Constricted

I find myself always wanting to stay a million miles away from Your dismay Never really liked having to choose yet choosing You, sort of came without further ado Quite naturally despite every woe, wow and oh! Always been there Just needed to step up and stand in awe At You doorstep where there’s no…

There’s a hypocrite inside of me But I don’t want it to be me I know it’s somewhere there Lurking in the corners where No human eyes can see I want to suppress thee But you want to accompany me Trying to befriend me There’s a hypocrite inside of me If you win over me…

The once fearful heart is no more so, That fearful heart is now conscious- Of the Unfathomable You. Now that it broke free from worldly fear- The shake heartfelt, is no more of fear. The heart is now at ease, Feeling the Ever-Presence of You, The Caring You! The Merciful You! Here.. Right here.. The…

The ant glistened in the sun, The fickle thing was noticed by none It perfected its crawl, It journeyed through the ripples, It traveled, it ran Not once did it halt Nor did it sting As I made prayers to The One The blackest black that could be attained It glimmered in the golden dusk…

Things going through my mind Not a single satisfying end or solution to a conundrum of thoughts One weaves in through the other They do not make sense Still they are persistent The mind seems under a spell Assuring the thoughts to be dear Wipes off the sleep from my tiring eyes In a fruitless…

I was inspired, by the Qur’an itself, to start this section with The Opening of the Book, Surah Al Fatiha, admitting its meritorious virtues- a supplication, the answer of which is offered throughout the holy text of The Quran. It is Umm al-Kitab – the Source of Origin, or the Mother of the Book, the…