NAZIRA'S NOTEBOOK

Tag: #faith

  • Above All Else

    I am grateful for today I am grateful for yesterday I am hopeful for tomorrow God is the first and last and in-between I start in His name And end with His praise I create with His permission And am mindful of His bounds I rely on His support I believe in His abundance I →

  • Peace

    In the late hours of the night – Or is that the early hours of the morning? – When the tech buzz is silenced And the neighbourhood sleeps And the cars take rest with the people That is when peace descends And I am closest to my Lord →

  • Life Love Light

    Our hearts are not dead, We who despair, For despair itself Can only emanate From a heart That is alive. Our hearts are not dead. They are caged. In fortresses so thick, Nothing can pierce. Under canopies so layered, No brightness can penetrate. But there, In the middle of it all, Are hearts Very much →

  • Spiritual Home

    My body turns towards you Five times a day When I pray But my heart Is always with you In awe Circumambulating Bowing Prostrating In unison With billions of souls Human and other That are near you Have travelled to be with you Or are reaching from far away Recognising Believing Submitting Not to you →

  • Fat Salaat

    I’m clumsy and awkward When I pray. Can’t stand or sit As I am meant to, Nor get down To the ground To prostrate. My body doesn’t fold Neatly like an origami Muslimah in sajdah. I sit up too high, Spread too wide, Don’t have legs Neatly tucked aside. But like the breath Of a →