By Your Mercy
Ya Rabbana , when You took away all that You gave me I wept constantly and endlessly When You gave me all the things my mind never imagined I resigned myself to the hopes of poverty I worried that if all my earthly needs were answered In the Hereafter I may have nothing, I wondered Through the plight of my worry and distress My dilemmas never diminished Each trial seemed hard Each difficulty endless I wondered if it would ever end And when it did, another came I realised life is not without difficulties and trials If we are to get closer to You I realised that I have no power over anything Nor any might to do anything Except by Your Will In all dilemmas I surrendered all to You In my quest for the soul path I encountered You Through all my tribulations You never abandoned me I left You and I was surrounded By more mishaps and ill fortunes More evils prevailed An unending stream of lies and deceit Till one day, as a shocking blow I ...