Quotation;

You look at me and call me oppressed,

Simply because of the way I'm dressed,

You know me not for what is inside,

You judge the clothing I wear with pride,

My body is not for your eyes to hold,

You must speak to my mind, not my feminine mould,

I'm an individual. I'm no man's slave,

It's Allah's pleasure that I only crave,

I have a voice so I will be heard,

For in my heart I carry His word,

"O ye women, wrap close your cloak,

So you won't be bothered by ignorant folk".

Man doesn't tell me to dress this way,

It's law from God that I obey,

Oppressed is something I'm truly not,

For liberation is what I've got,

It was given to me many years ago,

With the right to prosper, the right to grow,

I can climb mountains or cross the seas,

Expand my mind in all degrees,

For God Himself gave us liberty,

When He sent Islam, to you and me!

Let the days pass as they will


Be content with Allah's will.



Do not regret what this day's cast,


For this world's pains for sure won't last.



Be a man against fears strong,


Be kind and loyal, all life long.



If in folk's eyes your faults abound,


And you wish that they be
gowned:



Then shelter seek beneath kind
acts,


For kindness well all blame
retracts.



From enemies hide your weakness


For gloating foes do bring distress.


From misers never seek favor:

In fire there is no water.


Patience won't reduce income,


Nor fretfulness increase the sum.



Neither pain nor joy shall last,


Nor poverty, nor riches vast.



But if your heart is satisfied


Then you do own the whole world wide.



A man on whom his fate alights


No depths shall save, nor any heights.



Allah's earth is wide, but know,


That destiny makes it narrow.



Face each day on even keel.


There's no balm from death can heal.



[Imam al-Shafi`i]