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Like a Tasbih…

As I close my eyes,

She appears with a smile

even before sleep arrives.

A Prayer!

Ya Rahman ! Ya Raheem ! O My Loving Lord !
You’ve fondled me with your Mercy . . .
You have answered me,
Even before I have called upon you !

In the bazaar of Love . . .

In search of a drop, I found an ocean!
Looking for an angel, I was blessed with a human,
Alive, with a heart.
In the bazaar of love
Many gathered around my caravan,
Yet only a Single Buyer did I find!

Blood in the River

My wretched soul
Knocked on Siddiqa’s door
The world gained one third
From this Lady Learned
Mustafa left the world
In her lap his head laid…
Inspired during a tafsir session of Sura Al Noor, this poem is a dream visit to the house of Ayesha Siddiqa (ra) and her advice to the Modern World filled with chaos and confusion

My Rosary is breaking!

One bead after another

My Rosary is breaking

Star by Star

My sky is shattering…

Stomach full, Hearts empty : The post Ramadan Effect?

Ramadan is over and mosques are empty
Ramadan is over the rosary is immobile
Ramadan is over and Ibadah is scarce
Ramadan is over and Dhikr is forgotten

A Tender Hand

The present world is in need of a tender hand that would reach out to everyone. A hand that is clean from the wrinkles of hate and prejudice…

Unfound

What then of my Tasbih
Whose love eats my heart as cancer
Cuts my nerves like thorn razor
Freeze my blood as in a bitter freezer … Jaihoon’s poem on the friend unfound!

The gift from Almighty !

It is through you Mankind shows their gratitude to their Creator
Be it a martyr, scholar , mystic or a Lover…
Everyone holds you dear for expressing their joy!
You were the coolness of in the eyes of Almighty’s Beloved

All about MEDINIZED

‘Medinized’ is a collection of poems on the love of Holy Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam (peace be upon him). These were written after the publication of my earlier book, Henna for the Heart (2003). Along with the poems, there are also certain extracts related to the topic compiled from ‘The Cool Breeze From Hind’ (2006). Two essays earlier published on JAIHOON.COM have also been included in this compilation. Some of these poems and notes were penned while sitting at the Rawdha Shareef (the blessed place between grave and pulpit of the Holy Prophet).

Love… all my love!

O beloved of God!
O treasure of the world!
O the heart of whom
is purer
than gold.

Jaihoon’s poem inspired while greeting salaam at Rawdha after fajr

Madina is…

While standing to greet at Rawdha
All wishes are forgotten
And love of beloved is begotten

His Nearness, our Paradise - Rabia Basri’s reply to Jaihoon

Last night had I a dream
Close to real did it seem
Across the streets of Basra
Walking I in a state of doubt
My mind in pain was put
With Reason my heart was cut
Appeared then by my side
Who in His Love all nights cried
She saw the cloud in my eyes
As if faith’s sun not in me rise

His city, the hive of joy

I am fashioned by hand of man
Beautified is he by Ar-rahman
O Jaihoon! His city is the hive of joy
Tears there as sweet as honey

Paradise is where Beloved is

Affinity to Beloved is the crown
King is he who such wealth own
Even dust under his feet be gold
Air around him be the envy of musk

Full Moon from Thaniyyat

Our uncivilized times are about to change
From Thaniyyat is about to arrive a prince

Oppressed women. . .

My Beloved, Name his is Muhammad

Gardner asked the rose,
‘Whomto do you feel close?’
Said the rose bathed with dew
Nightingale is my heart’s hue

A Plea for Dua

(in memory of Ali Mian- Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi [ra])

Ever since from my prized. . .

My Heart without you, O Love-cheeked one

Drugged with your love
Intoxicated with passion
Without you beside
Death with me resides

Time at me fun pokes
Solitude stone throws
Without you beside
A madman am I let loose

One Madina’s Lover enough to Charm Houris 70 or more

One Madina’s Lover enough to Charm Houris 70 or more
Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

Last night when. . .

That Night Ended ‘Medinized’

Love is an indivisible thing, be it related to earth or Heavens. True love is synonymous with Divine love. A lover craves for acceptance from his beloved for all his aspirations in life

‘Coz Mustafa Said So!

Iblis asked me in a dream
A question to me strange seem
Why in God do you

A Silent wail for Heavenly Love

- Jaihoon
“Silence is victory”,
Said Your Beloved
If so,
I wail silently
For his Love Heavenly
Each day flies as

Calling Him is half the solution

O people of the world!
Calling Him is half the solution.

Men of God
Has seldom told

A truth. . .

Madina : Motherland of Love

There are two occasions when we feel the biggest joy and pain respectively. The greatest

Muhammad came, World became

The Creator chose Mim
Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
To inaugurate his ‘kun’
Mustafa into the world arrived
‘Fa Yakun’

O Soul! Don’t you remember?

O Soul
Don’t you remember?
Recall those days?
When in Harem you roamed
The House and the Stone
Safa and

A Sweet Revenge Between two lovers of God

O Friend
Lovers always secrecy choose
Beloved alone their love knows
Love is not to be in loose

Love is an Ocean Deep

Ya Rabb!
No,
To love you
so dear
I haven’t
Seen you near
No,
To believe You
in fear
I haven’t
Heard you clear
NO,
Of my

Vent of an Uprooted Tent

by Jaihoon

What happened all these days
Whomto had I turned my face
Why did I drink from

Jibreel Stops a Lover at Madina’s Gate

by Jaihoon

Part I
Question
My caravan was passing to Madina
After completing the rites at Mecca
All in the

My Wine’s Still From Madina’s Grapevine

Last night an argument
Unfolded at the tavern
Their faces away turned
As they made anger plain
They felt at unease-
As the wine’s was taste else
‘Not the same as past
The ecstasy lasts!’
Serve us the same old wine
Else with you we shall not dine
We are used
To your old Love
No other spade
Can our hearts plough’

FORGET it

by Jaihoon
My hand moved to call her
I rushed home from the busy world
I rubbed my

Sweet Seller in Paradise

I asked sheikh the wisdom why-
In ways more than one we pray?
Some on the waist,
Others

Without ‘calling’, I have been calling upon You!

These days when I call upon You
I realize-
Moments I haven’t called You
Are but less!
When have

Love-smitten, Paradise too little to desire

I
Last night sheikh shared with me a secret
From then did I learn my life was

Nail in my heart the Green Dome’s picture

You endear your beloved than any-
Than Jibreel, than Arsh…
Ah! Not all hearts are blessed
Not all

His Friends: Between Two Lies

The man on the street shall not easily find
Hard is to hunt for those whom

How could I love you not?

by Jaihoon

O light of my soul
On your shoulders I lay in rest
How could I love

Love Unlimited

I admit without the doubt slightest
Nothing like His Justice is as just
It is full of

My Mother, My Paradise

by Jaihoon
She served me until this day
Her love the sun, mine a ray
She lost sleep

Closer to soul

One night while I sat for rest
And settled at heart was life’s dust
As I stretched

Paradise comes second

- Jaihoon
The light of Ahmed when created
The ray of love in cosmos was emitted
The world

O my love, O my Foe

Those who have sense
And not lost in any craze
Have said-
‘The one who gives you love

To landlords who break hearts: Beware!

O gem of this world!
O gem of all gems!
For days a line haven’t I written

The Pain-Price of Love

- Jaihoon
To each thing in this world
A price apt has He assigned
Nothing in life is

A Tale of Two Lights

- Jaihoon
“One midnight as I looked through the window
A strange light did my attention draw
It

Jaihoon’s Poetic Bowl

- Jaihoon
O reader!
Take it from this little soul
A drop from Jaihoon’s poetic bowl
A slave once

The Cure and Sickness of Love

- Jaihoon
One afternoon while in a state of sujud
I asked my Merciful God,
‘Why the world

Lovers’ Tears Precious than Paradise’ Rivers

O Tasbih!
The joy and pain of His lovers are shown
Only to the One who in