[Reader-list] A peom from a madrasa journal in condemnation of the Taliban

[arshad amanullah]

Some months ago, Taliban fanatics in Afghanistan brutally murdered an
Indian engineer, Satyanarayana, who was working in that country, for
no 'fault' other than his being an Indian and a non-Muslim. This poem,
written by Ather Naqvi, appeared in the Urdu madrasa journal Jarida
Tarjuman (Delhi).

To the Taliban: Bi Iyye Zambin Qataltumuh <1>
       (In context of the murder of Indian engineer Satya Narayana)

Into the deep darkness of your heart
There are no rays of the light anywhere,
Even your decomposed souls, being transformed into fiend,
Are ecstatic in the dance of barbarism, at the land of death,
Your sense is dead,
Your conscience is lying lifeless,
And your reason has already breathed its last,
You are still leading life of Jahiliyya ,2>, in the dark ages bygone,
You are a shame in the name of humanity,
You have become catastrophe (azaab) for the followers of the true prophet,
It's due to your brutality only that the ummah is condemned to a
severe mental agony,
Terrorism on your part has provided the West with the opportunity to
defame Islam,
the true religion,
You have become the real brother of Narendra Modi,
Like him, you too have stains of blood on your hands, of the innocent,
But thou not are the descendents of Afghans, the brave and self-priding folks,
As you got deformed into the dreaded idols of barbarism,
When will come to a halt your madness of the blood-shedding?
Thousands of innocent dead bodies
Ask you
Tell us: what was our crime,
That you have slaughtered us in punishment of?
Tell us: what was the mistake of Satyanarayana,
That you murdered the innocent, without any hesitation?
Have you been till the day ignorant of the divine command "Man Qatala
Nafsan Be Ghaire Nafsin" ,<3>
Having killed him, now you are declared the murderer of the whole humanity?
When you will be asked on the Day of Resurrection:
"Bi Iyye Zambin Qataltumuh",< 1>
Tell me: what will be your answer?
What will you say to the God Almighty?
[This poem appeared in a fortnightly madrasa journal "Jarida Tarjuman", Delhi
(1-15June,2006)].

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                                                   <1> . A verse from
the Quran: As a punishment of what crime you people murdered him?
<2> The period which predates the advent of Islam and is supposed to
be characterized with war, murder and lack of respect for the humanism
<3>  The period which predates Islam and is supposed to be
characterized with war, murder and lack of respect for the humanism.

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