In Which "God Is Watching" Is a Conversation & Not a Threat
Always beyond a field of wrongdoing and never somewhere like San Francisco
Baqarah being the longest chapter and containing the most powerful ayah
Can I still be a Muslim if I Google how many rakats to pray before each prayer?
Did He see the worn-out minaret on the prayer rug & the way I fell into sujood?
Every prostration I wonder if this is the one that will break my faith
Father Who Art in Heaven … doesn't sound like an original prayer
God has 99 names & I struggle to call out any of them in fear of _____?
He found me lost and He guided me … What direction do I go from ignorance?
I wonder if the recruiting officers who came to our classrooms found Allah in Kunar
Jihad sounds like a threat I am waiting to cash in with my Monopoly money
Kafir? Kafir! Kafir? Kafir! Kafir? Kafir! Kafir? Kafir! Kafir? Kafir! Kafir? Kafir! Kafir?
Layatul Qadr was the only night I shamelessly asked God to let me _________?
Muhammad/Muhammad/Muhammad/Muhammad/Muhammad/Muhammad
Never again/Never/Never/Never/Never/Never/Never/Never/Never/Never again
On my deathbed, I begged God to show me His face in the event He looked familiar
Pray tell, are the angels which dwell in the same realm ever worried for us humans?
Qari Ibrahim was the first person who told me I was capable of memorizing the Quran
Read! & so the Prophet, an illiterate orphan did what His Lord commanded him to
Satan refused God's command because of power? jealousy? love? all of the above?
Tell me, am I allowed to long for a country of my own the way I long for death?
Under the most extreme circumstances I begged God to reveal himself and
still nothing
Verily, with enough trauma even the most devout of believers begins to doubt their faith
Why do I know a body weighs more after the soul has left it for better accommodations?
Xenophobia only confirms that Islam came as something strange & will leave ____?
You can never stop the guilt which comes after each sin
Zaray, do you think God has ever stopped to notice that you question all you love?
Baqarah being the longest chapter and containing the most powerful ayah
Can I still be a Muslim if I Google how many rakats to pray before each prayer?
Did He see the worn-out minaret on the prayer rug & the way I fell into sujood?
Every prostration I wonder if this is the one that will break my faith
Father Who Art in Heaven … doesn't sound like an original prayer
God has 99 names & I struggle to call out any of them in fear of _____?
He found me lost and He guided me … What direction do I go from ignorance?
I wonder if the recruiting officers who came to our classrooms found Allah in Kunar
Jihad sounds like a threat I am waiting to cash in with my Monopoly money
Kafir? Kafir! Kafir? Kafir! Kafir? Kafir! Kafir? Kafir! Kafir? Kafir! Kafir? Kafir! Kafir?
Layatul Qadr was the only night I shamelessly asked God to let me _________?
Muhammad/Muhammad/Muhammad/Muhammad/Muhammad/Muhammad
Never again/Never/Never/Never/Never/Never/Never/Never/Never/Never again
On my deathbed, I begged God to show me His face in the event He looked familiar
Pray tell, are the angels which dwell in the same realm ever worried for us humans?
Qari Ibrahim was the first person who told me I was capable of memorizing the Quran
Read! & so the Prophet, an illiterate orphan did what His Lord commanded him to
Satan refused God's command because of power? jealousy? love? all of the above?
Tell me, am I allowed to long for a country of my own the way I long for death?
Under the most extreme circumstances I begged God to reveal himself and
still nothing
Verily, with enough trauma even the most devout of believers begins to doubt their faith
Why do I know a body weighs more after the soul has left it for better accommodations?
Xenophobia only confirms that Islam came as something strange & will leave ____?
You can never stop the guilt which comes after each sin
Zaray, do you think God has ever stopped to notice that you question all you love?
Sirat al Mustaqeem
The reason my grandfather believed in God so
strongly had less to do with God and more the
creatures He created
to haunt those who stayed out long after the sky had swallowed the sun.
Both the villagers of Kapisa and the lonely mountains of
Hindu Kush whisper about the smokey outlines of the
creatures made of fire.
Skin the color of melted wax and
gaping holes where you would find the
windows to one's soul.
Legend has it on a night when the moon refused to hide behind
the mountain's highest peak, the King of jinns decided to hold a
celebration to find a suitor for his daughter. A handsome
drunkard stumbling home
—who was led off Sirat al Mustaqeem quite some time ago, followed the
drums to the festivities.
With one glance at the jinn princess, he declared she was as
beautiful as a cellar full of wine and after many drunken
years
proceeded to embrace the
sobering effect of her beauty.
The newfound lovers danced, and eventually the princess fell into a deep
slumber.
In honor of his new blessing, the young man decreed he
would pray for as-salatu khayrun minan-nawm.
No sooner had he declared these words did
his paramour turn into her true form.
The man immediately headed toward the mosque and went straight into
sajdah.
The locals say he died in that position, refusing
to open his eyes, mouth, or heart again for anyone
except for God.
strongly had less to do with God and more the
creatures He created
to haunt those who stayed out long after the sky had swallowed the sun.
Both the villagers of Kapisa and the lonely mountains of
Hindu Kush whisper about the smokey outlines of the
creatures made of fire.
Skin the color of melted wax and
gaping holes where you would find the
windows to one's soul.
Legend has it on a night when the moon refused to hide behind
the mountain's highest peak, the King of jinns decided to hold a
celebration to find a suitor for his daughter. A handsome
drunkard stumbling home
—who was led off Sirat al Mustaqeem quite some time ago, followed the
drums to the festivities.
With one glance at the jinn princess, he declared she was as
beautiful as a cellar full of wine and after many drunken
years
proceeded to embrace the
sobering effect of her beauty.
The newfound lovers danced, and eventually the princess fell into a deep
slumber.
In honor of his new blessing, the young man decreed he
would pray for as-salatu khayrun minan-nawm.
No sooner had he declared these words did
his paramour turn into her true form.
The man immediately headed toward the mosque and went straight into
sajdah.
The locals say he died in that position, refusing
to open his eyes, mouth, or heart again for anyone
except for God.