A letter to the better half

Dear Sofia Ansar,

It was a great 12 months that we spent together. We had many things together. We shared everything between the two of us. I have seen your smiling face and crying face. I have seen your positive and negative sides. There were times when I made you angry and there were times when I made you happy. Every single moment was a treasure that I cherish till this date. We started our journey as two strangers who were willing to exchange their hearts for unknown price. And we embarked into that journey without knowing what awaiting us along the ride. But, we trusted each other and with that trust, we set our foot together and started painting our own canvas. 

Alhamdulillah, though we have some hiccups along the roller-coaster of our marriage, we managed it well. Alhamdulillah, although we were not perfect, but we covered the imperfect between us. We are like a fine clothe to each other; me covering you and you covering me. I am glad to be with you, in your rise and in your downfall; in your ups and down; and in every moment of your precious life.

Through you, I learned to be a Man. I learned what it takes to be a responsible person. I learned to be a selfless person in cruising our marriage to where is it sailing now. And I could not thank anyone more than to you for always be there for me, in every side of me, in every moment of my life with you.

Let us take a moment and express our gratitude to Allah, our Match Maker. If not because of His Mercy and Guidance, we will not stumble to each other in our paths. If not because of His Will, we could not meet and walk through this journey and reach our destination today. Today, we have reached to our first checkpoint, before we continue to walk till we reach our ultimate checkpoint, Al-Jannah. Let us stop for a while and look to the footsteps that we created at our back. Let us ponder upon our actions and contemplate over what it needs to be done to make our footsteps better.

I love you Sofia Ansar, and I will always love you. You are an amazing woman that came into my life and managed to change me what others can’t. You are a gift specially created by Allah even before we came into this world. You names and mine have been crafted in the Heaven long before we born. And I know that Allah love me so much that He placed your heart next to mine and your fingers entangled in mine. Thank you for this amazing year! Thank you for being a wonderful partner in my life! Thank you for being a beautiful soul in my world! I hope our marriage will continue sailing till the end of everything!

They asked me

‘what treasure do I possess’

‘I got the whole world’

I told them

coz’ I have your heart

next to mine;

and your smile

that is

brighter than the sun.

1717 - 1718

Teman Melodi - Lah Ahmad - Kau Tercipta

‘your smile that is
brighter than the sun’

You II

Indeed

I had been

looking for you;

knocking each

and every doors

along the passageway;

querying here and there;

till my eyes finally

estopped by my own gaze

on an enchanting red Rose;

in our first sitting.

Indeed

the rewards 

of every bit of tussles

stand await,

faithfully

at the end of

the murky crawl-way.

And here we are

threading in this

beautiful alleyway

with each other hands

holding together;

engrossed in our

own excursions;

painting our canvas

with the colours

of our love story.

Now that I have

found you,

now that

the wonderer

has a destination

to reside;

I whispered to Him

in my most

beautiful tone,

'Thank You my Lord'

for letting her

crossing my path

and let her be

the reward of

my waiting.

p.s.: the ending of You.

Melody Selection: Virguon - Bukti

Kaulah bentuk terindah
Dari baiknya Tuhan padaku

Almost a year journey together

Alhamdulillah.

Relish

The pleasures that

my eyes relish

in every moment

of our meeting

is simply abstruse.

To know that

you will invariably be there

with your candied beam,

smiling radiantly

as I walk into our home

at every sundown,

turn my gloomy morning

into a bright windy evening.

Like a wilted flower

in the heat of wild summer,

blossoming in the

wake of rainfall;

your singsong greetings,

bequeath warmth to

my cold soul;

splashing sunray to

my dusky dawn.

and dear you,

let those

glittering smile of yours

keep painting

my monotonous world

with colors of rainbow.

End Note:

Raabta by Shreya Ghoshal

'Kehte hain khuda ne is jahan mein sabhi ke liye

Kisi na kisi ko hai banaya har kisi ke liye

Tera milna hai us rab ka ishara maano

Mujhko banaya tere jaise hi kisi ke liye'

'They say God has made a special someone

for everybody in this universe,

meeting you was a sign sent from God,

Maybe I am made for somebody like you'

after 276 days..

Zealous

Love is,

to wake up

every morning

and the first façade

my eyes will fall onto,

is yours.

And the very first

smile of yours

emblazoned 

in the wake

of morning sunshine

kindling my soul

to start the day anew.

Days are passing briskly.

Leaving our pages

scribbled with 

thousands of memories;

ebbed and flowed,

and for us to flip through

embracing the reminiscence

in years to come.

As we walk

through the aisle

and my fingers

tied in between yours,

crafting many more vestiges,

fashioning voluminous

new days ahead,

using our own

blend and brew

and that’s how

our love grows

zealous and deeper.

fingers are dancing through the keys

accompanied by the melody of

You're my everything - Santa Esmeralda 

p.s.: two hundreds days, Alhamdulillah.

Solemn Covenant

Nikah is a union;
of two antithetic souls,
and two variant minds,
in the pursuit
of building
a hearty Home.

At times,
storm will frighten
with its barbarous sounds
and skies will tear up
with its downpour;
but the two souls
will keep knotting
as the two hearts
are intertwining
creating a single root
robust as the mountain.

The Home will
perpetually standing;
amidst the
ferocious storm,
and the two lovebirds
will keep tweeting
praising the Lord
of everything;
because the union
they are embarking,
is a sacred bond
epitomized as
the 'Solemn Covenant'

 [وَأَخَذْنَ مِنْكُمْ مِيثَاقًا غَلِيظًا]
'they have taken a solemn Covenant from you'

Sura An-Nisa', Ayah 21

No love between two souls is greater than what is between the spouses.
Ibn Kathīr (rahimahullaah)

Blended

the journey is galloping
towards a definite harbor
while our legs
keep engraving
on the taken passages
creating our memories
along the pathway
for us to cherish
in our old days
when my wrinkled hand
stroking your grey hairs
and together we smile
reminiscing
our laughs, tears and dramas,
blended in our
shared moments.

inside our Home
we decorate with
all the sketches,
we paint with
colours of rainbows
and we sprinkle
the fragrance of love
into the atmosphere
building our version
of Heaven
for us to dwell in
live in harmony.

Dear you,
let us keep threading
on this odyssey
for more
hundreds of days to come
for more
memories to be crafted
for more
dramas to be screen played
for more
laughs and smiles to be exploded
and tears to be wiped away.

writing through the classic melody of
Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love

the blend of laughs, tears and all

The Odyssey

 It is a God’s nature

To lay a finale for everything

As there is a destination to respite

After a lengthened voyage

Ensuing a gloomy winter season

Flowers appear decorating the atmosphere

Brings colour to the world

And fragrance to the air

These two legs

Have travelled far

Looking and hunting

Wondering here and there

Armed with a leap of faith

Beneath his rib cage

He keeps walking

Hoping the Almighty

To end the quest

And the elongated journey

Will be put to rest

Indeed,

God is all-Hearing

When He sets a Home

For him to rest

With a beautiful companion

To be a good company

For him to continue the Odyssey

As the journey has a new course

With a new purpose

Towards the path of Lord

Towards the path of Garden

Towards the eternity of love and pleasure.

The Odyssey - "A long series of wanderings or adventures, especially when filled with notable experiences, hardships"

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P.S. Alhamdulillah, Thank you Allah. For guiding us to meet and greet. Thank you Allah, for everything about her, that completing everything about me. May we live a life full of blessings, Hamesha.

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as the melody being played over our mind - Love Story : Andy Williams

1.7.17 - the new Journey begins