Four things, O God, I have to offer thee
Which Thy has not in all Thy treasury;
My nothingness, my sad necessity,
My fatal sin and earnest penitence.
Recieve these gifts and take the giver hence.

- a persian poet

"Sometimes I close my eyes and ask myself: "What it would be like to look at the face of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), to walk with him (Allah bless him and give him peace), to talk with him (Allah bless him and give him peace) and to face his eyes, indeed pearls, and witness the intense glow of his countenance as it penetrates the deep dark caverns of my sin infested soul; illuminating it, bringing it warmth and comfort? Can you imagine dear Muslim the Prophet's radiant face? Can you imagine the pleasure in seeing it? Can you imagine the glow from it?"
Extract from Imam Suhaib Webbs article

the smile the smile the smile......oh the smile

falling falling falling
down a bottomless pit
nowhere to hold onto
you grab onto sudden glimpses of light
but your darkness soon overcomes it
and you fall further

"O wave! Plunge headlong into the dark seas,
And change thyself with many a twist and turn;
Thou wast not born for tile solace of the shore;
Arise, untamed, and find a path for thyself."

- Allama Iqbal

according to a friends msn name:
"Gold is purified by fire"
deeeep