Wednesday 30 May 2012


Ikra ...read ...the first words generated

But with this word he was highly elevated
Our master captivated his heart penetrated
Now prophet Muhammad is worldwide celebrated

Ikra read the first word generated

Salawats on him keep him eternally elevated
Salawats on Ahmed keep the soul intoxicated
This deed is multiplied its never terminated

Ikra read the first word generated

And those of knowledge know the heart becomes illuminated
But the ignorant types become infuriated
One of the most dangerous things is to be uneducated

Ikra read the first word captivated

Knowledge is power when what is learnt becomes activated
Like Malcolm x with knowledge he was Liberated
Learning is enhanced when you are dedicated

Ikra read the first word generated


When you're being is sedatedAnd you're minds concentrated
With knowledge of self it's hard to be manipulated
With true knowledge of Allah you become obliterated

ikra the first word generated

I respect knowledge because it set me free
It freed me from the dark streets to university
It carried me from sceptical brought me to Certainty

Ikra read the first word generated

It proved to me that ignorance is a barrier
to gain knowledge is supported in the sharia
I'm proud to be a seeker and a carrier

Ikra read the first word captivated

My relationship with knowledge wasn't always positive
I was taught in history that I was nobody
And frankly my people's claim to fame was slavery

Ikra...read the first word captivated

Things started to change when I became self educated
I studied Africa and all the kings that it created
Timbuktu a place where scholars operated

Ikra...read the first word captivated

I learnt about sheik ibrahim and his mission
His love of the prophet and Allah true submission
Re-newer of the deen and the Holy tradition

Ikra...read the first word captivated

Is the blind man the same as the sight full
Is the blocked off the same as the accessibleIs
the well read the same as the gullible


Ikra...read the first word captivatedOperated liberated calculated

We had civilisations while the west never
When they were in darkness we were too clever
We had knowledge of the stars and changing of the weather

Ikra...read the first word captivated

Knowledge of Allah's the most useful
Knowledge of his attributes is so fruitful
Knowledge of his greatest name is attainable

Ikra...read the first word captivated

The Arabs were lost before islam came
Killing each other just like a war game
Burying their daughters alive it was a great shame

Ikra...read the first word captivated

Knowledge is a friend I can't live without
The more I read the more I learn the more I spout
The more I study my lessons the more I got to shout about

Ikra...read the first word captivated

The most beautiful knowledge is in Quran encapsulated
Choose your Sheikh wiesly the book can be misinterpretated
the tricks of the shaytan are subtle and sophisticated 

Ikra...read the first word captivated

written by Rakin Niass

Monday 21 May 2012

Thursday 16 September 2010

The pen from the album the road less travelled

<a href="http://rakinniass.bandcamp.com/track/the-pen">The Pen by Rakin Niass</a>