Happy Eid?

“Come to us with fragrance With Glory and Clear Victory” On behalf of us all at al-istiqamah.com we wish you all the best on our celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr. The sense of melancholy felt at the departure of Ramadhan mingles with the joy that this day should bring. Yet for many Muslims whose loved ones have departed this world, or who are currently behind bars, Eid is a day that painfully highlights the incompleteness of their family. We have reproduced the following poem derived from an Arabic nasheed (song) to reflect the sentiment that as Muslims, we can never really experience a “Happy Eid” until every part of our Ummah is freed from oppression. was-salam, al-istiqamah.com Click here to view the flash presentation courtesy of emanway.com Happy Eid O Crescent, Depart! They said: The Happy Eid is coming… Happy Eid? While the earth is still wet with the blood of the shaheed (martyr)? And the war has tired itself And loathed those she perishes A Happy Eid in the palaces of the pampered A miserable Eid in the tents of the refugees Oh Crescent, Our footsteps steps have grew old And Happiness is still very far from us Disappear O Crescent! Do not come with your happy Eid With groans I do not want an Eid with a cut aorta Do you think Eid is in sweets? And new clothing? Do you think Eid is a compliment underlined in a newspaper? Depart Oh Crescent, And appear when the time will smile And when the flames of tribulations will die out Come to us When the evening will be covered with our smiles and when the snow on our paths will melt Come to us with fragrance With Glory and Clear Victory Come to us with a full healing for Muslims This is the Happy Eid And other than that for us is not an Eid Depart oh Crescent Till You see this Ummah’s flags Waving high with pride For there is Eid in there What Eid? When the distressed are smiling with the happy?