sins. I had a habit of missing my Ṣalāĥ. One day, some Islamic sisters came to my house in order to invite me to a Sunnaĥ-inspiring Ijtimā’ of Dawat-e-Islami. Their affectionate manner melted my heart and I made an intention to attend the Ijtimā’.

When I attended, I heard an Islamic sister delivering a heart-trembling speech about the ‘punishments of missing Ṣalāĥ’ that shook me up. I made a firm intention that ‘اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ from this day on, I would not miss any single Ṣalāĥ’. Then, with the arrival of Rabī’-un-Nūr, the season of blessings, I attended a Mīlād congregation where I heard an Islamic sister deliver a speech about the ‘Devastation of Television’^[1]. My hair stood on end and tears gushed from my eyes. Since that day onwards until the present day I have been busy striving to reform myself remaining affiliated with Dawat-e-Islami.

Āp khud tashrīf lāye apnay baykas kī ṭaraf

‘Āĥ’ jab niklī tařap ker baykas-o-majbūr kī

Āp kay qadmaun mayn gir ker maut kī Yā Mustafa

Ārzū kab āye gī bar, baykas-o-majbūr kī

When the helpless and powerless beseeched you

You came yourself to the forsaken one

When will the wish of the helpless and the powerless be fulfilled?

When will he be blessed with death at your feet?

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد