Our Times...

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I am literally too stupefied to say anything at all regarding what's going on around us these days. Probably it was that fateful day (read: dreadful!) - 9/11 - which had us on our way down the slope! It would become this worse, however, we did not imagine in the wildest of our dreams. Some people might have envisioned this fate at that time only, but sadly they seem to be in a very small number. Or is it that we have stopped 'seeing'? Could be both ways...

We are indeed living in trying times. May Allah save us from the fitnah that has started pouring into our shelters like heavy shower ...

I am reminded of a couplet by Shahnawaz Farooqi:

ہمارا دور اک دکھ کی گلی ہے جس کے آخر میں 
خوشی کا پیڑ ہے جس پر بلائیں رقص کرتی ہیں 

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majworld said…
beautiful shair to describe the today's era..it really is one tough time..
8:15 AM
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