Song lyrics

Only Pray

📜 Lyrics

There is no remedy except through prayer No one listens except God alone What could I offer but faithfulness What do I receive but punishment's gaze No one has remained pleased with me My God, nothing but Your pleasure remains There is no remedy except through prayer No one listens except God alone Upon the beloved's door this brow bends low It has not bowed except at the prayer-house That is a strange path of justice Where nothing exists but the witness What your gaze seeks to find Will be found nowhere but in the heart's refuge Rising higher than sun and moon Yet nothing appeared but the void This darkness that is life itself Will not fade except by the light of vision You have left the idol-temple for the Kaaba What will you find but God alone These sincere arrows from loved ones Are nothing but my own transgression O Hafiz, sighs upon sighs, but finally What can be said but the beloved's praise Except through prayer... except God... except

💡 Meaning & story

Rewritten & Composed By Mohammad Farooq Interpretation and Exegesis of the Poem: "There is No Solution but Prayer" This composition is the creation of the great Urdu poet Abul-Athar Hafiz Jalandhri, in which he has expressed servitude, humility and trust in the singular essence of Allah with remarkable eloquence and impact. Central Theme: The fundamental message of this poem is that every hope and every support in the world is temporary. When a person fails in all his efforts or becomes a victim of the treachery of loved ones, he finds only one door from which no one ever returns empty-handed, and that is "the door of Allah." Brief Explanation of the Verses: * Trust and Servitude: The poet believes that when all paths are closed, prayer is the only path that works miracles. There is none but Allah who knows the state of a person's heart or hears his cry. * The Reality of the World: A person may cross every limit of faithfulness on his part, but the world often repays him with only sorrow and punishment. Even those 'loved ones' on whom a person relies most become arrows that wound the heart through their sarcasm and behavior. * The True Destination: The shore of desire (success) is attained only by one who accepts God as his navigator. Upon reaching the destination, this secret is revealed: that all the guides who appeared on the path were actually working at the bidding of this one Creator. * Acceptance and Contentment: Pleasing the world is an impossible task. True peace comes only when a person, heedless of the world's displeasure, becomes content in the pleasure of his Lord alone. * The Greatness of the Creator: No matter how high into the heavens (the sun and moon) a person may rise, he ultimately realizes that without Allah's essence, everything is a void, an incompleteness. * The Heart's Sorrow and the World's Response: In the closing verse, the poet expresses a bitter truth—when an artist or a person expresses his sorrow in the form of a "sigh," the world drowns it out with "bravo" (applause), meaning people praise the art but do not understand the artist's pain. Conclusion: This poem is a call, a prayer, and a confession that lifts humanity from arrogance and draws it near to the love of Allah.