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Category: Verse & Prose

Verse & Prose

A Night at Topkapi Palace

The skies were stricken with a cacophony of arresting fiery hues growing brighter at the horizon’s edge. It was like watching a comet frozen in place as it scaled the heavens with a lingering trail of warm light. The whole court glared eagerly at the sun that refused to set and make way for the quenching cobalt blue of the evening.  Continue reading A Night at Topkapi Palace

Ibraheem AliApril 27, 2022April 27, 2022Leave a comment
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A Joy for Us

I am writing to you because you are my only family member that whispers salawat on the Prophet when I say his name, like clouds aching towards birds, with joy. Continue reading A Joy for Us

Traversing TraditionApril 6, 2022April 7, 2022Leave a comment
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A Prayer is a Blessing for the Heart

A prayer is a blessing for the heart;
Produces joy and jolly,
Protects from foolish folly,
A never-ending growing gift from God.
A prayer is a blessing for the heart,
A sprout of strengthened faith with spreading parts. Continue reading A Prayer is a Blessing for the Heart

Traversing TraditionJanuary 5, 2022January 6, 2022Leave a comment
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A Slumbering Sojourn Toward the City of Lights

I stand alone, on the edge of an abandoned campground, stupefied by the sight of ashes once bright. Shrouded in sheets of iron and shackles of pyrite, imprisonment has led to an all-consuming ache that has since seeped into the rivulets of my palms. Continue reading A Slumbering Sojourn Toward the City of Lights

Fariha AhmedNovember 8, 2021November 8, 2021Leave a comment
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Tomorrow

“The world is but three days: As for yesterday, it has vanished. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work on it.” – Imam Hasan Al Basri Tomorrow is a traitor full of deceit, who promises the hopeful an epitaph sweet, it swears that our troubles can be made obsolete,  as if it’s guaranteed that we’ll ever … Continue reading Tomorrow

Ibraheem AliNovember 1, 2021November 1, 2021Leave a comment
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Prayers from the Pious

All Praise belongs to You, My Lord, Most High,
O’ One with Whom is Majesty refined,
O’ One with Whom belongs Honor and Light
As such befits the Glory of Your Face
And Great Your limitless Exalted Grace. Continue reading Prayers from the Pious

Traversing TraditionNovember 18, 2020November 17, 2020Leave a comment
Verse & Prose

I Wandered Stray Throughout The Land…

I wandered stray throughout the land
And raced across the burning sand
My mind had sought to seek the sight
That strips the veil of darkened night Continue reading I Wandered Stray Throughout The Land…

Traversing TraditionNovember 11, 2020November 11, 20201 Comment
Verse & Prose

Amicable Me

Amicable me:

lowly, obscene,

hypocritical to a tee,

they don’t see, Continue reading Amicable Me

Ibraheem AliNovember 4, 2020November 4, 2020Leave a comment
Verse & Prose

Lust Games

Lust overcomes the one who doesn’t fake it

Raising our gaze, staring at the sun naked Continue reading Lust Games

Traversing TraditionSeptember 17, 2020September 24, 2020Leave a comment
Verse & Prose

Nadir

What err’rs have you made, foolish one?

What spurs you to these acts, my son? Continue reading Nadir

Traversing TraditionJuly 22, 2020September 24, 20201 Comment

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