There is no glory
no might, no power
no strength
no atom, no speck
no stone
no field, no forest
no mountain
no river, no sea
no ocean
no fish, no bird
no animal
no man, no woman
no earth,
no moon, no stars
no universe
no love, no hope,
no joy,
no mercy, no kindness,
no compassion
except in Allah!
– Irving Karchmar, © June 2007
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Darvish
Ya Haqq! :)
Amazing! Beautiful! You are a magician with words, brother Irving.
Assalamu alaikum dear brother Irving,
moving….
“only Absolute Reality is absolutely real”
JazakumuLlahu,
Wassalamu alaikum
Salaam Dear Sisters:
Thank you for the kind comments :) The words came to me one night while looking at the stars, and though I am not sure it is a good poem, my heart feels that it is true.
Ya Haqq!
Asalaam alaykoum : )
Your poem sings of the Great Spiritual Truth and Oneness of all Created things! It reminds me of what Rumi once said, “Love is a flame that burns away all that is not Allah!”.
I totally understand your inspiration from the stars! I’ve been inspired many times just by looking at the sky, stars, and moon, or just thinking about how beautiful and vast our Universe is, Subhann’Allah. It’s comforting to admire the work of the Creator, especially when our lives are so busy.
Salaam!
~JehanZeb~
what beautiful expression dear brother .you are magician with words.thanks for sharing.
Salaams Irving Bhai,
SubhanAllah!
Amazingly beautiful!!!
Jazaak Allah Khair for sharing.
sf
Salaam Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Thank you for the kind and generous comments. And JehanZeb, your Rumi quote is perfectly apt :) Here is another:
Dream not of lights,
Of marvels, of miracles
For your miracles are contained
In worshiping the Truth;
All else is pride, conceit,
And the illusion of existence.
– Mahmud Shabistari
Ya Haqq!
Salaam brother!
I think its about time I place an order for your book. =)
Naveed
Alhamdulillah, dear Brother Naveed. I hope you enjoy it :)
Ya Haqq!
Powerful! :)
And I like the flow.
Next lines read:
“No life
But for He”
gift for the copyright owner of bro irving
Salam
Salaams Irving bhai
Indeed! Ma sha Allah. Another beautiful poem.
Come quickly and pour out another drop of Love for us, lest we die of thirst!
Abdur Rahman
beautiful, thank you!
It’s thought provoking and leads me to think, without malice, no Allah except in…?
We only know what He tells us, and that is like making sense of a photograph with three quarters of it burned off: for all we know the pervasive Allah could be an flea in the higher hierarchy of things, unseen and unknown by us piddling beings who live on the backs of fleas.
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce
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