Friday 7 November 2008

Change my Dead Heart

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim


Change my Dead Heart - Syeikh Ahmad Zulfikar

Wash all the filth away and change my dead heart
make me alive again, give me a fresh start
so change my heart please and wash the filth away
don't leave me drowning here alone and astray

I spent my life running away from you

and now I have nowhere to turn except to You
I turn to You and begging You to be saved
and change me into the obedient slave

I have been doing all my life what I craved
Syaitan and nafs have always held me enslaved
I am ashamed that I have broken Your rules
worshipped my nafs and be an ignorant fool

But now I know the path leading me to deen

I bow to you and asking You to help me
I wish your name (asma al-Husna) to be engraved in my heart
I will be grateful to You - change this dead heart

My heart is dark and so my eyes remain dry
Hypocrisy and hubris wont let me cry
I am at your door, I am begging you let me in
not push me back to my hopeless life of sin

So change my heart and forgive my sins these days

not leave me drowning here alone and astray
wash all the filth away and change my dead heart
make me alive again, give me a fresh start

"dan hendaklah kamu memohon ampunan kepada Tuhanmu dan bertaubat kepada-Nya, niscaya Dia akan memberi kenikmatan yang baik kepadamu sampai waktu yang telah ditentukan. Dan Dia akan memberikan karunia-Nya kepada setiap orang yang berbuat baik. Dan jika kamu berpaling, maka sungguh, aku takut kamu akan ditimpa azab pada hari yang besar (kiamat)"
[Hud 11:3]

Allahumma ya muqallibal qulub, thabbits qalbi 'ala deenik
Ya Allah yang mebolak-balikkan hati, mantapkanlah hatiku dalam memeluk agama-Mu

wallahua'lam
segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam

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