بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
"Something You Will Not Hear"
Let me tell you about something
That you will not hear
Let me tell you about someone
Whose name that they will smear
No respite, but in complete spite
Some will utter the most absurd
But many will intellectually engage
And wonder the truth in such differing words.
If you are one of these
And enlightenment you search,
Worry not!
You surely have come to the right place
Where his true light will be heard!
If Muhammad, the man
Stood here today
Could you fathom his response
To a bleeding world?
Would you know what he would say,
SallAllahu Alaih?
Would you know what he would say
About the fatherless child?
Would you know what he would say
About the banks running riot?
Would you know what he would say
About peace, war and violence?
Worry not,
You surely have come to the right place
Where his true light will be heard!
Would you know what he would say
About the Energy price rises and utility bills?
About a midlife crisis where dreams go unfulfilled,
About the Zero dress sizes
And the person it kills;
About an antidepressant world
Where every other person you know is busy popping pills!
Would you know what he would say
About the rape in India that occurred?
The picture he would give of a tranquil world
Where the laws would be duly observed,
Worry not!
You surely have come to the right place
Where his true light will be heard!
If Muhammad the man
Stood here today,
Could you fathom his response
To a Broken world?
Would you know what he would say
SallAllahu Alaih?
Do you know that under his way
Poverty in Africa was allayed?
A land where you seem think
There has been nothing but decay,
This land, under Muhammad
Was a breadbasket so engrained!
Do you know that under his rule,
There was such a peace, so undefied!
Where Muslims, Christians and Jews lived
Side by side!
What a remarkable achievement
Where a minority prospers and are
Remembered for their days,
When the Jews lived under Islamic Spain
The history books called it
“The Jewish golden age”!
Do you know Muhammad?
To high thinking have you referred?
Worry not!
You surely have come to the right place
Where his true light will be heard!
Let me tell you about something
That you will not hear,
Let me tell you about someone
Whose picture they try to tear;
A false image they induce
Never a man so historically abused.
But if you are one of those
Who deeply wants to think
And surely realise
Who tries on for size
Before you decide to buy
Know that enlightened shoes
Will not be refused,
Worry not!
You surely have come to the right place
Where his true light will be heard!
Know Muhammad, Know Muhammad, Know Muhammad
Come and know Muhammad!
Most welcome in our hands...
By Saqib Majid