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Poem of Imam Shafi’i رحمه الله
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Ponder over this poem by Imam Shafi’i رحمه الله
تزود من التقوى, فانك لا تدري
Increase in Taqwa, For you don’t know,
إذا جن ليل، هل تعيش الى الفجر
When the night enshrouds you, will you live till dawn,
فكم من عروس زينوها لزوجها
For how many brides beautified themselves for their husbands,
و قد قبضت ارواحهم ليلة القدر
and their souls were snatched on their night of destiny
و كم من صغار يرتجى طول عمرهم
And how many young ones wished for long life_
و قد ادخلت ارواحهم ظلمة القبر
And their souls have been entered into the darkness of the grave
و كم من صحيح مات من غير علة
And how many healthy ones have died, without cause.
و كم من سقيم عاش حين من الدهر
And how many of the sick lived to old age.
فكم من فتى امسى و اصبح ضاحكا
And how many youth laugh during the night and day
و قد نسجت اكفانه وهو لا يدري
And their shrouds have been woven whilst they do not know.
و كم ساكن عند الصباح بقصره
And how many live till the morning, with negligence of it
و عند المساء قد كان من ساكن القبر
And in the evening, they are negligent of the residence of the grave.
فداوم على التقوى
So Always be upon Taqwa
فداوم على تقوى الاله فانها
So always be upon Taqwa to Allah, surely it is
امان من الأهوال في موقف الحشر
It is Protection from the horrors in the standing in the place of Hashr.
تزود من التقى، فانك لا تدري
So increase in Taqwa, for you don’t know
اذا جنّ ليل، هل تعيش الى الفجر
If the night enshrouds you, will you live until dawn.
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الله أكبر
What a profound poem!
Now let us listen to the Kalam of Allah ﷻ
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ ۖ
Verily, Allah, with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, He sends down the rain, and knows that which is in the wombs.
وَ مَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا ۖ وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ ۚ
No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ
Verily, Allah is All-Knower, All-Aware.
[31:34]
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Allah ﷻ knows what you do, so increase in Taqwa!
And Allah ﷻ says
وَتَزَوَّدُوا۟ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ ٱلزَّادِ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ
So take provision, thus indeed the best provision is Taqwa.
[2:197]
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Taqwa safeguards a person from Hell!
May Allah safeguard us.
آمِيْن
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