Beautiful Expressions About a Deceased Father
- He embodies love, friendship, knowledge, pride, forgiveness, compassion, tenderness, pampering, beauty, happiness, and security. May God have mercy on you, dear father.
- My father, who has departed to the realm of the eternal sleep, everything feels different in his absence. O Lord, grant him the highest paradise in accordance with the beats of my heart longing for him. Even if I gathered all the words and phrases to describe a father, I could never adequately express my gratitude. May God bless you.
- The sweetest and most beautiful heart in the world was my beloved, my friend, my support, and my strength. He pampered me, deprived me of nothing, raised me, taught me, and filled me with love, kindness, and compassion. He instilled in me values, principles, and morals beyond measure, teaching me that dignity sometimes comes before bread. He taught me to be strong in my morals, kindness, and good deeds. He will always remain my role model in life. May God have vast mercy on him.
- One day, my father closed his eyes for the last time, and everything came to an end. May God have mercy on you, kind-hearted one.
- Take me, O grave, for life died within me when my father passed away. He was as close to my heart as stars and the moon are to the sky, as eyeliner is to lashes. My spirit was attached to him like the sky is to the seventh heaven, just as my heartbeat was connected to his. Steal me away because there remains nothing of me; I am a body without a soul, and even that body is weak and unwell. Perhaps by being taken, I might find peace in my grave, and my spirit would return to this body, or perhaps I might enjoy good health and reunite with my heart’s loss.
- My father was a strong personality, exceedingly kind. I cannot adequately describe his tenderness. He worked hard for our sake throughout his life. O Lord, illuminate his grave and make it a garden from the gardens of Paradise.
- My beloved father was the most loyal man I have ever seen, the kindest soul, and unfortunately, I lost him. Life has lost its flavor in his absence. For your spirit, O my father, let us pray for all mercy and forgiveness from God.
- The greatest, kindest, and sweetest father in the world. May God have mercy on him and forgive him.
- Though absent in body, my father remains with us in spirit.
- Rest in peace, my father. You left behind loved ones, and people who will never forget you. May God have vast mercy upon you.
- This body is mine, but the soul belongs to my father. I have lost you.
- Peace be upon you, my father. You were good both in life and in death.
- I will pray for you until I am reunited with you, and you will forever be in my heart, regardless of how much time passes.
- O God, have mercy on a soul that departed, and my heart never ceased to love. Make Paradise its home. Lord, sweeten my father’s grave with the scent of Heaven.
- Prayer remains the best companion for our deceased fathers. May God’s mercy encompass them all.
- O God, have mercy on those who passed away in this world but never died in our hearts. O God, have mercy on my father and grant him a place in your Heaven.
- I wanted him to stay with me for much longer, as he was my source of strength. May God have mercy on you, my dear father.
- If I could gift you my heart, I would have taken it from my chest and given it to you. If I could offer you my life, I would have registered my days in your name, but I have nothing but prayers for you. O Lord, have mercy on my father with Your vast mercy.
- My father sacrificed his life for the family when I was young. He was one of the bravest and wisest individuals I ever knew. I will miss his precious laughter immensely.
- My father never taught me how to live; he lived and allowed me to watch. But after losing my father, I no longer know how to exist in this life alone.
- You possessed my heart, father. That is what you always did. You are the greatest person I have ever met in my life, and you will remain so even after your passing.
Heartfelt Expressions of Grief for a Deceased Father
- I sorrowfully miss someone who taught me that hope is the essence of life. He became my hope and then left, leaving our hearts lifeless. May God have mercy on you, father.
- I cry for you in secret and openly, knowing well that tears will not bring you back, my father.
- The loss of a father is the deepest pain and the most profound suffering that a person can feel.
- I have lived on since my father’s death, but only with half my soul.
- Father, I cherished you more than myself. One night, I woke to the news of your death, and time never satisfied me with you. No amount of years will suffice for my sorrow.
- The universe, vast as it is, cannot compare to the expansiveness of my father’s heart. Since his passing, the world has felt constricted with grief and longing for him.
- I have not found a chest to embrace me other than yours. You were the source of supreme tenderness and pure love; after your death, I have tasted grief and pain. O Lord, have mercy on my father as he was merciful to me.
Expressions of Longing for a Deceased Father
- My story is brief; I loved a man more than myself, and one night I woke to the news of his passing. Time never satisfied me with him, my father, who has long departed to the land of eternal sleep. May God grant him the highest Paradise, in accordance with the beats of my heart longing for him.
- My precious father, no matter how much I say about you, I will never do you justice. May God bless you with mercy equivalent to my love and longing for you.
- O God, forgive my father and have mercy upon him. How I miss you, and I am grateful for every moment.
- How delightful the scent of you was! I could feel my father’s fragrance in my clothes after holding them close. By God, after your demise, I have missed you dearly, your scent, and your voice. O Lord, in accordance with the beats of my heart, have mercy on my father and forgive him.
- The shadow of my father always haunts me. He went far away, yet I long for him.
- I miss a father who will never return, and no one can replace him.
Poetic Verses About a Deceased Father
- The poet Ahmed Shawqi expresses in his poem “They Asked Me: Why Didn’t I Mourn My Father?”:
They asked me: Why didn’t I mourn my father?
And mourning a father is a debt of any debt
O you who blame, how unjust you are!
Where is the happiness of my soul?
O father, what you are is more than this
Every soul has a predetermined fate
Many have passed before you, revered ones
And mourners proclaimed the good of the two weights
The goal of man, no matter how long the path
Is taken away with the two little ones
And a doctor takes over the helpless one
Shaking off a hidden yearning
Indeed, death has a hand that, if it strikes
Is likely to break the ties of the two friends
It displaces the air upon their heels
And meets the lion between the mountains
And takes down the chick from its nest
And lays hold of the parrot in its nest
I am the one who died, and I died
Both of us met death twice
We were once a cherished being in one body
Then became cherished beings in two bodies
Then returned as cherished beings in one body
Then were thrown as corpses in two shrouds
And we live in eternity after us
With it, we are resurrected in the first resurrection
Look at the universe and say in its description
Say: They are mercy in two mercies
They lost Paradise in our creation
And we have graciously blessed from them in two gardens
They are the apology if we displease
And they are the forgiveness sought from us
I wish I knew which living being did not repent
For that which pressed us is a beginning?
My father is but a brother I parted from
And the messengers died except for parents
We often sat at a table
Where the bread was twice broken
And we drank from one vessel
And washed our hands in it thereafter
And walked hand in hand
Anyone who saw us said: Two brothers
Time looked at us with one glance
That equalized evil so they were two looks
O father, and death is a bitter cup
The soul does not taste it more than once
How could an hour spent with you
Make everything before or after it insignificant?
Did you drink death a sip in that hour
Or did you drink it in that hour a double measure?
Do not fear after you, sadness or weeping
My eye has frozen today, like yours
You taught me to leave sorrow
Every adornment ends in death’s ugly end
I wish we could meet again
Or is this the separation of two honored beings?
And if I die and am buried in the earth
Will I find there a grave that has been dug for two?