The first 10 minutes of the concluding session of the Tafsir of Surah Al-Waqiah. Exhausting. My wonderment is captured in this sonnet.
On cloudless nights I look up at the sky
A satin canopy with diamonds spread
Magnificently to my untrained eye
While sailors survey every gem instead
As part of something far more beautiful
For every star aswim upon its way
Is placed to plot a map celestial
To make the night a compass for the day
Upon this wondrous placement comes an oath
A shining star each verse of Word Divine
And like a star each verse holds beauty both
For minds untrained and minds that diamonds mine
Imagine then how preciously they fell
Upon the heart of him who knew them well
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