Assalamu alaikum!
I am back after the (relatively) lengthy break alhamdulillah. Some of you may be aware that I was blessed with the opportunity to visit Imam Ridha (as) in Mashhad (Iran). There are so many things I felt I would want to write about when I got back from there, but now that I am actually sitting at the screen and typing, I have absolutely no words to write about my experiences. There are things that one can only experience and feel, and so putting them down on paper/reducing them to material format would not do justice to their reality.
That being said, I will try and incorporate my experiences and things I learnt in my upcoming posts. Perhaps my poetry blog may have a bit more to share, but for now, I don't know. I am grateful for your prayers, and ask you to keep remembering me in them.
On a slightly different tangent, I have been thinking a lot about priorities and life decisions. There are so many moments in our lives when we make life changing decisions, and so many priorities we make which have a major impact on the course our lives take, but how much thought do we actually put into such moments and priorities? Or if we do actually put thought into them, and know what priorities we do want to have, are we still able to keep the priorities?
There is so much I don't know at this point,
The shore seems distant, and sky and shore joint.
The waves toss me upon their tempest,
Exposing me to my shocking frailty,
And the oceans of tears empty and fill,
Both in the same gasping breath.
I don't know where this raft will land,
I am not sure what direction I am facing any more.
Am I at the sunrise,
Or did sunset arrive while I was distracted?
In the waves of unknowns, only one certainty lingers:
Your Mercy is beyond measure,
this ark will take me to the shore,
and when I get there,
I will plead for Your mercy some more.
Do remember me in your prayers :-)
Salam Aleikum and Welcome Back my dear sister :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations for being able to visit the ziarat of our Imam e Ghareeb (as) and other ziarats , mashallah you are lucky for the opportunity to be blessed for having this wonderful experience . May we all get the blessing to be still alive when Imam Zamana (ajfs) returns and to be at his service :)
from reading this i can understand that it has been a truely a inspiring trip :D
I was patiently hoping that would share your experience with us on your blog, thanks for taking your time and for sharing this with us.
I think you couldn't have described it better as you did in your poem , Mashallah its really beautiful and it really touched my heart !
''In the waves of unknowns, only one certainty lingers:
Your Mercy is beyond measure,
this ark will take me to the shore,
and when I get there,
I will plead for Your mercy some more.''
Makes you really reflect on a lot of things
Your questions put me to thinking , We make decisions in our life's and put priorities and importance on matters that might not even benefit you in this world and the akhira .... yet we worry about things that are in reality insignificant and we tend to loose our focus , How can we put our goals into practice ? How can we act according to the teachings of ahlulbait and practise it to improve ourselves and renew and hold to our allegiance with rasoolullah , imam ali and our imams and most Imp our connection with Allah swt ....we are so busy with our worldly lifes that we forget how close death is ...????
Man my head is jolting ...and my poor brains wont be able to handle all of this :P jkz
*kisses your both cheeks* You and your family are always in my duas with love , Hagrids sister , you know who :P
oops i wrote a bit too much :P
ReplyDeleteWa alaikum salaam dear sis :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your heartfelt reply, and ilahi ameen at your duas. may He (swt) grant us all accepted ziyaraat to the holy lands, and grant us audience with the Imam of our time (atf).
For the questions..Sigh. If you can think of any answers, share them please :) I will be grateful.
take care 'hagrid's sis' ;)