Poem: THE EVIL OF MY MIND

I looked around

I saw no one

I feared... Is this the end?

I asked myself,

How will I meet my Lord

If my swalaat is tattered like this?

For surely I was never perfect.

My mind has surely sailed away

Time without number during my stands in front of Him.

I have, on several occasions, wandered away

In my body and soul while performing swalaat.

I have been on campus

For quite a time

And I’ve seen a lot of sinful things

which I am supposed to protect my eyes from. 

My eyes sent the evil messages to my brain

And my brain sets my minds in action.

I have wandered in wonder

Or maybe wondered in wander,

Will I ever be able to meet my Lord

In a state that I will be proud of?

I have said things

Which I was supposed to protect my tongue from

And so my hears have heard things

That they are not supposed to hear...

But alas!

I will seek forgiveness...

Subhanallah! No, I seek forgiveness

From Him the exalted in might

Who surely forgives.

I was afraid of the unseen

Because I never know when the time might comes

For me to return to my Lord

To account for all I have done in deeds.

I pray my heart comes back on the right path

The way of those on whom He had bestowed His grace

To make my feet stand firm

On the solid rock of truth.

Oh Allah!

Please protect me from the evil of my heart.

For surely I am not perfect.

PS: 
"swalaat" is also referred to as "salaat" in Islam which means "prayer" It is the obligatory prayer for all Muslims.

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