Spoken Word
By: Radhiya
February tenth 2015
A day that will never be removed from our minds and if I knew.., I would’ve never turned on the TV screen
WRAL showcasing the terrorizing Scene
Neighbors… police .. attempting to CLEAN
Clean the mess that was made in minutes
Families unable to comprehend the explicit ..
News they had to endure ..
what do you mean my children are dead ..yalla hurry & find them a cure
Wake up wake up
Khalas leave them they’re gone
Malakul mawt took them to meet their god
I remember being picked up early from school going to the janazah with my mother
We barely talked a long the way because the reality was a bother
It bothered me that people could be that hateful
At that moment I could only feel grateful
Allahu akbar allahu Akbar As Salaamu Alaykum Wa rahmatullah
As Salaamu alaykum Wa rahmatullah
The crowd was silent.. the imam was making dua
The salah finished
I held my moms hand as my tears slowly diminished
This was the largest janazah I’ve ever been to
Our community stuck together left & right and grew
8 years later ;
The light house project stands
Helping the Homeless, community members & promoting brands
Event planning for years to come
I mean look at tonight , look at the outcome
Mohsen, cassidy,& the rest of the team
Put in so much work and effort it may even seem
That they don’t get as much credit as they should
But how could we forget what HE said to his Creation
مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٩٧﴾
Allah will reward you all with good deeds from this earth to the moon
You couldn’t even imagine
But ..
imagine this
Imagine forgetting all of this bliss
The blessing & barakah of this organization
And forgetting our purpose just to please His Creation
The deen slipping from the tips of our fingers
Practing Islam from the knowledge we gained at 13 still lingers
Lingers in my mind
Why aren’t we sincerely striving anymore
Oh , you think our three winners death is another score
Scores on the board of deaths within the Ummah ?
Haven’t you heard the ayah during the Friday khutbah ?
Who ever kills an innocent person is as if he has killed all of humanity
Refraining ourselves from the social standard the comes from insanity &
stopping the constant use of profanity
People forgetting the reality and
forgetting to focus on their spirituality to safe graud your mentality
from all of this abnormality
You have to care
Because
Nothing in the dunya is easy or fair
But jannah awaits us
Give charity , or smile .. it is contagious!
Take care of yourselves
Don’t leave your Quran dusted on ur shelves
Allah could take you tomorrow
So do it now so on the day of judgement you won’t be in sorrow
