Assalamualaikum, this piece I have written is based on today's society and what we are watching. Allah has created eyes for us but do we actually use our eyes wisely? I think a lot of us today do not such as when we are watching television there is so much filth and many at times we can’t stop everything we see on TV as we are watching a show there comes an inappropriate scene and we are unaware that this was going to happen. So, we should use our eyes more wisely since Allah (S.W.T) has blessed us with eyes, we should be viewing his beautiful creations and reading the Quran and Sunnah rather than the impurities of the technology.

Blindness

Look over there;

Standing in the harshness of the cold

Is he; the one who does not have clear visibility

Some might interpret him as he thinks that he is cool with his shades over his eyes

But then he holds this stick

I interpret it as his guide

I walk past this old man as his stick lands towards my feet and he responds clearly Good morning

I look at him as his gaze is toward the ground trying to find his way;

No help at all which makes me think:

If this man has his eyesight taken away; how can he see the beautiful reality?

How does he spend his time each day without a sight of the world but only with the touch and feel of it?

Do his memories accompany him each day as people pass him by?

But most of all this man must get twice the reward than a normal human being

Because the beautiful reality is nothing but evil our eyes see

They are the blessing the Creator has given us to explore his creations

But the opposite occurs today where the concealed of the impurities become revealed 

As the mass media becomes shaytaan’s tool for our eyes so that they can be captured in the illusion of the rich where the reality of the poor is hidden

Where money seems to buy everything;

As the poor become the rich where the rich become the richer as

The viewer’s eyes have become captivated by the filth of the fake world where those fake people live called celebrities where holly world is just a place where the unseen becomes the seen

And our eyes are being drowned with the shaytaan’s plan creating our minds into

Technology crazed;

This is the reality;

The blindness which our eyes have

Is the reality of creating more sins upon us 

Where the blind are probably the luckiest rather than us because 

The impurities of the world are what we are seeing rather than the Words of the Holy book and the Words of the beloved Prophet (s.a.w) 

And reality will hit us when our eyes see the last star in the night sky

The sun coming down on the earth

And our eyes turning into the blind

Because the blind will be the first into Paradise

As we; we will be faced towards him explaining

Why in our lifetime have we seen these impurities 

Creating us into sinful human beings....

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By Sumayya Desai


Three roads: one of death, one of living with doubt, and one of living happily from the mercy of God but with tests along the way

The last one is what I’ve been living my whole life up till today;

Tears have been shed, sufferings have happened, weaknesses have over powered, but even though there might be the feeling of sympathy of the one who goes through sufferings,

They are not perfect;

Especially me;

The tears of repentance drop every day, the hands for prayers are raised every day, the thanks for the blessings are also said everyday

Because 18 years and counting to 19 very soon have me look up and say

Thank you for keeping me alive till now; because there were doubts I’d never experience

A child’s life

But it all got turned around when I lived

faced with the truth each and every year

got knocked down over a thousand times

my mom sacrificed her life up for mine

My life where there’s mirrors blocking my way to show that reflection

Of how I’ve spent my 18 years

I look straight into that reflection and I see

A grown girl lookin' at me

Because I know God gave me a test

Which I don’t resent

Because if it wasn’t for God’s test

That girl wouldn’t be looking at me saying

I’ve made it

All 18 years of my Life



Salam; I am currently a grade 12 student from Islamic foundation school. I began writing since I was in Grade 8 but it was on and off; I never really cared about writing poetry before until maybe last year when I participated in MIST Poetry which inspired me to write more. It wasn't only from that one experience though, it was also from the life I am living today; I have been through hardships but from the mercy and blessings of Allah, Alhamdulillah I'm still standing on my feet. But there is one person in my life after Allah who has been there every step of the way in my life and that has been my mom. I am so blessed to have a mom who has been protective and very supportive and has sacrificed everything for me. May Allah grant her Jannah.  Ameen. My poems are based on my life experience and my nom as well as Allah and everything around me

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