Wearing the Rain
I wear the rain like a dress,
And I drink the golden Sun
From a cup of love.
Whither the worry for tomorrow
When this day is not ended yet?
I wear the dusky sky
Like a bridal train
Through the aisle of a church,
A mosque, a temple
And a synagogue.
Whither the sorrows for tomorrow
When this day is not ended yet?
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It is unfashionable to talk about submission. Not when the entire world is motivated towards independence, freedom of choice and individuality.
In an exchange on Facebook on Malaysia's 56th independence day, a good friend asked me, "Are we really independent?" The question can be answered at many levels of course. The sovereignty of our country, and also the independence of our thoughts, words and actions, as a community and ultimately, as an individual. But to turn the question around, I began to ask myself, independence for what purpose? Freedom of choice and sovereignty to what end?
An ancient friend shared his two pennies worth and said that independence is only worthwhile when one uses one's independence on the path to submission to God. And this is regardless whether they are choices you make while grocery shopping, or as a diplomat in a multilateral summit on international trade. As a common man, minister or a King, we all have our decisions to ponder over.
I guess it is paradoxical... this independence in the path towards submission. But as God Himself revealed in the Holy Quran through divine revelations to the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)...
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Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth
stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil
and believes in Allah hath
grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks.
And Allah heareth
and knoweth all things. (Quran 2:256, Yusuf Ali)
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Something to think about, sunshine, on this wet Sunday here in Kuala Lumpur. So don't bother about tomorrow, it hasn't happened yet!
He he he.
wa min Allah at-taufiq
Hate has no place in Islam
Love will show the Way
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