Sahoor

There is a moment magical

When day breaks free from night,

When seed is split and life begins,

Witnessing Allah’s Might.

But when the hand of man does it,

It fashions pain and strife;

It takes the Hand of God to split

And manufacture life.

The use of magical here is deliberate. Shaykh Amin pointed out that the Arabs observed the magic in daybreak, giving rise to sihr and sahoor stemming from the same three-letter root. Fascinating!