Holy Prophet forgave him but said, "Please Wahshi, keep out of my sight. You remind me of my dear uncle."

The End

It was early in the morning at four,
When death knocked upon a bedroom door,

Who is there? The sleeping one cried.
I'm Malkul Mawt, let me inside.

At once, the man began to shiver,
As one sweating in deadly fever,

He shouted to his sleeping wife,
Don't let him take away my life.

Please go away, O Angel of Death!
Leave me alone; I'm not ready yet.

My family on me depends,
Give me a chance, O please prepense!

The angel knocked again and again,
Friend! I'll take your life without a pain,

Tis your soul Allah requires,
I come not with my own desire.

Bewildered, the man began to cry,
O Angel I'm so afraid to die,

I'll give you gold and be your slave,
Don't send me to the unlit grave.

Let me in, O Friend! The Angel said,
Open the door; get up from your bed,

If you do not allow me in,
I will walk through it, like a Jinn.

The man held a gun in his right hand,
Ready to defy the Angel's stand.

I'll point my gun, towards your head,
You dare come in; I'll shoot you dead.

By now the Angel was in the room,
Saying, O Friend! Prepare for you doom.

Foolish man, Angels never die,
Put down your gun and do not sigh.

Why are you afraid! Tell me O man,
To die according to Allah's plan?

Come smile at me, do not be grim,
Be Happy to return to Him.

O Angel! I bow my head in shame,
I had no time to take Allah's Name.

From morning till dusk, I made my wealth,
Not even caring for my health.

Allah's command I never obeyed,
Nor five times a day I ever prayed.

A Ramadan came and a Ramadan went,
But no time had I to repent.

The Hajj was already FARD on me,
But I would not part with my money.

All charities I did ignore,
Taking usury more and more.

Sometimes I sipped my favorite wine,
With flirting women I sat to dine.

O Angel! I appeal to you,
Spare my life for a year or two.

The Laws of Quran I will obey,
I'll begin SALAT this very day.

My Fast and Hajj, I will complete,
And keep away from self-conceit.

I will refrain from usury,
And give all my wealth to charity,

Wine and wenches I will detest,
Allah's oneness I will attest.

We Angels do what Allah demands,
We cannot go against His commands.

Death is ordained for everyone,
Father, mother, daughter or son.

I'm afraid this moment is your last,
Now be reminded, of your past,

I do understand your fears,
But it is now too late for tears.

You lived in this world, two score and more,
Never did you, your people adore.

Your parents, you did not obey,
Hungry beggars, you turned away.

Your two ill-gotten, female offspring,
In nightclubs, for livelihood they sing.

Instead of making more Muslims,
You made your children non-Muslims.

You ignored the Mua'dhin Adhaan,
Nor did you read the Holy Quran.

Breaking promises all your life,
Backbiting friends, and causing strife.

From hoarded goods, great profits you made,
And your poor workers, you underpaid.

Horses and cards were your leisure,
Moneymaking was your pleasure.

You ate vitamins and grew more fat,
With the very sick, you never sat.

A pint of blood you never gave,
Which could a little baby save?

O Human, you have done enough wrong,
You bought good properties for a song.

When the farmers appealed to you,
You did not have mercy, tis true.

Paradise for you? I cannot tell,
Undoubtedly you will dwell in hell.

There is no time for you to repent,
I'll take your soul for which I am sent.

The ending however, is very sad,
Eventually the man became mad

With a cry, he jumped out of bed,
And suddenly, he fell down dead.

O Reader! Take moral from here,
You never know, your end may be near

Change your living and make amends
For heaven, on your deeds depends.

If this poem inspires you,
It can help someone too.
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At least take sometime, and do not make it ban
And send it to as many people as you can.

What do you have for your END?
Take Care with: The END