This poem reflects on the speaker's purpose for being born and living temporarily in the world. It encourages striving to prove one's worth and improve oneself, rather than settling for superficial rewards, in order to earn God's blessing and paradise in the afterlife. The speaker believes they were freed from defects to see if they are deserving as a being who believes in being declared free by God, not from difficulties but to overcome them through faith and good works.

1. My Place 2010 | Hijri 1431
MY PLACE
I was decreed—
To be born,
For a short sojourn,
In a city,
Fully of variety—
Temporarily freed...
Freed so as to see—
If I'm worth,
From the earth,
As a being,
Who is believing—
To be declared free.
Free not from nothing—
But from defect,
So to that effect,
As a relief,
I'm given a belief—
That earns me blessing.
The blessing hard to earn—
It's better to prove,
And to improve,
Our mettle,
Than to settle—
For a flimsy crown,
The crown to adorn—
Worth not a bit,
Not even a nit,
Nor the wing of mite,
That has a nasty bite—
It's better to mourn.
Mourn not the dead—
Under the six-feet earth,
But those in hell's hearth,
Strive not for fire,
And be a live pyre—
But for Paradise instead....MH
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