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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Writing in the sand

Oh, then I feel my blood run cold
Eyes like the sharpest blade
That penetrate to the bottom of my soul

Words of truth that cut so deep
You write the lines of mystery
I stumble and the stone I held in hand is cast away
When the mirror's shown to me
I see my own hypocrisy
And weep upon the writing in the sand

All the things I try to hide
All the times that I avoid your eyes
Thinking somehow I can live the lie
When the truth becomes too great
And I can't try to clean my rotten, filthy state
Or the hidden sins that doom me to my fate

Oh, I can't hide it from Your sight
You search out the secret things, the darkest dreams
And reveal them in the light

When the writing in the sand has washed away
I could never turn and walk the other way
For the words are carved into my very soul
And the light exposes everything I know

~ Theocracy - Writing in the sand

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Every time, Everywhere, Everything

Every time when you do not find anybody who understands you and every time when you realize that not being understood is not a sign of some higher/different mindset rather it is just you being an uptight jerk. Every time when your heart is so full of everything that is good but you are unable to permeate that goodness out. Every time you try to make things work and every time a strong wave wipes away the beautifully crafted castle. I now get your point of not writing a blog. Every time, everywhere, everything is relative!

P.S. Everything which this world has to offer!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Mensa International

"Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ Society in the world.It is a NPO open to people who score at the 98thor higher on a standardized, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test percentile "
So how would you feel if your IQ score translated to 97 percentile? Urggghhh :S

Monday, October 11, 2010

Rights of Men

With the tip of his forefinger he traced the path of the blade of a UPS backed ceiling fan. The battery was dying down as his finger moved in ever slowing circular motion and finally came to a halt. The energy saver flickered for a few moments and it too faded out. ‘It’s better to burn out than fade away’, he smiled remembering how cool that line sounded back in his teenage. Kurt Cobain was supposed to be the ultimate reality. Duh! Suicide is a luxury which God didn’t allow us. His mind wandered.
“Do you know who is poor? They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet (SAWW)) said: A poor man amongst us is one who has no wealth.”
His teacher had narrated the Hadith that very morning while he adjusted himself for the fifth time. His right leg had gone numb and he fought the temptation to stretch his legs for once.
“He (the Holy Prophet(SAWW)) said: The poor of my Umma would be he who would come on the Day of Resurrecton with prayers and fasts and Zakat but since he hurled abuses upon others, brought calumny against others and unlawfully consumed the wealth of others and shed the blood of others and beat others, and his virtues would be credited to the account of one (who suffered at his hand). And if his good deeds fall short to clear the account, then his sins would be entered in (his account) and he would be thrown in the Hell-Fire”
“So make sure you leave no stone unturned to compensate for all the wrongs done to people”, the teacher emphasized.
“What if someone thinks that he has been wronged but actually he hasn’t been, then?” a guilty conscience from the last bench asked.
“What if he has been, are you still ready to take the risk? With your number of good deeds, I don’t think you can afford to spare even a few of them”, the person sitting next to him supposedly thought it was necessary to speak.
“Okay, then what would be the compensation for a broken heart?” someone was thinking in that class.

Friday, October 1, 2010

TV Islam

Lately we have been relying too much on Qtv and Alim Online for religion. I think the search and struggle for knowledge has been left in the hands of a few and people in general are taking the easy way out. This would make us even more short sighted in our approach towards religion. We would never be able to get the big picture and will hopelessly cling and be subsequently swayed by every new 'Alim' out there.

I have nothing against these programs but yes, I do feel that religion should not be restricted to them. There is a wealth of knowledge out there for us.