Selma Cook

Sister Amel has had to leave 'Islamic garden' website. We are all sorry to see her go and we ask Allah to bless her in this life and the next for her efforts in developing such a website. She has asked me to take care of the website for her.

May Allah bless you!
 

The internet is a strange place.  People can really get to know each other but never actually meet.  Allah joins the hearts of those whom He chooses.  Sister Amel and I became friends through knowing each other on the Net and now she has had to travel and so will not be able to continue working on her website.  She has put so much effort into developing it, so that now it is full of various topics and articles, which are relevant to Muslims today.  She asked me to take over her site and continue from where she left off.  This proposal came as a surprise and I was touched that she should ask me.  I find it a pleasure to continue working on her site and I hope I can keep it at the high standard at which she maintained it.

I pray that Allah will bless her in this life and the next and that this site, which she developed from its very beginning, will continue to be a source of reward for her, long after she ceases working on it.
 

I want to dedicate this poem I have written to Amel.
 

A Prayer for my Friend

I send you away
With a tear and a kiss
And a prayer for your safe return

With a little house
To remind you
Of the place you have
Here with me

A place of warmth
Of love
Of growing in the light

Your return is marked by your prayer
Of sincerity

Prayer can lift you unawares
Repairing the miles
Between us
Replacing the spiritual desert
With green leaves and palms

Poetry