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Fahee-tries-to-write's avatar

Beautiful poem Allahummah barik. I'm lost for words!

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Asma:)'s avatar

Jazak'Allah khair! Glad you enjoyed it. May Allah bless you too Fahee <3

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Sally's avatar

Love this so much 🫶🏾🫶🏾

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Asma:)'s avatar

Glad to hear that!

Jazak'Allah khair for reading, Sally! 🫶

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Minaz Ansari's avatar

This is beautiful

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Asma:)'s avatar

Thank you for reading, Minaz🌻

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Khadejah J's avatar

Hey Asma, this was such a heartfelt poem! I loved the imagery you used with the picture at the end! There were a lot of emotions piled into this one for me. I also loved when you insinuated the idea of illusion and a blur not being a blur but sometimes a magnifier. Incredible prose! Thank you so much for sharing this! Your newsletter is awesome by the way! Just subscribed! :)

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Asma:)'s avatar

Hi, Khadejah.

Thank you so much for your comment. It means a lot.

I'm glad you connected with the imagery and the message behind it.

If you have any thoughts or feedback in the future, I'd love to hear them!

Again thanks :))

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Khadejah J's avatar

Wow, thank you so much for this Asma! Love your work! Keep it up! :)

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Postcardsbyliya's avatar

And in his presence,

I can weep,

An ocean or perhaps a sea,

So, I can finally become free.

This line 🥹❤️

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Asma:)'s avatar

Thank you for reading, Liya.<3

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Postcardsbyliya's avatar

🫶

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Umm Yusuf's avatar

MashaAllah, love the last stanza 🩷

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Asma:)'s avatar

Jazak'Allah khair! 💝

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Walyullah's avatar

Lovely flow, interesting premise.

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Bisad ✮'s avatar

This is such a beautiful poem allahuma barik. I’m going to delude myself into thinking it was for me since it was posted on my birthday 🤭

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Asma:)'s avatar

Thank you for reading Hafsa!

Barak Allahu feek 💜

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