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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
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