Bismillah - Muharram 2024 - Ya Hussain(as)
Poem based on thoughts on the Majesty of Imam Hussain(as) and those sacrifices in Karbala.
I Sometimes Ponder Late at Night | English Poetry | Ali Hasan Bhagat | Muharram 2024 | Imam Hussain
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I sometimes ponder late at night.
How do the stars shine so bright.
The more the darkness the more they light.
They remind me all of Hussain’s(a.s) might.
How in those trials he stood so upright?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
Removing that dagger from his Akbar’s chest.
Was that my Hussain’s gravest test ?
Or was it digging the sands to put Asghar at rest.
Or parting from a daughter sobbing and distressed.
The last hug from his Sakina was how tight?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
Was it more heartbreaking to give Qasim permission.
Or not allowing Abbas(a.s) his lifelong mission.
His children possessed fear and hunger.
But he must now leave their camps forever.
How can sacrifices reach such height?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
تیرا لاشہ اُٹھاوں میں کیسے۔ دیکھ آیا ہے قاصدِ صُغرا ۔۔۔
``` (O Akbar) How do I lift your body..look a messenger from Sughra has come ‘’’
Qasim’s pieces or Abbas’s alam?
Or was it lifting the body of his teenage son?
Did he feel worse or did he feel better?
When a messenger brought His Sugra’s(sa) letter.
Obliged to reply, what did he write?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
They massacred his Abbas(as), they slayed his Akbar(as).
They slaughtered and denied water to his Asghar(as).
In such adversaries, a tranquil soul!
Proceeding to complete the promised goal.
How was his face so calm and bright?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
These griefs and sorrows are so intense.
The pains of Hussain(a.s) are beyond our sense.
One cannot even bear to write.
A Being who was endowed with Divine’s might.
How did he endure the restraint in fight?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
How could Zainab(sa) not cry for her sons?
How painful were those Ashura drums?
How did hell not break from the clouds?
While the bodies laid without shrouds.
How did Sajjad(a.s) bear that sight?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
Should she bury herself with her daughter’s body?
Or go to the grave of her 6 months body?
Karbala has Asghar(as), Shaam has Sakina(sa).
What will Rabab(sa) now do in Madina ?
How did a mother deal with her plight?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
How does these mournings perpetually grow?
New eulogies, new tributes continue to flow.
A heat of love that in our hearts resides.
Which tears even fall short to subside.
How does Karbala keep inspiring insight?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
حُسین(ع) بانٹ رہے ہیں نجات لے جاؤ ۔۔۔
`` Hussain(a.s) is distributing salvation ..come take it.
Wings are given to an angel from heaven!
No sons in destiny? Rahib you get seven !
“O Hurr, by me and by my Lord you are forgiven!”
Is there a jurisdiction to Hussain’s(as) provision?
What secrets do these events highlight?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
Had Hussain(as) not been our life’s syllabus.
The realities of existence would’ve been oblivious.
His remembrance is what provides some stimulus.
These days and nights are otherwise so frivolous.
When with our Maula(as) shall we unite?
I sometimes ponder late at night.
O When will our LORD, Your Mahdi(atf) appear.
“To them it seems far, to us near “ *(Al Ma’arij 70: 6 & 7)
So whenever O Lord, YOU send Your Prophet’s Heir.
By Your Hussain(as), let ‘ali hasan please breathe that air.
How beautiful would it be to see God’s Light!
I sometimes ponder late at night.
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Holy Quran -(Al Ma’arij 70: 6&7) and Dua Ahad’s ending.
*«إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيداً وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيباً.»
“Surely, they think it to be far off, and We see it near.” -
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