Step Into My World
The Islamic Renaissance - Spring 1996


Check it out! It's the turn of the century and no matter what Sprite says... Image is everything. The way you look and the way you get across says it all. So here's the deal. We gotta get out there, shatter some twisted images and switch'em with the righteous ones. Islam is getting a bad wrap. So what are you gonna do about it? Either you stand up and be proud of being a Muslim, or you walk away with your head down. My suggestion.....stand up and proclaim the truth. But you know, the truth takes gumption, gall, and audacity. You can't be a blade of grass, you gotta be a tree. You can't get shaken up. islam is in everything you do. From the way you talk to the way you walk. Islam has got the logic to school everyone. So we gotta start educating with out bodies and not just with our books. Call the shots, don't roll the dice. Don't get played. Be strong, not wrong. Stand up, act up, make everyone shut up and rise up. If you believe the truth, then be the truth. Hold your tongue. Think twice before you speak. Keep your deed tall and your speech small. No more cheaters in this game. Don't take any Hippocratic Oath. Walk your talk. Stand up for justice and take no prisoners. The laws of the Lord come before the laws of the land. Don't be a slave to your boss or your friend, be a slave to Allah (swt). If you're listening to the evil, turn it off or turn it away. Don't be weak. Keep your eyes and your ears from the enemy. Shaytan. Fight him with your mind and your body. Don't let him educate you. Step off and straighten out. You either fight for him or against him. You make the call. From the big to the small. Clean your heart and your body will follow. Your tongue will follow and it will only speak beauty. Your eyes will follow ad they'll be blind to the wrong beauty. Your ears will follow and they'll be deaf to the devil. Your feet will follow and they'll take you to the righteous place of the land. And soon, your spirit will follow and you'll find yourself stepping away from Shaytan, and moving closer to Allah (swt). This life is a game. Bur we gotta play by the rules. Don't let the enemy play you. He's out to scrap you. He's doing his job, now you gotta do yours. Untie those nasty knots. Don't be a slave to yur sleep. Wake up at dawn and contact your Creator. Fear only the One Who gave you your life and not the one who's playing with it. If you believe in truth then be the truth. Take Islam to the top. Get Real. Take the tests and pass'em. Raise the G.P.A. of your Iman. Take it to the next level. Be the best and don't judge the rest. Look in the mirror before you look to the world. Contemplate. Educate. And don't hesitate. Let Islam reverberate through your world. Kill your ego and your pride. Be culture, creed, and color blind. All men and women are created equal. Yet no two are alike. There's only one slave-master relationship. Not between husband and wife - only between a person and God. Think. Listen. Remember. Don't stall to forgive all. Let he who has not faults cast the insult. Don't forget the end. There is a point. There has to be. Prepare for death. Work for paradise, not your pension. Live life like a true believer, not a deceiver. Die with Islam on your tongue and in your heart. Peace.