The Two Houses Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

The House of Wisdom and The House of Worship

One in Baghdad, ninth century Christian era,
The other near Delhi, sixteenth century Christian era.
The one established by the Caliph, Harun Al Rahid (786-813)
Culminated in the reign of Al Mamun, (813-833) , ultimately destroyed
By the Mongol Horde. The other, the House of Worship by the Great Mughal
Akbar (1542-1605)

Wisdom versus Worship
Offshoots, in India. Religion, worship, deities, …planes, temperance, submission.
In Mediterranean, Greek reason, Aristotle, -confronted the divine providence,
Maghreb, Europe, -before the universities of Paris and Oxford.

Seeds thrown on various soil,
The characteristic fruit, be it Worship, be it Wisdom.
Be it Persia, Mesopotamia, Egypt or Palestine.

Seek, through transfiguration,
Let the high reason discover, the ultimate truth, or how the populace live.

The one is revolution, …Wisdom
Worship is total arbitration, status quo, and prayers…
From assimilation it became many headed monster, Or
Corrupted similitude –more absurd
An Aryan response, ? But climate matters.

The legacy of Wisdom, continues,
The legacy of Worship continues.
So while you patch Worship to Wisdom, it can’t be.
Or vice versa. (This is empiricism and geography)
Or who meets whom, -the quadrants. (past, present and future)
Or who owns what, delivered through ages.

Their many branches continue.
It all depends on what part of the earth, and what rivers flow through.

Sadiqullah Khan
Islamabad
March 5,2014.

Al Idrisi Map (1099-1161) , with Wikipedia palms @ Wikimedia Commons