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September 11, 2001

The attacks on September 11, 2001 changed the lives of all Americans, especially Muslims.

Dr. Shahid Athar, MD

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A Prayer and a Message for Eid

Written by Dr. Shahid Athar

In the Name of Allah Most Kind, Merciful

Ya Allah, our Creator and Sustainer

All praise belongs to you,

You alone we worship,

You alone we fear,

You alone we seek help from

We thank You for giving us another blessed Ramadan in our life to purify us and another Day of Eid to enjoy with our families and friends, for we don’t know if we will get another chance next year. We thank You for choosing Islam as the religion for us for if we were left astray, we could not have enjoyed Ramadan or Eid. We thank You for giving us this month the noble Quran, the Criterion and the Guide. We thank You for increasing awareness of Yourself in this month, and we pray we always continue it.

Sajood (Prostration)

Written by Dr. Shahid Athar

“ When I prostrated , the earth cried
What are you going to get
From your prayers?
You have so many idols in your heart”
- wrote Mohammad Iqbal the poet

“ It is not the magnitude of my sins
But the magnitude of Allah’s Forgiveness
That amazes me so much”
- said Ali (r) , the Caliph

“The comfort of my eyes

Is in my sajood”

-said Prophet Mohammad(p)

So, I , the sinner
Went down in sajood
To be close to my Beloved
And worship Him
And only Him

Even with all my sins
And all those idols in my heart
I could not stop loving You
How could I?

“My Lord! Forgive me
as You love to forgive
Thus forgive me
O You The Merciful”
- Prayers of Prophet Mohammad

I seek Your Power, Ya Allah
To destroy these idols from my heart
I am too weak, I submit
There is no god but Allah

In life, You gave me
Freedom like a low flying bird
Make my death be like
Uthman (r) the Caliph , or
Hussain ibn Ali, the shaheed
In sajood to You.

In deed my prayers
My sacrifice, my life
And my death, are only for
Allah, The Sustainer of Worlds

By Shahid Athar