My friend Irfan Hafiz is launching his second book Moments of Merriment - Stories for children. His first book was a collection of poems titled Silent Struggle. Lookout for the new book, and also try to get hold of Silent Struggle if you can. Its a really worthwhile read. All about courage and full of inspiration. Blessings I was a kid playing, Running, jumping and riding The childhood that I was enjoying Who would have liked it go missing? Oh Allah! I wasnt aware of your blessings I walked but my gait was getting strange I ran but I came last without finishing the race I sat but it was getting hard to get up from that place My mind was too small to comprehend Your wisdom behind everything That was being unveiled in my life With no clues about anything I spent my childhood without any grief When walking was getting difficult and hard You had blessed me with a brother, Who was loving and caring To take me to the school on bicycle Till you wished that it was time For me to rest at home on quadricycle When breathing was getting arduous and severe You made me realize your indescribable blessing Which You had granted me through your mercy When I inhaled and exhaled the air Without any effort, did I even feel to care? Oh Allah, the ventilator you gifted Gives me a new life with all respiratory problems shifted And helps me keep my hope in life lifted When sitting was becoming stiff and painful And when it became almost impossible You made me appreciate your tremendous blessing Which you had bestowed upon me to be seated Whenever I wanted, wherever my mind wished Oh Allah! I felt relieved and comfortable When you decreed that it was time For me to spend my life in bed. When life became complicated and excruciating With all the throbbing and soreness Because of the bed-sores and bleeding You made me ponder over the blessing Which you had showered on me - With a skin free from sores and aches! Oh Allah! You are the All-Hearer, All-Knower You heard me cry and weep - so You blessed me with the magical drug Lisinopril Easing my hardships and twinges, Healing my sores and strengthening my heart! When my sight was constrained only to four walls When my movements confined only to my bed You let me know the value of your blessing - When I was a kid, you had given me the strength To play, run, jump and ride my bicycle To see the trees waving and birds chirping To feel the fresh wind that blew across so pleasing Oh Allah! you are the most extremely compassionate And intensively merciful ! You showed the way for me to go out At last I could view your glorious creations I was longing to get a glimpse of high mountains I was dreaming to get a glance of greenery Oh Allah, I remembered you and glorified you When I beheld all your magnificent creations When I saw through the window of the van I travelled with bed Oh Allah, my outing reminded me of the greatest abode Beneath which rivers flow, the garden of bliss This is my sole purpose and hope of living as the clock ticks! Oh Allah! You have blessed me with parents Who are best in their love and care At a time when this world witnesses The cruelty of abandoning their child Behaving like an animal in the wild When I was in awe for making friends Since I had no one to be called as my pals Even though I had class mates Who paid no care to visit their forgotten old friend Oh Allah! You granted me the access to the Internet You helped me find great people with many interests You aided me to distinguish the people Who are frank from the fake Oh Allah! As I have transformed into a matured man You have blessed me with the knowledge To perceive the true wisdom that All the trials and tests are just to make my soul Pure and make sure that I am perfectly ready To win the greatest reward from you For all the patience I have endured In this temporary abode Ive been waiting and waiting for just one more thing It is till I get the glad tidings From my Lord through the Angel of Death About the call of my return to whom I belong..
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:07:48 +0000