Cure for a Broken Heart and the Whining Sinner

Shattered Utterly

I am looking at myself,

In broken pieces on the floor.

For I fell, you see,

And I am shattered.

And for the sadness

Engulfing me?

I can find no word.

So I just sigh, thinking,

Oh folly, where have you led me?

Oh friend, why did you turn on me?

Oh pain, why did you befriend me?

Oh love, why did you leave me?

For I fell, you see.

And I am shattered

Utterly.

How come nobody has come up with an instant cure for heartbreaks? How I wish I could discover one. Wow, I bet would make millions... or even gazillions. I guess when it comes to heartbreaks, the old adage runs true and that only time is the healer, the band-aid to seal the wound and make us whole again. 

Sadly, I have no patience. But fortunately, God has decided that this Taufiq fellow is absolutely hopeless, and has thus decided, on His own Majestic discretion, to fill my life with people who are patient. Individuals who remain calm, circumspect and sensible in the face of the most trying of personal tragedies. In the sort of circumstances that would unhinge the most balanced of minds, they appear to be the calm eye in the tornado. Ah, I am sure you know of such people in your own lives. Now if only I would follow their good examples!

17. Support

If Thou do not avail us in our need, who can?

If Thou do not turn Thy gaze into our hearts, who will?

O’ Lord, look! And heal our broken hearts and broken lives

In our destiny and meaning that is Thee only.

Oh, whither did my breath go not glorifying Thee?

Oh, whither did my feet take me if not to Thee?

I am a true coward that way. I get distracted and attached to this world, I forget God and I also forget to be nice until finally something not nice happens to me and my heart gets broken - Then I go running back to God, bitterly regretting each second that I was forgetful of His Presence and Presents.... "Oh, wither did my breath go not glorifying Thee? Oh, whither did my feet take me if not to Thee...?"  

You must not be like me, sunshine. Don't be a whiner. Nobody likes a whiner.

wa min Allah at-taufiq

Hate has no place in Islam

Love will show the Way

GOD - The Friend of Friends

54. I am here, because you are here
I found myself
In the abyss
Of long shadows,

And next to me
Was my friend,

I told him to go,
To leave me be
With my ghosts
And demons.

But he would not.

I asked him
What was he doing here,
And he replied that
He was here because
I was here.

If I have failed
To take pity
Of myself,
I felt pity
For my friend,
For this is
Not his doom.

So I made my way up,
And together, we
Reached our home,
Away from the abyss
Of long shadows.

Finally we won
The sunlight
Of the Prophet’s pleasure,
And we stood awhile,
Resting upon the Beloved’s Moon,

Then my friend
Looked at me and smiled,
Saying this to me,
“Nor was it your doom, o’ Taufiq”.

Sometimes, the best way to help yourself is to help someone else. And there is no jewel, no gift, no gold from heaven's trove finer, more delicate and robust than friendship. And often we are saved by our friends in spite of our reluctance to be saved! Oohh... what a drama queen we can be sometimes!

If you look closely between the threads woven by the Loom of Fate, how have we not realised that our friends are God's own direct intervention into our lives? For God is known by many names, and He is also known as the Friend of Friends. God bless God, and God bless our beloved friends! Our BFFs!

So, as I habitually ask you, sunshine - If you share the same sentiments as I do about your friends, how can it be that we are not, in truth, brothers and sisters?

Pax Taufiqa.

PS - The sketch above was done maybe 6 years ago, and long have I wondered when I would use it. It's one of my fav and I hope you like it! Just to be clear, the picture depicts the man behind, stopping the man in front from jumping into the abyss... You can guess which one is me. Hehehe.

Al-Rahman & Al-Rahim, Mawlana Abul Kalam Azad & the Beautiful You

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'On earth are signs for men of firm belief,

and also in your own selves :

will ye not then notice them?'

(Q : 51 : 20-1)

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WHO IS THE LORD HERE? There is nothing to hide the hidden praises of the Universe from our perception, save where we think ourselves masterly. For such praises are raised in the clouds above our heads, upon the earth that we walk and in our very own mind, body and soul. But if we think ourselves lordly, we only turn ourselves blind and deaf to the endless praise sprung for another Lord, the One and True Lord, God Most Most Compassionate (Al-Rahman) Most Merciful (Al-Rahim).

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THE MEANING OF AL-RAHMAN AL-RAHIM. What does Al-Rahman and Al-Rahim mean anyway? There are countless exposition on these names and attributes of God, but I shall turn to the boon companion of Mahatma Gandi and India's first Minister of Education, Mawlana Abul Kalam Azad’s belief in his seminal book, ‘The Opening Chapter of the Quran’, where he wrote (in page 47)…

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”The terms Al-Rahman and Al-Rahim are derived from Rahmat. The term Rahmat in Arabic is used to denote the type of tenderness which stimulates in one the urge to show kindness to others. Its connotation is wide enough to cover the qualities of love, compassion, benevolence and generosity…The two term Al-Rahman and Al-Rahim, though both are derived from the same root of Rahmat, denote two separate aspects of it. Al-Rahman means the being who possesses Rahmat ; and Al-Rahim means the being who not merely possesses Rahmat but gives perennial expression of it, and from whom everything in the universe derives goodness every moment…The purpose of the Quran in bringing to mind the aspects together is to emphasize the all-embracing character of the Rahmat of God…

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'And my Rahmat encompasseth everything in the universe.' (Q : 7 :155)"

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THE AMAZING MAN. I am quite enchanted with Mawlana Azad, but I fear he would find me a poor pathetic fool (if we are ever to meet in the future). I am not beneath being fond of his rugged good looks (see right), but before I ever saw any picture of him, it was his telling sincerity of his writing which bound my heart to his. How can I resist the good Mawlana, when in the name of God and the Prophet thus he inscribed in the pages of his book (in page 53)…”…The very nature of this universe is constituted of beauty. Even as elements were created to give form to the universe, even so was it invested with the qualities of colour, light and shade, and of rhythm and melody in order to lend beauty to it…

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’This is He who knoweth what is out of our knowledge an what is within it, the Mighty, the Merciful, who hath made everything which He hath created most perfect.’

(Q : 32 : 6-7)

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YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. Disbelieve the form reflected in the mirror if it is ugly. How can you be ugly, pet? How can you be in a form that is less than most perfect. It is not I that says this, it is my Lord, your Lord, our Lord that is ever giving succor to our endless need for assurance. And when God affirms your beauty, who are we to deny? How blessed are we to have God as God!

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Have a fine day, beautiful... for today, tomorrow and forever more.

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Pax Taufiqa

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P/S. Earlier postings on or with reference to Mawlana Abul Kalam Azad -

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3