Khalid Mukhtar

Don’t squander them playfully
They won’t excuse you
Use your words carefully
They’re wont to use you

Sometimes a beverage gone cold
Warms you up
Because of a love that made home
In the cup

You only need proof
If his word isn’t enough

But if his word isn’t enough
Then the world isn’t enough

Hear the sound of His love
In the simplest of things
The swish of a broom
Or the flutter of wings

The only right that rumors hold
Is one to die before they’re told

How can we scape their vengeance if
They don’t forget who let them live

Who knows what centuries of life
And living and learning can do for you

Nūh knew
‘AlayhisSalaam

Who knows how to keep the world afloat
By the weight of wahy that sinks in true

Nūh knew
‘AlayhisSalaam

Who knows the power of patience in
The face of unabating sin

If you turn your back on a prophet know
That Nūr can turn its back on you

It’s true
Submit and stay calm

You’re tired and spent
You’re gone though you never went
This bed of gold
Won’t turn back into straw

So take a hard look
Not everything’s in a book
Your heart may find
A door you never saw

If it seems like the struggle’s over
And it all feels right and good
You had better be dead
Or mistaken – the latter
Needs fixing before
It becomes a grave matter

When the sea gets rough
And the swell takes toll
As the winds wage battle
Against your soul
Faith is your breakwater

The stronger the walls
And the firmer they stand
The safer the passage
Returns you to land
‘Fore the decks take water