Written on the construction of Lahore’s first air-conditioned mosque in WAPDA House, 1 July 1966.


O, Lord! I would have prayed to thee


Five separate times a day,


But hidden was the impetus,


Unbuilt the place to pray.


Now WAPDA has, by God’s grace, shown


Hot penitents the way,


By building an air-conditioned mosque,


To cool us as we away.


No more shall prayers pass through a haze


Of pious sweat, decay.


No flies, no baser insects,


Shall on our cleansed parts play.


Instead the pure ethereal air,


From the humming far away,


Shall fill our lungs, our hearts, our minds,


“Thank God, for God with Frigidaire”.