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The Hijab, Uncovered

THe Hijab, Uncovered

One playful morning without much hesitancy
She let fly, unwrapped, unveiled, clothed modesty
What harm it be, to let the world see, how beautifully
The sun makes her hair gleam?
But so her sign came to be;
The sky opened up to cries, thunderous screams.
Let pour to rains and grey shadows unseen,
Casting their disapproval.
She realised the sin of her deed
As if she’d given God a plural
Or a sign she could take from this.
Hijaban empress delicate, let the gentleman miss-
His exposed wills, chains on your wrists
‘Tis only to Allah you submit.
So she guarded her beauty in thankfulness
For what Allah can give He can surely take
Like the beauty from the face
Of the female running through red-lights of disgrace.
You are not of those, your beauty takes to prose
As the purest glow, of noor – yes a light!
What other kind of splendour does He recognise?
There is no other one in sight.

The ‘Hijab’ today is thought to be the head-covering worn by Muslim women. From its actual definition it means ‘to curtain, to veil, to shelter’, and so to observe hijab one must behave accordingly, as well as dressing in the appropriate manner. In doing so, this lends to the wider characteristics a believing woman should uphold such as modesty, dignity and self-honour.

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December 8, 2009 Posted by Abu-Tayeb Khairdeen | hijab | feminism, hijab, islam, muslim, Muslim Women, women | 3 Comments