TARIQ’s PRAYER: In the Battlefield of Andalusia. These warriors, victorious, these worshippers of Thine, whom Thou hast granted the will to win power in Thy name.

Who cleave rivers and woods in twain; whose terror turns mountains into dust!

They care not for the world; they care not for its pleasures; in their passion, in their zeal, in their love for Thee, O Lord!

They aim at martyrdom, not the rule of the earth.

Red flower in the flower-bed (Spain) is waiting since long; it requires an apron made of Arab blood

Thou hast united warring tribes; in thought, in deed, in prayer.

The burning fire that life had sought; for centuries, was found in them at last.

They think of death, not as life’s end; but as the ennobling of the heart.

Bring the heart in the chest of true believer back to life; lightening that lied in cry of La-tazar. (Reference to prayer of Noah (A.S.) in which he had prayed for replacing darkness of infidelity with the light of belief).

Awaken in them an iron will; and make their eye a sharpened sword.