{"id":431,"date":"2023-03-17T16:49:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T16:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=431"},"modified":"2023-03-17T16:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T16:49:12","slug":"a-cry-a-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"A Cry, A Prayer\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ya Rahman, I submit this soul<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to you, Ya Rahman<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Which was never mine<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh Noor, cast out the shadows\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of death<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

that grip necks, let light flood<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

on that young face<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ismail – and God heard him<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the cries of a father<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

who pled to God to relieve him<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of his burden<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to sacrifice his son<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And God heard him<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Abraham, crying in the desert<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

in full submission<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

fully surrendering his ownership<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of his son<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh Rahman, Oh Noor, Oh Wudood, Oh Ghafoor<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Forgive me, for I have not<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

surrendered<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like my father Ibrahim<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the pain from the torment<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

from the tear,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Is a burden too heavy to bear<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For I am not a prophet<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

flocking sheep in the sand<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am but a lowly beggar\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of your mercy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh relieve me from despair<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Let your Noor shine on this\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

darkened place, this darkened face<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

this maddened pace<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

this futile race<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh Comforter, Sustainer<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh Healer, My Creator<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Restore the light of my eyes to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

a lofty place, in your<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Holy Eminent Grace<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Forgive us, so we can one day\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

behold your face<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ameen<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ya Rahman, I submit this soul\u00a0 to you, Ya Rahman\u00a0 Which was never mine\u00a0 Oh Noor, cast out the shadows\u00a0\u00a0 of death\u00a0 that grip necks, let light flood\u00a0 on that young face\u00a0 Ismail – and God heard him\u00a0 the cries of a father\u00a0 who pled to God to relieve him\u00a0 of his burden\u00a0 to sacrifice … Continue reading “A Cry, A Prayer\u00a0“<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[20,19],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[38],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-verse","category-poetry"],"authors":[{"term_id":38,"user_id":14,"is_guest":0,"slug":"rim-ziani","display_name":"Rim Ziani","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e98b36a92db4c26f25d61781429f44b346d9cc1d983500231ba6078436a8fa4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"http:\/\/trove.aui.ma","last_name":"Ziani","first_name":"Rim","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=431"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}