Allah Poem by Mohammad Younus

Allah:
The Universal Name of the One Creator.
Not a different God,
but the same Source—
whose breath ignites the stars,
whose hand cradles the fragile earth,
whose mercy flows like rivers across eternity.

Allah:
a name vast as the sky,
free of bounds,
untouched by the constructs of men,
unmarked by culture,
yet intimately near to every soul.

This name transcends all tongues.
The Creator is universal,
called by many names to remember and connect:
Jehovah by some,
Ishwar by others,
Yahweh, Elohim,
or simply The Peace, the Light.

In khalwat and jalwat,
He is whispered,
each name a reflection of longing,
a bridge spanning the chasm—
from the finite to the infinite.

The Qur'an proclaims:
'To Allah belong the most beautiful names;
so call upon Him by them.'
A sacred reminder:
Every name, every utterance,
is a song ascending to the same Lord,
a prayer to the same Giver of grace.

What is a name to the One
whose essence fills the vast silence?
The rain does not ask the field its name;
it simply gives.
The sun does not demand a name
to warm the earth and light the way.
So too, the Creator listens to every invocation,
whether in Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit,
or the soundless prayer of the heart.

O humanity!
Let us not divide
over the names of God and rituals.
For just as rivers flow to the same ocean,
all invocations rise to the same Creator.
In that boundless ocean,
we are one—
each drop a testament
to infinite love that binds us all.

No name can contain Him,
no tongue fully describe Him.
Yet by every name, He is near:
the breath in our lungs,
the light in our eyes,
the hearing of our ears,
the speech of our tongues,
the intuition in our hearts.

Call Him Allah,
or call Him Elohim.
Whisper Ishwar,
sing Yahweh,
or let your silence speak.
The response will always come—
a wave of love,
a stream of guidance,
a call to rise above
the walls we build to divide.

See the Divine in every face,
in every name.
For the Creator's essence is unity,
weaving all creation
into a single tapestry of oneness.

'Call Him Allah,
or call Him by any other name,
for to Him belong all beautiful names.'

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