AVeiled
Ummati, Ummati, Ummati
 Number of posts : 289
Location : I'm Here, for now, but only yearn to be in one place; Firdows.
Religion : From the Ummah of the Beloved (s.a.w)
Registration date : 2009-08-02
 |  Subject: Injustice: Bystander...  Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:20 pm | |
| Injustice:
Bystander…
O Silent Witness…The media shows before our eyes, cries out for all to hearShows their faces, so innocent, filled, frozen with fearTheir haunting screams, silenced, fall on deaf ears, drowned outAs shells mash crowds, blown up, bombed, we hear them shoutWe ignore their pleas, their pain, and eyes blind we hear their cry, Hearts’ stone cold -no love- hearts’ rock hard as we watch them die.Where’s the justice in this world of anarchy?Where babies’ blood is spilt in ‘civilised barbarity’?Bullets tearing through innocent souls, our kinNecks twisted like vile vermin, dumped, drowning in sin?No sense, just paralysing terror, one-year-old murdered before our eyesWe ignore their pleas; your pleas, hear their cries; now your criesHeart stone cold as we watch them die- too blind, watching humanity burn and dieBurning in fires of chaos and destruction, flames so highThen your cries land on deaf ears and you’re punished for eternity... then you cryThen you question the injustice, see the suffering... then you question why?...When it’s happening all around, you watch and do nothing, allowing injustice to pass you byUntil it happens to you- then there’s no one left to stand up for you... only then do you cry‘Command the good and forbid the evil’- instead you watch without remorse as they dieWhen it comes for your turn you seek help- by that time there’s no one left... then you cryNo sense, just paralysing terror, millions, baby girl murdered before your eyesWe ignore their pleas; your pleas, hear their cries; now your criesHeart stone cold as we watch them cry- too blind, watching humanity burn and dieBurning in fires of chaos and destruction, Hell’s flames so highThen your cries land on deaf ears and you’re punished for eternity... then you cryEyes no longer dry, no longer blind; no one left to hear your screamsNow wet with despair; pain erupting, illusions, deceptions shattered like distant dreamsThen you think, question the injustice, see the suffering... then you question why?...You do not need to be a Muslim to care for the injustice, the suffering all too clearAn eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, lost in chaos, poisoned with fearWe love for our brothers what we love for ourselves- do we not love a life of ease?Do we not wish those suffering in lands of blood and war to find the light of Islam, eternal peace?This Ummah is like the human body- when one part of that body aches, the entire body achesWhen we see the suffering of our brothers and sisters, pain flows and our heart truly breaks.Even non-believers should understand that to allow injustice in your presence is to agreeAs though doing the act yourself- sharing the sin, sharing the punishment, silent to their criesKeen ears for gossip, tongues furious with backbiting, eyes hungry for forbidden sights.... liesYet when to comes to injustice, suffering turns a blind eye, deaf to their pleas, refusing to respond...When it’s your turn to taste the death, the reek of misery, the cold tears of loneliness and suffering...Only then do you wonder why no one offers their help: no shoulder to lean on, no mountain to protect....Crumbling, Iman shattered; when lions once roared so strong, unafraid....Defeated; when he never fell down in despair; bearing the greatest burdensHeart heavy, tears flow; when his suffering is incomparable, endured with patienceHis mercy, overwhelming our Prophet’s smile is radiant; a beautiful light through darkness intense...When it’s happening all around, you watch and do nothing, allowing injustice to pass you byUntil it happens to you- then there’s no one left to stand up for you... only then do you cry‘Command the good and forbid the evil’- instead you watch without remorse as they dieWhen it comes for your turn you seek help- by that time there’s no one left... then you cryNo sense, just paralysing terror, millions, baby girl murdered before your eyesWe ignore their pleas; your pleas, hear their cries; now your criesHeart stone cold as we watch them cry- too blind, watching humanity burn and dieBurning in fires of chaos and destruction, Hell’s flames so highThen your cries land on deaf ears and you’re punished for eternity... then you cryEyes no longer dry, no longer blind; no one left to hear your screamsNow wet with despair; pain erupting, illusions, deceptions shattered like distant dreamsThen you think, question the injustice, see the suffering... then you question why?...For those who do not care to believe in the words of a Muslim...Something to reflect on when the Nazi’s started their blood bathsMillions slaughtered since no one spoke outSince it didn’t affect themSo long as they were safe, it didn’t matter...Until it was their turn to die, and no one was left to help...First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me--
and there was no one left to speak out for me...Send peace and blessing on our MessengerAllahumma Salli wa sallim wa baarik alaih.La illaha ilalla Muhammadur Rasulullah salallahu alaihi wa sallim... | |
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