The م in the name of Muhammad
Is how lips come together like hearts
The ح in the name of Muhammad
May the hamd be what from them departs
The م comes again to remind you
That a kiss is built into his name
And the د at the end: may it find you
In the deen his existence became
Name
Thaw
Here’s the lake of all I’ve done
Worn my weary heart away
Blow, O wind and shine, O sun
Melt each icy part away
Sin is like the wave that goes
On and on and then some more
Compass me, O One who knows
Still my heart and be my shore
Worn my weary heart away
Blow, O wind and shine, O sun
Melt each icy part away
Sin is like the wave that goes
On and on and then some more
Compass me, O One who knows
Still my heart and be my shore
Heat
The fire could not touch Ibrahim
And Yunus was safe from it too
The fire within and the water without
Are nothing when Nūr is with you
And Yunus was safe from it too
The fire within and the water without
Are nothing when Nūr is with you
Don’t Stop Now
The faster you go
The higher you fly
The harder you hit
The longer you die
The harder you brake
The faster you fall
The longer you run
The higher the call
The higher you fly
The harder you hit
The longer you die
The harder you brake
The faster you fall
The longer you run
The higher the call
Al-Baseer
To the all-encompassing Seer
Who every negligibility sees:
The wake of a supernova can’t eclipse
What follows a trifling sneeze
Who every negligibility sees:
The wake of a supernova can’t eclipse
What follows a trifling sneeze
Drink
The Rabb knows how He brings about
A change in every thing
How from the fount of Hā Mīm ‘Ayn
Sīn Qāf these verses spring
Now don’t you break the order in
What’s there to be preserved
But marvel at what thrives beyond
The sound of flapping wing
And know that all you know is never
Yours more than you are
So drink from all the goodness Hā
Mīm ‘Ayn Sīn Qāf may bring
A change in every thing
How from the fount of Hā Mīm ‘Ayn
Sīn Qāf these verses spring
Now don’t you break the order in
What’s there to be preserved
But marvel at what thrives beyond
The sound of flapping wing
And know that all you know is never
Yours more than you are
So drink from all the goodness Hā
Mīm ‘Ayn Sīn Qāf may bring
Rolling
I’ve heard there is
No going back
For time and rivers, you
Can wind about
To make your way
A bit like rivers do
To get to where no shadows fall
And superfluity is all
Where time is dead
And _and_ is bred
Until you’re never through
No going back
For time and rivers, you
Can wind about
To make your way
A bit like rivers do
To get to where no shadows fall
And superfluity is all
Where time is dead
And _and_ is bred
Until you’re never through
Habīb
Drown yourself in the sea of his beauty
Lose yourself in the woods of his praise
Save yourself by his warm intercession
Find yourself in the way of his ways
Lose yourself in the woods of his praise
Save yourself by his warm intercession
Find yourself in the way of his ways
Asking
The good a question brings reflects
The knowledge of the questioner
Like a baby in its mother’s brace
Reflects the rahmah blessed in her
The knowledge of the questioner
Like a baby in its mother’s brace
Reflects the rahmah blessed in her
Intellect
Be in awe of an unlettered mind
Whose intellect is refined
By pursuit of the Truth
And quiet reflection
It really gets intuit
Whose intellect is refined
By pursuit of the Truth
And quiet reflection
It really gets intuit