The Welcome to Madinah
Verses by Amherst Tyssen (ra)
The governors of Yathrib
They laid their maces down,
They laid their maces down,
They made the Makkan exile
The ruler of their town,
The ruler of their town,
To him they came for judgment
In each disputed cause,
In each disputed cause,
They offered him their tribute,
They bade him frame their laws.
They bade him frame their laws.
They swore with manly fealty
To serve him even to death,
To serve him even to death,
Confessing him their prophet
With life’s expiring breath.
With life’s expiring breath.
Their very lives they perilled,
They laboured and they fought;
They laboured and they fought;
For in good truth they deemed him
By God divinely taught.
By God divinely taught.
Lord grant that we, renouncing
All selfishness and pride,
All selfishness and pride,
At Thy command may freely
Cast wealth and power aside.
Cast wealth and power aside.
Attentive may we listen
Wherever Thy voice is heard,
Wherever Thy voice is heard,
And life itself surrender
Obedient to Thy word.
Obedient to Thy word.
Consistent with Thy precepts
Our journey may we trend,
Our journey may we trend,
Stern duty’s path pursuing
Unswerving to the end.
Unswerving to the end.
Thus we, like Yathrib’s heroes,
Shall brave examples be
Shall brave examples be
Of worldly weal discarded
For faithfulness to Thee.
For faithfulness to Thee.
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(Photos, the Prophet’s (saws) Mosque exterior view Past and Present)
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