Posts Tagged ‘poem’

Boonaa Mohammed – Green Card

October 3, 2009  |  General, Worth Reading  |  No Comments

This poem was commissioned by the Mayworks Festival of Canada in 2008, surrounding issues of labour and equality in the Canadian workforce. The video was directed/edited by Hassan Jama with D.O.P. Justin Lovell. Off the new album entitled “Stranger to this world” available late 2009.

Check out more of his videos here : http://www.youtube.com/user/boonaa

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES

July 21, 2009  |  Worth Reading  |  1 Comment

Pretty much left me speechless; Another much watch video
Here is poem typed out

Have we forgotten the purpose of our lives?
Sometimes we think we exist just to have a good time.
So we indulge in satisfying our lusts and desires,
Even if means becoming hypocrites, thieves and liars

We forget the sole reason Allah created our souls.
It is to worship Him alone, until they bury our bones
Never faltering, never shifting, away from our Iman,
Remaining true to Allah as best as we can.

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