Light of Qiblah

I don’t say too much,

you already know I’ve never been the one for words

I keep my feelings locked inside And leave my deepest thoughts unheard

Until I saw you for the first time in Camden

And for a man who rarely speaks You left me with nothing

to say You took my breath away,

I couldn’t find the words

I thought I’d known what beauty was

But I had never seen you first

Korima, my special one You changed my life without even trying You

became my home, you became my heart You gave my days a

deeper meaning We may be different in so many ways Yet somehow

we fit just right You’re the part of me I never knew

I needed The one who makes me whole inside

Two strangers back in 2009 You were shy and I was nervous

Knowing Allah had written you for me

May 2010, we became husband and wife I remember how nervous you

were And somewhere in those early days I found a love beyond

all words

Korima, my special one You completed half my deen You helped me

find my way to Him And chase the man

I want to be I barely prayed before I met you Now

missing Salah cuts me deep And I thank Allah for the woman

Who helped awaken my heart to Him

We’ve had our trials,

we’ve had our pain We’ve had to find our strength again

But every time the world got heavy

You were right there beside me

Korima,

my special one

You completed half my deen And showed me what true love can

mean

I don’t say “I love you” enough But if you could look

inside my heart

You’d know just how much I do I don’t

say much… you know that’s just me But the day I saw

you in Camden You left me speechless… And all these years later,

you still do.

May Allah keep us together in this life

And reunite us in Jannah.