O Allah…
We ask for forgiveness and permission
To raise Your banner and the banner of Your Beloved, sallalahu alayhi wa sallam

O Allah…
We ask for protection from our self
Let all our doing is Yours alone,
That there will be nothing for us except You,
which is always be enough for us.

O Allah…
Protect all Muslimin and Muslimat
You have made trade halal for us,
and make riba haram for us.
Please make it easy for us, to follow your Shariah and the Sunnah of Rasul, sallalahu alayhi wa sallam.

O Allah…
You are our only Fortress,
and it is always, always be enough for us
When You say: ‘Be, it is!’
You have completed our affairs…

Amin…

where are you my love?
i’ve been looking, no, searching
through all these years
just a glimpse of you, would make me content

they says that you walk pass this market,
through silent murmurs and lowering gaze
i can’t see you, yet the trace of your perfume drive me insane -
all those glittering silver and gold only bears the mark of your beauty,
yet it is not you!

where are you my love?
i’ve been crying, no, weeping
from fear that you might not heed me,
yet hoping that soothing hand will lulled me away

they says you waved from the balcony of these city walls,
it’s narrow ends and mazed corners
i can’t find you, yet within these buzzing streets i can heard you sang,
those towering buildings and grand palaces only mirrors your majesty,
yet it is not you!

where are you my love?
these longing, no, yearning
comforting and yet obliterating
remnants of my heart crumbling still

…I pass by these walls, the walls of Layla
And I kiss this wall and that wall
It’s not Love of the houses that has taken my heart
But of the One who dwells in those houses…

taken from layla & majnun

I’m not interested in preserving the status quo;I want to overthrow it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

woe…woe…woe…the general has passed,
what shall we do?

has all the sins been cleansed,
old debts settled, grief & hatred mended?

woe…true indeed, the general has passed,
still, people ask; what shall we do? 

Kita akan bersama,
pada saatnya nanti
hingga kerinduan yang tiada bertepi ini
hanyut dalam ombak
tenggelam dalam samudraMu

Dan biarkanlah aku berada dalam pelukanmu,
selalu mengikuti jejak langkahmu meski dari kejauhan,
memandangmu, mengharap tatapan teduhmu…

Dan izinkanlah aku untuk mencintaimu,
lebih dari apa yang ada dan tiada,
bersamamu, dalam malam dan hariku…