08.04.2019
I've been praying for years (O Medina)
I've been making Du'a1 for years,To go to Hajj2 one day.
To perform the Ka'bah Tawaf3,
To utter 'Labbayk Allah4!'
At the Maqam-e-Ibrahim5,
To perform Namaz6,
To drink Zamzam7 water,
To heal my Iman8.
Chorus:
O , o Medina,
Will I get to see your beauty?
Will I be granted Naseeha9,
To be your Musafir10?
All the Hajjis11 which were there,
Utter the same words:
Medina is the most beautiful,
And Nur12 is coming out of it.
O Allah, when will I see,
All the places of our Rasul13,
And pray two Rakat14
In his Jami'a15?
Chorus.
Every night I'm getting up,
To pray Qiyamu-l-Layl16.
While crying in Sajdah17, I say:
O Allah, make me one of your Hajjis.
The Mecca and Medina,
To see with my own eyes,
To die, and not regret,
And that my eyes remain open.
Chorus.
- 1. 'Du'a' [Arabic: دعاء] = 'invocation / prayer' ()
- 2. 'Hajj' [Arabic: حج] = 'pilgrimage' - to Mecca, holiest city in the religion of Islam. ()
- 3. 'Ka'bah Tawaf' [Arabic: كعبة طواف] = lit. 'circling the Cube'. - the ')
- 4. 'Labbayk Allah' [Arabic: لبيك الله] = literal translation is 'I am here to Your service, o God!' or 'I am responding to you, o God!' - this invocation is known as the 'Talbiyah' and it is the prayer said during the Hajj pilgrimage. ()
- 5. 'Maqam-e-Ibrahim' [Arabic: مقام إبراهيم] = 'Station of Abraham' - a stone in Macca which is, according to Muslim belief, considered to contain an imprint of )
- 6. 'Namaz' [Persian: نماز] - 'prayer' - also known as 'Salah' [Arabic: صلاة]. 'Namaz' is the word of Persian origin, while 'Salah' is of Arabic origin. Both words signify the same thing. ()
- 7. 'Zamzam' [Arabic: زمزم] = Name of a well located in Mecca. ()
- 8. 'Iman' [Arabic: إيمان] = 'Faith'. ()
- 9. 'Naseeha' [Arabic: نصيحة] = 'advice' / 'recommendation' / 'guidance' - in this case, it's used with the latter meaning, as 'guidance' or 'leading', in the sense of 'Will I be lead towards being your guest?' ()
- 10. 'Musafir' [Arabic: مسافر] = 'traveller' or 'guest' - in this context, it means 'guest'. ()
- 11. 'Hajji' [Colloquial Arabic: حجي or حاجي], also 'Haaj' [Formal Arabic: حاج] = 'pilgrim' ()
- 12. 'Nur' [Arabic: نور] = 'Light'. ()
- 13. 'Rasul' [Arabic: رسول] = the 'Messenger' (of God Almighty). In this case, refering to the )
- 14. 'Rakah' [Arabic: ركعة] = one 'cycle' or 'unit' during prayer in Islam. Each prayer consists of a certain number of Rakat. ()
- 15. 'Jamia' [Arabic: جامعة] - also known as 'Masjid' [Arabic: مسجد] = ')
- 16. 'Qiyamu-l-Layl' [Arabic: قيام الليل] = 'Standing of the Night' - the nightly prayer - a Muslim prayer performed late in the night - it is a voluntary prayer, and not one of the five obligatory prayers. Also known by the name 'Tahajjud' [Arabic: تهجد] - whose meaning is close to 'vigilance', or, 'staying awake at night'. ()
- 17. 'Sajdah' [Arabic: سجدة] - also known as 'Sujud' [Arabic: سجود] = 'prostration' during prayer. ()