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When it comes to "Islam" — I look at the word as the verbal noun it is: an action word. I see Islam as something someone does, not something someone "belongs to".
The Sounds of Taqwa (2006)
Allah gave the Qur’an to a very special man, who passed it on to us, for the rest of all our days.
A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)
There’s always work that must be done...Life’s so simple when we simply work to make it fun.
A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)
If we can just be brave enough to be each others mirror, we may finally recognize the face of conscious that we fear.
Sunshine, Dust and The Messenger (2002)
If we can take the time to mute the noise we’ve build around ourselves the rhythm of the heartbeats and the purpose may be clear.
Sunshine, Dust and The Messenger (2002)
You could call me antisocial, I’ve called myself that sometimes too, but I just prefer to be alone, and that’s nothing against you.
Blue Walls and The Big Sky (1995)
If he could read a line, just understand one sign. Close his mouth and hear the peace of hope and fear, if he could read a line. If he could keep in time.
The Poets And The Prophet (2006)
We all want to fit into a culture, a community; we want to find a home, security, freedom of faith and lifestyle but these days all those things are threatened.
Beating the drums of hope and faith (2004)
Only when I smell the earth upon my face, will I ever be free, to fly from this place.
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)
I feel for, and identify with, individuals on their spiritual journeys — whether those journeys are hard or smooth.
Beating the drums of hope and faith (2004)
We love to live a simple life...we simply love the life we live though some would say its hard.
A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)
It has nothing to do with age, it's not our languages, religion, gender, coulour of our skin; It’s a soul within a well, that echoes deep beneath the ego’s shell. True life can’t ever start, until we offer up our heart.
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)
You and I, wonder at the sky, call God a different name. As we try, learn and long to fly — you and I are so differently the same.
A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)
There are a lot of grown ups who, should be sent up to their rooms, and told they must stay there, until they learn they can play fair.
For Whom The Troubadour Sings (2010)
All the girls and boys seen preening through school halls, fighting to fit in, games they just can’t win, higher education dumbing down a nation, around the square unsure of where we fit in.
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)
What I read in the Qur’an, and what I learned from the words of Muhammad, Jesus and others really struck a chord with me, so I chose to implement the wisdom I found.
Beating the drums of hope and faith (2004)
No more starry eyes from behind these dusty spectacles. I’ll wipe them and follow my own shadow for a change.
Blue Walls and The Big Sky (1995)
I believe the proverbial "search" doesn’t end until we die.
Beating the drums of hope and faith (2004)
What of wars we have survived, genocides and hollow costs/holocausts? Have our hopes for humankind like scriptures and mass graves been lost?
For Whom The Troubadour Sings (2010)
All of us, ride on the same bus, shop at the same malls and stores. All of us, debate and discuss, decide and divide what is mine and what’s yours.
A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)