When it’s time to die

What would you do if one day

You were told that you would

Have to die soon?

What would you do if you

Were given a limited time?

What would you do if you

Were told when and how

You would be taken?

What would you do if

You knew?

What would you do if you

Had to live your life the best you can,

But with so many troubles ahead?

What would you do if you had

But one chance, to prove your life?

Would you continue on your path of

Darkness and denial?

Would you take your second chance?

What would you do

When in your life everyone is against you

When you believe in upholding what He wants

What would you do in your predicament

When you discover, you would be taken, just once?

He says he will be there waiting at the House of Allah

He says a handsome man will come and say “It’s time.”

There will be so many angels waiting, he says

He says I just need to shut my eyes

And I shall return , body gone and soul

He says it will be easy like before

But then , you had to come back

He says, it will not be till you’ve lived your life , and old

That, you must continue in your task

He says that all your children will be with you

And will take you to the holy sacred burial place

I know this place is meant for some chosen ones.

Ya Rabb, I pray

I make niat , that for all

The insecurities and difficulties in this world

That I shall face

Fisabilillah, to spread the

Light of Your zikir

Nur Shufiya has vowed

To face her trials

With patience and doa

As is for all that he says

I shall want and pray for

I hope that I will make it to that end

In life that seems so unfair

That I should be raised in His Eyes

And that I shall make the suffering all worth while.

~LorraineNur (24th August, 2010)