Try as hard as you like
The real treasure will be hid
From tongues that mock
And eyes that gawk
And hands that raise the bid
Posture all you want
But Khalid know the truth will win
The day when tongues
And hands go numb
When eyes see all within
Poetry
Crests and Troughs
Sometimes it comes with ease
Like snow upon the trees
And everything’s just enough
Sometimes it’s voices rising
Enthralling, appetizing
And everything’s for the nafs
Like snow upon the trees
And everything’s just enough
Sometimes it’s voices rising
Enthralling, appetizing
And everything’s for the nafs
Enwombed
From the womb of a mother
To the womb of the earth
In the womb of Al-Qadr
Berthing for birth
To the womb of the earth
In the womb of Al-Qadr
Berthing for birth
Floating
You words are like
A boat my friend
So be at peace
And be content
With every harsh rebuttal, it
May be that those who scuttle it
Mean well lest you
May float unto
A far more grievous end
It’s never too late to mend
A boat my friend
So be at peace
And be content
With every harsh rebuttal, it
May be that those who scuttle it
Mean well lest you
May float unto
A far more grievous end
It’s never too late to mend
Rūmān
To reach the Garden
We must brave
A terrible inversion
What is, is not
What is not, is
And every such diversion
Until a bough
Comes offering
Rūmān explaining why
This heavenly
Inversion as
We swallow crimson sky
We must brave
A terrible inversion
What is, is not
What is not, is
And every such diversion
Until a bough
Comes offering
Rūmān explaining why
This heavenly
Inversion as
We swallow crimson sky
All That’s Beautiful
You fill your heart up to your eyes
With all that’s beautiful
Lagoon and ocean, hill and rolling greens
With loving braces, toddler cries
Yes, all that’s beautiful
The colors and the fragrances of scenes
But khalid, know this beauty can
Like all that’s beautiful
Just float away upon a summer breeze
To leave a beauty-loving man
Rue all that’s beautiful
Alone and ragged, down upon his knees
If love you must, then love you should
Of all that’s beautiful
The best of all creation, love him best
For lake and hill and toddler will
Like all that’s beautiful
Forsake you when you take the final test
Allahuma salli ‘ala Muhammad
With all that’s beautiful
Lagoon and ocean, hill and rolling greens
With loving braces, toddler cries
Yes, all that’s beautiful
The colors and the fragrances of scenes
But khalid, know this beauty can
Like all that’s beautiful
Just float away upon a summer breeze
To leave a beauty-loving man
Rue all that’s beautiful
Alone and ragged, down upon his knees
If love you must, then love you should
Of all that’s beautiful
The best of all creation, love him best
For lake and hill and toddler will
Like all that’s beautiful
Forsake you when you take the final test
Allahuma salli ‘ala Muhammad
Storm
Heed the storm that knowledge wages
When the form of Āṣif rages
Fetching what is needed at
The constant speed of Nūr
When the form of Āṣif rages
Fetching what is needed at
The constant speed of Nūr
Name
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
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
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