Modern Civilization, A Drowning Ship with No Crew - The Dialogue of 2021
By
Aadil Farook, New Age Islam
23 December
2021
The search
for truth has now turned obsolete
For our
caprice, social media is an ideal treat
No more
time for lifting the veils on reality
Google is
there to entertain us as its duty
Hedonism
and consumerism thwart human soul
That was
created for a much higher goal
The pursuit
of material progress and “prosperity”
Chokes a
life of dimensions approaching infinity
Science and
research cannot illuminate everything
Inner
peace, technologies simply cannot bring
Philosophy
has no potential to satisfy our quest
Art and
Literature distract us from voids at best
Political
and economic isms have all been tried
In bridging
theory with practice, they all lied
Religion has
been confined to rituals or dogma
The journey
within has become an enigma
The entire
humanity is in crisis
Directionless,
we strive for bliss
At will,
the devils run the show
The seed of
solution, none to sow
This planet
longs for a magic wand
Or a new
sun that hasn’t dawned
That mortal
can promise us salvation
In whom,
all qualities form a fusion
Only one
man can save mother earth
To global
welfare, he can give birth
His seeker
cannot be at loss
He’s the
secret behind this cosmos
Ages ago,
his life did end
Yet, on his
way, we depend
He showed
path of divine light
He grants
man his lost sight
He merged
passion with vision
He indeed
defines revolution
Claimants
of his love are all around
But deeds
like his won't be found
Believers
hail him but don’t follow him
Disbelievers
are too blind to know him
In the
West, his status isn't revealed
The East,
without him, can't be healed
In the
East, he is revered without imitation
The West
criticizes him with no comprehension
Too far
from his footsteps is the East
Enlightened
or spiritual, the West is least
“Intellectuals”,
too arrogant to acknowledge him
The masses,
too ignorant to understand him
The poor
lack knowledge to walk his pathway
The rich
surrender to their own desires’ play
No
conspiracy it is that he’s vilified beyond measure
Tarnishing
his legacy is the sick soul’s pleasure
Yet the
meaning of his name is, “the praised”
Thus, from
history, he cannot ever be erased
Among all
giants, he alone is the king
His majesty
makes me write and sing
Many hearts
and minds exist in his dominion
His rule
transcends any geographical region
O’ beloved of God, none can ever be like you
Modern
civilization, a drowning ship with no crew
Its
indifference can’t undermine your greatness at all
It would
only increase its own perpetual fall
He who
doesn’t love your poverty
is not
worthy of admiring your glory
He who
hasn’t seen your ascetic nature
Should not
see your grandeur either
He who
can’t appreciate your mystical aspect
Should
remain silent on your worldly impact
He who
can’t read your simplicity
Is himself
alien to what’s humility?
He who is
unable to see your purity
is
illiterate to the concept of beauty
He who
doesn’t surrender to your wisdom
Is devoid
of learning like the deaf & dumb
He who
fails to feel your tears for all humanity
has no
right to call you most influential personality
He who is
unaware of your long prayers for the Ummah
Should not
be impressed with your conquest of Makkah
He who
can’t see your perfection
Is a prey
to Satan’s deception
He who
can’t acknowledge you as a prophet
is
comparing a sun to a candle being lit
Not
recognizing you as the most exalted creation
is the
negation of God’s proudest affirmation
If God was
a hidden treasure wanting to be known
The key of
His heavens are in your hands alone
The prayer
that begins with your invocation
ends with
the cosmic symphony’s affiliation
The Muslims
split into many factions without brotherhood
unite only
to safeguard your finality of prophethood
The sword
truly raised in only your name
is free from
hatred, avarice and blame
Western
Thought says self-discovery is after affirming ego
But you
said that realization comes after negating ego
While
modernity brought exploitation of nature
You taught
that harmony is the vital factor
To uphold
establishing peace without your reference
is
concealing that love was your foremost reliance
Before
time-space when all souls endorsed God’s existence
You had
already been chosen as leader of homo-sapiens
O’ Muhammad Sallallaahu 'Alayhi Wa Sallam
It is now
time the world submits to you
It is now
time the world submits to you
It is now
time the world submits to you
And, due to
heedlessness, if it doesn’t
It will
submit on the Day of Judgment
Here, you
lived like a humble servant
There,
everyone will be your servant!
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Aadil Farook, Winner/Nominee of 2 International
Awards (US & UK), is a Lahore-based blogger.
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