Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik

By Asma bint Shameem

As I pack my belongings….. and get ready for this great Journey
I cry with gratitude..…once more You’ve blessed me,
Tears flowing…..in ecstasy my heart flies
My soul sings….my whole being cries
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

But what are these words….. what do they really mean?
Do I appreciate them?…Do I just repeat what I’ve seen?
Do I really understand….
Do I even comprehend….
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

Labbaik means I am here, Ya Rabbee…..I respond to Your call
With a heart full of hope….for that Mercy that envelops all
I’m here to serve You……I’m here to comply
To You I submit……until the day I die
Labbaik..….Allaahumma Labbaik

Labbaik means total devotion…..submission to Allaah Almighty
Labbaik means sincere obedience and commitment completely
Labbaik means surrender
…..for now and for ever
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

Labbaik means I’m sorry…..so sorry for all my past
Sorry for my mistakes and my shortcomings of last
I beg You, ya Allaah…..please forgive me
I repent to you, O Maulaa……do accept me
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

Labbaik means to change..…so that I live my life for You
Whatever I say and do, from now on will only be to please You
I will give up my evil ways
I will fix my nights and days
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

But Labbaik also means…….I love you, Ya Rabbee
Nothing else matters….but that You’re pleased with me

Its Your Pleasure that I seek
Though I’m so sinful and weak
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

Head bowed low…. remorseful, and so full of fear
I am ashamed of my life….repentant, as I stand here
Yearning your forgiveness
I cry out in wretchedness…..
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

Will I change for the better….will I turn my life around?
Or will I succumb to temptation, wherever it is found?
When will I even begin to see
The faults that are so obvious in me?
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

I’ll stop dealing in Ribaa….. I’ll give up my Haraam earning
I’ll wear the Hijaab…… no more lying , no backbiting
Never a single prayer will I neglect
My character, I’ll make…upright and erect
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

Don’t let me become heedless, I pray….Don’t make me forget
All the promises I’ve made, Ya Allaah….all the goals that I’ve set
Keep me strong, keep me steadfast
Let this feeling in me, forever last
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

For I don’t know when I’ll die and I don’t know where it will be
But I hope I am in Ihraam….when the Angel comes to me
‘Cos if I die so, the Prophet told you and me
when raised from the dead, my first words’ll be…
Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik