A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Mawlana ‘Abd al-‘Alim asw-Swiddiq ibn ‘Abd al-Hakim al-Qadri, ( q.s. ) wrote this poem in his college years:   “O Prophet of Allah, please look towards my direction, And accept me as your devoted follower. O Prophet of Allah, save me from the love of dunya , And help me to awake from my slumber. O Prophet of Allah, let me on the Day of Qiyamah , Be amongst the fortunate ones so that I can receive thy shafa’at . O Prophet of Allah, how fortunate I am to be born into your ummah , And on thee, I depend for guidance in this world, so help me. O Prophet of Allah, when I die, dark and lonely will be my qabr , But with thy light, my abode will be filled with nur . O Prophet of Allah, I pray to Allah that He Takes me to Madina, And cause me to die besides thy blessed Rawdhah .”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Mawlana ‘Abd al-‘Alim asw-Swiddiq ibn ‘Abd al-Hakim al-Qadri ( q.s. ) wrote, on the Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ):   “My heart yearns to show its bleeding scars, And to teach everyone on earth the laws, Which might make blessed life, yours. This is my yearning and this is my aim. This is my intention and this is my claim. With this I yearn to scan the globe. And deliver to humanity the message of hope.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Mawlana ‘Abd al-‘Alim asw-Swiddiq ibn ‘Abd al-Hakim al-Qadri ( q.s. ) was one of the scholars who always came to Singapore.   He travelled around the world promoting Islam, peace and love of humanity.   He also built one of the mosques in Singapore, Masjid Abdul Aleem Siddique, at Lorong K, Telok Kurau.   Mawlana ‘Abd al-‘Alim asw-Swiddiqi ( q.s. ) was born in Ramadhan, on the 03 rd April 1892; 15 th Ramadhan 1310; in Meerut, India.   He was raised in a family that was pious.   He was a direct descendant of Sayyidina Abu Bakr ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Utsman asw-Swiddiq ( r.a. ), the first caliph of Islam. From a young age, his father, Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abd al-Hakim ( r.a. ) and his mother, were his inspiration and source of guidance and education in the teachings of Islam.   He was an exceptionally intelligent child, and possessed an intellectual capacity beyond his years.   He committed the Qur’an to memory when he...