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Sometimes I wonder...



Sometimes I wonder…

What will make us British?


Our parents came as children to this land

Economic migrants after their land had been destroyed by colonialism

Our parents came to earn and rebuild their homeland

Not knowing what the future will bring

The next generation did not want to go back to their motherland

“This is our home, even when we get called all sorts, spat at and pushed around… this is our home!”


Sometimes I wonder…

What will make us British?


Our parents worked day and night to give us a happy life

Paid peanuts but smiled and carried on

Started their own businesses

Did the jobs no one else would do

Never complained knowing that God had a better plan

Our mums did not sit idle in their homes

Worked from home making samosas and clothes!


Sometimes I wonder…

What will make us British?


Our parents gave us the inspiration

“Work hard, save your pennies, study, build your lives”

“Never give up,” were their words

We made Britain our home by contributing to the Taxman

And yes, tea time is part of our daily life!


Sometimes I wonder…

What will make us British?


Well actually, what is in a label when our destination in God?


As He reminds us in the Qur’an;

“O humanity! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you may ˹get to˺ know one another. Surely the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous among you. Allah is truly All-Knowing, All-Aware.”

{Qur’an: Surah Al Hujarat: Verse 13}


This land we claim to be British, belongs to God

This earth we claim to be ours, belongs to God

We came to this earth simply to get to know one another


Sometimes I wonder…

How our Beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ felt?


When family members turned away

When people threw rubbish along the way

When the companions were tortured to death

And let us recall for a moment, the last sermon of the Beloved One ﷺ


He ﷺ said;

“…All mankind is from Adam and Eve; an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also, a white has no superiority over a black, nor does a black have any superiority over a white, except by piety and good action…”


Sometimes I wonder…

What will make us British?


Yours truly,

The Servant

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