The Last Fatiha

by Yahya Abdul Rahman - Sept 13, 2004

(Poem written on the occasion of the murder of 47 year old Maulana Ibrahim Salfi in Lahore Pakistan on Sept 12, 2004)

In early dawn as he returned from offering fajr prayer

He did not know they lie in wait to catch him unaware

The last fatiha was offered up with supplications and praise

A short while later a pool of blood would mark his end of days

Although the culprits still run free despite their act of murder

What they will answer to Allah truly makes one shudder

They may delude themselves to think that they have finally won

But victory is with Allah and not with the barrel of a gun

And now he lies within the ground, his fate is with Raheem*

But the final court of justice is yet to be convened

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*Note: Raheem is one of the names of Allah.