Mona Haydar - Ya Habibi Ya Tabibi
inspired by Surah Duha
Husn Detroit / the medical, physical, and the meta-physical
O my Lord, if the greatness of my sins increase,
then I know that Your forgiveness is greater
If only the righteous called on You,
then who would the criminal go to?
I call on You my Lord,
as you commanded, with reverence
And if You turn my hands away,
then who else will have mercy?
يا رب إن عظمت ذنوبي كثرة * فلقد علمت بأن عفوك أعظم إن كان لا يرجوك إلا محسن * فبمن يلوذ و يستجير المجرم إني دعوت كما أمرت تضرعا * فإذا رددت يدي فمن ذا يرحم ما لي إليك وسيلة إلا الرجا * و جميل عفوك ثم أني مسلم
It is enough of an honour for you that you are His slave,
And it is enough of a boast for you that He is your Lord.
And it is enough of a boast for you that He is your Lord.
Arab poet (via meditatingsouls)
::CISSE::
with each click of his tasbih
I am moved past me
into the ever lasting
each click of his tasbih
it casts me
into a sea without shore
did Allah not ask me
am I not your Lord
yes
but since then
I was born
I have been deluded
by the world of forms
I have been deluded
by the world of forms
until his grandfather
brought forth the deluge
and a storm
that will wash away all else
besides the face of our Lord
his grandson
why else did his father and mother
make him Mahy
except that he would obliterate
all of the idols that ive built inside of me
so much so that you don’t see me
you only see Cisse
so much so that you don’t see me
you only see Cisse
with each click of his tasbih
I am moved past me
into the ever lasting
with his haillallah
I am in Allah
made me so happy I thought id cry
made me so alive I thought id die
oh revealer and concealer
the poets pen will splinter
if I dared to enter
into the reality of my master and mentor
in all of my years ive only known winter
your being summoned
both spring and summer
a land of wonder
with names too great to mention
and their quantity too great to number
why else did his father and mother
make him Mahy
except that he would obliterate
all of the idols that ive built inside of me
so much so that you don’t see me
you only see Cisse
so much so that you don’t see me
you only see Cisse
