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Subhan Allah! Not blinding at all Oh never! Squinting I gaze in awe through eyes half-closed Bathed in heavenly glow Making me smile Softly feeling blessed!
Majestic! No wonder Allah made an oath Benedicting fajr “By the dawn” at 89th! Why it’s better than our entire world and everything it contains.
Thy Dawn protects me No harm shall befall me Sought in two priceless rakah Solemnly witnessed in verses by angels of night and day!
Oh how I envy my dear Beloved reciting 60 to 100 to make it the longest!
At dawn is comfort Solace or refuge for those who wake to blink away a dream Making me remember Thee Bathed in amber glow!
Alhamdu lillaahil-lathee ahyānā ba’da maa ‘amaatanaa wa’ilayhin-nushoor.
Praise is to Allah Who gives us life after He has caused us to die and to Him is the return. (Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/113; Muslim 4/2083)
(MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Warina Sushil A. Jukuy is a Muslim Tausug of Lupah Sug in diaspora, displaced twice from Sulu to Davao City in 1974 and again since 2009. She thrives as a Peace Warrior using mortar and pestle, pen and ink, colors and voice, and keyboard).