Friday, October 19, 2007

Forgive Me


Forgive me, God
I looked into the Quran today,
I really looked.

Found nothing to support racism, corruption
Or the breaching of sacred trust
I read verses, I read between them
And no matter how much I tried,
I could not find anything about it being alright
to lie, cheat, steal and
to hurt, really hurt, people.
Injustice, it seems,
is not mandatory
is not permissible

I looked in the Quran today,
I really looked
And I did not find Malaysia

But then, who am I
To dare read and presume understanding,
Who am I to have the audacity to believe.
Who am I to think, to appreciate
what God expects of me,
all by my sorry self
when I was obviously given only
half a mind, and half an intellect
Safely esconced with the ulama,
the other halves lie there,
waiting for eternity
My passport to Heaven

Forgive me, God
For reading
Forgive me, God
For believing enough
to want to believe
Forgive me, God
For thinking that the Quran
was for me

I looked into the Quran today,
I really looked because I thought
that was what You wanted of me

I am sorry

MIS

20 comments:

  1. thank you for looking into the Quran.....

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  2. A very good poem - it summarises what most rakyat feel.

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  3. From the space I look
    The sea be blue or green
    The land be dark or still
    I see no bee
    nor the wind to breeze.

    Flying in the air
    I take the lift by the drift
    punching thru the cool
    or the warmth along the drift.

    I land on the green
    It is grass that I can feel
    Up to the branch it is the tree that I have missed.
    And, the bee is in the breeze!

    Why not in the Space but in the field?
    On the ground it gives the feel
    on top of what I see!

    Next to me not only bee but beast and we all breathe!

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  4. Quran is still
    and need a heart to steer.

    A heart with pure
    not with grid to cheat or steal!

    No race or Malaysia
    as it should be for any man to read
    to behave and not to mislead
    or it is no more Quran
    but a tool for Quorum.

    We see the Quran today
    but where are those hearts to steer?

    Not we can see
    but we all can feel
    The hearts are not there to steer!

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  5. wow ! really beautiful and touching. Should write more poetry.

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  6. reason i left religion behind, took up instead spirituality, form a relationship personal only of me and 'God', untainted by what the mundane world tells me, believing in only this love inside.

    hugs, we will find our Gods by and by.-i hope some find it really really soon and stop the evil they incur before wrath finds them-

    mien

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  7. Thank you for the lovely poem. This is the Islam I respect.I am a Christian but I have given up on churches and their leaders. I only look into the Bible and speak only to God.

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  8. Religion could be anything
    But not the Sky nor Earth
    that give you everything.
    From food to nerve
    if you have the heart to "earn".

    To learn that will steer
    the spirit to pure
    with a wisdom to peel
    what are real.

    Not in isolation with classes
    but in co-operation even with grasses.
    Not only with glasses
    but with flashes.

    To look for association
    for a better organization
    with harmony with sympathy
    taking minority helping disability.

    Not a dream
    if fairness is the stream!
    Not by luck
    but your heart
    before it went dark!

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  9. What a beautiful poem MIS!It brought tears to my eyes.Beautiful indeed.Great job!

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  10. Forgive me, God
    For reading
    Forgive me, God
    For believing enough
    to want to believe
    Forgive me, God
    For thinking that the Quran
    was for me

    I put it to you, do you believe in the Quran?

    Yes or No.

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  11. Thanks your tick
    but I am flattered to take
    as I know not the trick
    to see the best to pick.

    Hope you enjoy the tiny
    even they are not shinny
    but skinny
    to see straight to the mini
    without the creamy.

    Not from what had been seen
    but in the scene
    knowing what is sin
    so need not a screen.

    Tomorrow will be a little
    on what had been since....!

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  12. Anonymous at 7.51,

    I would like to think so. That, however, is a matter for God.

    Do you?

    MIS

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  13. The Quran came into a Forum.
    Let's not be bind by the quorum
    with Yes or No in the column.

    The Quran is there to be read
    with our soul to lead
    with the heart to avoid mislead
    after years that had lapsed
    with differences to be aware
    or it is only a ware
    that go only one where
    or even no where
    without the heart to beware.

    A wise man get wisdoms
    from all kingdoms
    so as to go by rhythms.

    Seeing wide thinking wise
    green, blue, red give rise
    to white
    Only eat rice
    after water and the heat are right.

    No point
    to pin point
    when no one take rice
    without other to spice.

    Let's get our heart bright
    to put our mind right
    and so be delight
    whenever we can share some light.

    ENJOY YOURSELVES TONIGHT!!
    Forgive me if I am not Right!!
    Good Night!

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  14. Loving God in His great love and grace
    Will forgive anyone who honestly repents
    Go beyond the book and look at His face
    There you'll find enough substance and contents

    (C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng
    http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
    Fri. 26th Oct. 2007.

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  15. Those were the days
    with cheers to cheese
    when family were under the trees.

    The drift took us to thee
    on Schedule with Hedges
    following with ACTss!

    A Condo to innuendo
    with HDA to STA
    but hidden with SDBA plus TCPA
    with NLC but minus LPA!!

    Visiting IBU, ACA, MIA, HBA, MCA
    all back to square A!

    KPTK, KTPK, KTPTG, turn on the ping-pong
    so gone even if a KingKong!

    Visiting the Bar
    with DB not too far.
    Not for a beer
    and surely not cheer
    when procedures are nowhere near
    and answers hardly clear!

    PTG named the place
    with PKNS to play
    so someones need not pray
    and no place for DID to stay
    but MPPJ or MPSJ to say.
    so gone many many a days
    with someone continuing up to today
    for many many to talk the "save"
    either pay or stay
    nevertheless they hold the gate!!

    The Condo stays away
    when the club turns away
    with MC bully the way
    so Common Properties given away!

    Calling a meeting
    for them to do the Talking
    even all should be accounting
    and auditing.
    No one can do the asking
    or the Guard will be standing
    to stop the one disagreeing
    and so they are continuing
    as those they are the only ruling!

    So, to tear the man
    until he cannot comment
    as no one will look at any "a"
    even he presents all in straight A.

    That is Malay's A!!

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  16. POOR BEES

    "Wom" "Wom" busy working the bees
    flying around the trees
    Their Home Home are on the trees.
    They find worm worm on the trees
    so "Ong" "Ong" to warn to flee.
    "Wom" "Wom" "Ong" "Ong"
    on their Home Home with Worm Worm
    The Poor Bees!

    Does God need to hear
    their prayers before he can see
    what is the deal
    that make all this real?
    Should Bees be so poor? indeed!

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  17. If you look in Quran,Hadith for answers to live a better life accordance to what Allah says.. AlhamduliLlah..

    but if youre looking for approval to what you want and dont want, approval to your answers to problem, answers of life, what should and shouldnt etc. then u should ask yourself why u need to look into the Quran when u have already answered your answers..

    believe that we are Allah's creature to worship Him and submission yourself.. only to Him

    http://al-islam.com/eng/

    {ALlah does not judge you according to your appearance and your wealth, but He looks at your hearts and looks into your deeds.} Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #2564

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  18. Beautiful.

    It is heartfelt even tho I am a Christian.

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  19. Be Free?
    =======
    Not today
    as I get a lot of delays
    their lawyers need not say
    as the judges care not the way.

    I pay the fee
    and did the trees
    on what to trace
    for the case
    so the bundle ready for display!

    My lawyer see not the delays
    nor made his way
    to the mention days.

    The BAR also no say
    so do I need to pray
    to send God on the way
    to save??

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