In some world, we will be seen as equals.

Standing hand in hand with the rest of humanity,

Letting everyone know that we are united.

A religion that literally translates to peace. 

Most people do not know that, but now you do.

We are peaceful and would want nothing less than the best for everyone around us. 

We have our beliefs that some people may not agree with, but before judgments and assumptions are made, just listen to me. 

We worship one single God alone because there is no other God but Him. 

We pray five times a day as a way of praising our Lord and thanking Him for all our blessings. 

We give Zakat (charity) to those less fortunate.

We fast for a month every year to be reminded of how blessed we are and to feel empathy for those less fortunate.

We perform pilgrimage once a lifetime, if financially able, to visit the house of God on earth and to take part in religious historical acts. 

We cover ourselves properly to conceal what should be left for our own eyes. 

We respect our elders because they are more knowledgeable than us. 

We treat those younger than us with patience because we must show them how to be respectful of everything and everyone.

We obey our parents because of all the sacrifices they continue to make for us to live a better life – don’t forget that heaven lies underneath the feet of our mothers. 

We recite the call to prayer in a newborn baby’s ear, and the prayer that is prayed at their funeral has been called for since they were born – that is how short our life is. 

We know how valuable life is,

We have our respectful ways,

We respect those around us, so why do we not receive that same respect. 

We have majority people accept us, but there are always the ignorant few who do not care to seek knowledge in this religion to gain respect for it. 

We try our best to get people to realize how peaceful we are, 

then again, our religion literally translates to peace.

This poem was inspired by a writer’s seminar done in class by Maria and Faryal. The writer they did it on was Muslim and he wrote a lot about God and belief in Him and about the religion in general. He used a reliable source, the Quran, to back up a lot of what he said in his poems. This got me thinking about how many people choose to turn the blindside to this peaceful religion and how I hear stories of people converting to Islam after they hear verses from the Qu’ran. I take a lot of pride in my religion and I wanted to write something that puts out just a taste of what this religious practice is about. 

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