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Steward

Khalid Mukhtar · November 26, 2023 ·

That moment you sit down
And draw out a plan
In the manner and fashion
That only you can

And you set it in motion
With every care
While the horrors of poverty
Hang in the air

Then it all comes together
In days, months or years
As your furnace is fired by
Blood, sweat and tears

So you weather the skies
Through the blue and the gray
Till you taste from the fruit
Of your labor one day

It is here you must pause
And consider my friend
With the wealth you have earned
From the start to the end

All the plans, all the work
All the sweat, all the tears
All the pain and the sacrifice
Over the years

Yes ALL that's a transfer
Of ownership from
Al-Maalik ul-Mulk
Testing if you become

Worthy steward who spends
From the wealth in your care
Or a miser with only 
Destruction to spare

On Cloudless Nights

Khalid Mukhtar · November 24, 2023 ·

The first 10 minutes of the concluding session of the Tafsir of Surah Al-Waqiah. Exhausting. My wonderment is captured in this sonnet.

On cloudless nights I look up at the sky
A satin canopy with diamonds spread
Magnificently to my untrained eye
While sailors survey every gem instead
As part of something far more beautiful
For every star aswim upon its way
Is placed to plot a map celestial 
To make the night a compass for the day
Upon this wondrous placement comes an oath
A shining star each verse of Word Divine
And like a star each verse holds beauty both
For minds untrained and minds that diamonds mine
    Imagine then how preciously they fell
    Upon the heart of him who knew them well 

Gallant and Victorious

Khalid Mukhtar · November 11, 2023 ·

Inspired by Shaykh Amin’s khutbah yesterday and Umar Shakur’s moving verse, O Gaza.


Here far away from burning Palestine
We find it all so inconvenient
To watch our words and walk the blurry line
Between the truth and counterfeit dissent
Just STOP! Return your gaze to Gaza now
That in the face of sure destruction they
Conduct a blessed masterclass in how
Believers hold their own when skies turn gray
The hamd upon their tongues and smiling faces
Their salawaat deodorizing fire
Janazah prayers in the unbombed spaces
The road of taqwa only takes them higher
    The prophet dug the trench but stood up tall:
    Believers do not give up when they fall

Palestinian Courage, Honestly

Khalid Mukhtar · November 10, 2023 ·

Palestinian courage is a gift
A gift from God for the world to see

A slice from the ummah of the last Nabi
To show us how strong OUR faith could be
Had he led us to the Red Sea

Salaam upon Musa and the moments he
Sought refuge from the ignorant patiently

So watch them laugh
Watch them cry
Watch them live
Watch them die
Watch them very very closely

And like any other gift
We had better believe it
Is best to feel unworthy
As we receive it

In the end it’s all a testament to their Nabi
Our Nabi
SallAllahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam

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