FALLUJAH

FALLUJAH

Attack, O Lions of Fallujah,
Destroy for me a crooked head.

My cavalry long ago bowed,
In humiliation, with their gnashed bellies.

Strike the Invaders of Iraaq,
For their proofs have become exposed.

Raise your head, O brave hero,
For my split forehead is bleeding.

Your sons taught my sons,
By the whizzing of bullets singing.

Teach me, so that i become a man,
Fighting the disbelievers and infidels.

Fallujah become a hope for me,
A sister for distressed Jenin.

Never fear an invader,
Their bravest men fear chickens.

Sons of Mu'aadh and al-Qa'qaa,
The shine of Dawn has appeared.

Sons of Iraaq, do not lose hope,
Be firm, sons of al-Oojah
For the steeds of Allah have forth,
In the morning, for glowing honour.

Fallujah- The Nasheed

Beautiful Turkey Masjid

"Sabanci Merkez Cami" in Adana.

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Photo taken by: Güven

DON'T QUIT

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you are trudging seems uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high

When u want to smile but you have to sigh

When care is pressing you down a bit

Rest if you can, but don't quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns

As everyone of us sometimes learns

And many a failure turns about

When you could have won had you stuck it out

Don't give up when the pace seems slow

You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out

THe silver lines of the clouds of doubt

And you can never tell how close you are

It may be near when it seems so far

So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit,

Its when things seem worse

That you must not quit.

Yesterday is history

Tomorrow is a mystery

Today is a gift

And that is why it's called The Present!

You can complain that roses have thorns..

Or you can rejoice that thorns have roses!

Written by: Taz and Humz

"Life"

Peeping down memory lane

Tears began to flow

As things would never be the same

Yes! Life was indeed calm and slow.

With time, as life began to get fast

Our pious elders were treated as social outcasts

Our youth are all lost

And none can pay the cost..

If men does not begin to rethink

This world is bound to sink

Life come and life goes

But our Creator is the only one who Knows

When our final sound shall be hailed

And the non-believers will realize they have failed

And it will indeed be too late

to change

So remain on the straight path

And you will indeed be saved

from your Creator's Wrath

After all, life is a gift unto thee

And a trust it will always be.

Written by my friend:Taz

Where are You?

Youth, a branch of sheer madness once realized brings total sadness Are tomorrow's family breadwinners but today's individual sinners.


By the west we have been brainwshed into doing all types of wrong Yes! That west that feels untouched And over it, they sing a song.

We have unfortunatley been led Into all types of evil and vices thus leading the world into a state of crises And sadly not a tear is being shed.


It is about time we stand up for our rights and by it we shall reach great heights Oh yes! It is the west we shall fight to get them out of our sight.

So those of you, Who are fortunate to be in this institution though you may be few should express abundant appreciation together with earnest supplication We shall save our declining generation.

This poem was written by my friend: Taz

Marriage

This is an article i wrote about marriage in my other blog.

Thoughts put into words more like...

Today in this world where divorce is becoming more and more common, free mixing of the sexes is the norm and dating is part of daily life, a practising Muslim interested in marriage may find herself/himself in a confusing situation.

We wonder if we will find someone trustworthy and honest, someone who hasn’t fallen prey to the fitnah of the intermingling of todays youth.

The first thing we look for is character, is it not? Or is it looks? Like if he/she passes in looks then go on into character, or vice versa. Nonetheless, both are important, so to carry on.
Most of us tend to want someone moreorless from the same background as we are, for fear of, either cultural clashes or different lifestyles, kind of the same difference. However i do note that some people do not mind the cultural/background differences and have lived happy lives, Alhamdulillah.

We want to have a home were we will be happy and comfortable and what makes part (the vital part, if i may say so) of this home is the kind of people we will be marrying into. It is not only the man/woman we are marrying, it is the family as well, perhaps this goes more from the woman than the man, but either way we will be having contact with our partners family as well and maybe even living with them. Women look for pious men. Men who are able to provide for them. They look for men who will understand them and who will be tolerant. Men look for women with haya (modesty). They look for women with piety. They look for women who will be able to manage their homes. Both look for partners who haven’t been involved in an unlawful relationships before, don’t mix freely with the opposite sex and good character.

I’m sure it has crossed many a time to more a person than myself, that just how are we going to find the right partner? And in this world full of deception and lies how are we going to know if what the person tells us is true, especially if we don’t really know the family? True we can check what he/she says with people he/she knows and we know. But then people have lied before. That is not to say that this is always the case, but it has happened.

Life is no joke, neither is marriage and its not something to be taken lightly either. Marriage is a big step in life, a step that will take you either into misery or happiness. A step that will change your life. Are we ready for this step? Do we women really understand what married life is all about? Surely, we know its not all bliss and happiness. While happines and a successful marriage is every Muslims Dua, all marriages have their ups and downs. We have to learn to deal with them correctly and make sabr.

There’s the house work first of all. No matter what we have become and what titles we may have to our names, a woman always has her housework. Do we know exactly how to go about it? Ironing- do we iron at home? Washing? Even if it is operating the machine or hanging the washing on the line? Cooking, can we cook a few pots of edble food? Patience- ah yes- patience/sabr, do we have this? Patience i think is VITAL in marriage for either partner. Do we have what it takes to run a home?
Seriously, i’m not being a sceptic or finding faults with everything. Do we understand marriage? Of course we want love and happiness but this doesn’t just come, it has to grow. And how will it grow? By both partners working together and becoming accustomed to the new life together, sharing and sacrificing. Look at the amount of marriages breaking up before our eyes. Our own friends. Why? Most often because of small issues that blow up. A girl newly married sometimes expects to have in her own house every thing she had in her parents. What we don’t realize is, that when our fathers and mothers started out, they too started small and the with time through the Qudrat and Mercy of Allah Ta’aala they got more and more, and so did we. Now we as young women starting out, can’t expect have everything. Some of us are not able to manage because of this and it can sometimes be how problems start. We must remember that adapting to the new life is going to be a change, maybe even hard. But that can only be determined how we look at it and react to it. Another factor as to why marriages are breaking is the tolerance partners have for one another. Often when one blows the other blows and a row starts. Not good. One has to keep their mind and make sabr. There will be things we cannot understand of our new partners, there will be things we dislike our partners doing. There may be habits that irritate us. I’m sure that partners will avoid things that their partner dislikes. But it takes time, maybe even years to stop certain habits. Look at our parents, surely there still argue and have differences over certain things? But Alhamdulillah they are still together and have managed to sacrifice and tolerate one another till now.

So all in all, we want good Muslim partners, partners who will help us get closer to Allah Ta’aala. Partners who will make us comfortable and help make a good home. And partners we can trust. So long as our partners are Allah loving, Allah fearing and and have good character, Insha’Allah with the mercy and power of Allah Ta’aala our marriages will work out. But we too have to make an effort and sacrifice. All in all it is only Allah who can give us the right partner and Dua is a powerful tool. Never give up making Dua, ever.

I know i am young and not even married, but this is what i have come to understand from what i’ve seen around me. Please feel free to give any advice, balanced criticism, reminders or something you think will help todays youth.

Hasty - Delay

Dont be hasty- but dont delay either;)

WHEN WILL WE WAKE UP

When will we Wake Up?

We are sleeping, we are sleeping.
Letting life and its goals go by with time
Each important time and moment slipping by as we go on dreaming
Or life, or aims, our purpose in the Dunya
How much have we fulfilled?

Yet in a trance we keep on plodding and plodding
Giving in to whims fancies and desires,
Do we not realize soon will be reckoning?
How then are we to answer to Our Lord?

The fire of hell, there, burning and raging
Now is the time to avert from the punishment
We cannot wake up then, for its too late
We need to wake up now and realize reality-stop dreaming

This life, but a passing of a flash
Yet we cling to it, singing and crying-
Depending the reason, not realizing that
This life's pleasures and trials are fading
Even now, We have to wake up
Shake the cobwebs from our minds'
And start LIVING.

This is my first poem.
Full of errors and plain...
More to follow!
As i learn and go..

Picture of a Muslim Girl

Picture of A Muslim Girl

There she sits in utter silence,
Here only in body-
Head and heart in Allah Ta'aala's presence
Surrendering soley.
This is a picture of a Muslim Girl,
She keeps Islam safe in this world.

In her hands, the heart of the Qur'aan-
Yaseen Shareef her companion and savior
Helping her shine in the eyes of Allah Ta'aala
And shielding her from shaytaan forever.
This is a picture of a Muslim Girl,
She values Allah Ta'aala's immeasurable worth.

Lowering her gaze in shame,
Never raisning her voice to innocent ears-
She shies away from worldly fame,
For Jahannum is her worste fear.
This is a Picture of a Muslim Girl,
Guarding her Modesty like pearl

She awakes at sehri intending
To fast and burn away sin,
Her place in Jannah she is defending
and falling not into temptation.
This is a Picture of a Muslim Girl,
Preparing for the Hereafter in this world.

By Quraisha Daya

Leopard VS Corocodile

Assalamu Alaykum
I know i said poems are following but havnt the time to type out one let alone think one.

This is an amazing occurrence!

The astonishing spectacle of a leopard savaging a crocodile has been captured for the first time on camera.




A series of incredible pictures taken at a South African game reserve document the first known time that a leopard has taken on and defeated one of the fearsome reptiles.



The photographs were taken by Hal Brindley, an American wildlife photographer, who was supposed to be taking pictures of hippos from his car in the Kruger National Park.



The giant cat raced out of cover provided by scrub and bushes to surprise the crocodile, which was swimming nearby.

A terrible and bloody struggle ensued. Eventually, onlookers were amazed to see the leopard drag the crocodile from the water as the reptile fought back.



With the crocodile snapping its powerful jaws furiously, the two animals somersaulted and grappled. Despite the crocodile's huge weight and strength, the leopard had the upper hand catching its prey by the throat.



Eventually the big cat was able to sit on top of the reptile and suffocate it.

In the past, there have been reports of crocodiles killing leopards, but this is believed to the first time that the reverse scenario has been observed.
Mr Brindley said: 'I asked many rangers in South Africa if they had ever heard of anything like this and they all said no.



'It just doesn't make sense. The meat you get out of a crocodile is just not worth the risk it takes a predator to acquire. The whole scene happened in the course of about 5 minutes. Then the leopard was gone.



'I drove away, elated in disbelief. It may have been the most amazing thing I've ever seen.'



Ellie Rose, a reptile keeper at London Zoo, said: 'Normally, crocodiles are well able to defend themselves against attack. I can't think of any examples of this happening before.'