A Nasheed (Poem)

A Nasheed (Poem)

by Sheikh Ahmed bin Ali Al-Ajmy

Our Sister, we have heard something strange!

They have uttered unworthy talk on Hijab,
They've said a tent has been put over the necks,
Our Sister, we have heard something strange!
They have uttered unworthy talk on Hijab,
They've said a tent has been put over the necks,

They've said that oppression [and] darkness are attached with the garments,
They have said that backwardness and primitiveness are linked with Niqab,
They've said that gracefulness and modernisation are nonexistent,
They have called for the liberation of women; while compiling for it Books,
They even lured the road of adornment (immorality) to waste the young men,
O our Sister, recognise that they are too fallen to the bottom; to the earth,
O our Sister, recognise that they've become low with their illusion like the dogs,

O our Sister, recognise that this is the yowl of the spiteful from the wolves (those who hate Islam),
O our Sister, their entire roars will not affect the cloud (heart and mind of Muslims)

O our sister, patience will dissolve by it's ocean all difficulties,
O our Sister, YOU are the chaste and are preserved by the Hijab,
O our Sister, YOU have the resolute and the equality and the reward!

And stance the Hell-Fire is the tomb of oppressors; where their punishment awaits,

And Allaah will expose their oppression on The Day of Account,
Since Jannah is the home, and what a beautiful place of (final) return!

Our Sister, we have heard something strange!
They have uttered unworthy talk on Hijab,
They've said a tent has been put over the necks...