Pray for Our World

I was on my way home last night... after school... and as usual I was listening to some nasheeds. Yesterday, we were listening to Our World by Zain Bhikha (AMAZING album! Check it out for sure)... and it's amazing how some songs can just really make you think.

"Our World" is such an inspiring nasheed... i know a lot of people aren't really into them.. but this one I think really hits people hard... esp in the heart. They played it at MuslimFest in August when Zain couldn't make it as part of the tribute to him... and sooo many people afterwards told me how it was such an amazing nasheed.. probably the most beautiful nasheed they'd EVER heard. The power of prayer and the lengths it can reach... we must pray for our world and not just our families and friends... so much tragedy and disaster has gone on in the world in the past year. We mustn't sit there idly any longer and jus hope that someone else picks up the pieces.

OUR WORLD

Every morning on every news flash
I hear the sorrow of the world
It seems like everybody's lost and scared trying to make sense of it all
And as I travel to and fro, so many faces pass me by
I see lonely hearts living lonely lives just biding their time
And while we call ourselves civilized, many people living empty lives
As they drone their way through day and night

I pray for our world, I pray for every child
I pray for our world to be filled with smiles
Like the colours of a rainbow and not just black and white
I pray for our world to be filled with light
I pray for all of us, to choose the path that's right
To believe in Allah every day of our lives

In the evening on the TV news, I see images of war
I see brother killing brother with no consequence at all
And while those who claim to be leaders, sell us tales of deceit
But Allah alone know in their hearts what they reveal and conceal
And while we call ourselves civilized,
We go on killing human lives
Too caught up in our own web of lies

Every mother, every father, every daughter, every son
Don't you see, that the answer lies only with the ONE