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“And when your soul, the flame, the spark, meets with the divine fuel that is so pure and so strong, it results in immense enlightenment: the enlightenment of God. Light upon light, Noorun Alaa Noor.”

Zain Hashmi

Driven by my soul's desire

To seek the knowledge of the One

I took my steps to the wellspring of Words

And sank my head in its waters

For the world is cruel and full of bitter minds

Of lost, misguided people, deprived of the iman*

Observe the rituals and learn

Strengthen the bond between will and way

Are we chosen from the many?

Hawks among the crow

Truthseekers rare as a diamond

We must fulfil our purpose

To be insan al-kamil**

And reach the grace of the Lord

For the earth to move along

The pillars of the faith

United in the spirit

Have remained

Your faith must be unshaken

You will follow to the end

To partake in final virtue

The ascent of the blessed

To carve my pathway of the wali***

I torn the idols’ faces away

Including the wise men before me

So I triggered the lament of scholars

and I revelled in their rage

The hypocrites whom they call our shepherds

They will never understand

As they only wish to rule the living

And bathe themselves in the powers of man

Hold on

Can you hear the voice of the immerse

Playing the strings of your heart

The strings of the universe

For the earth to move along

The pillars of the faith

United in the spirit

Have remained

Your faith must be unshaken

You will follow to the end

To partake in final virtue

The ascent of the blessed