Be The Seer! Be The Hearer! Poem by Mohammad Younus

O man, ignorant of your own soul!
Know its nature from Him who has
...blown this soul into you!
He is Aleem! He is Hakeem!
From Him you must acquire
...knowledge and wisdom true;
Throw into the dustbin...
...ignorance, delusion, and insanity!
Such that the sun of enlightenment...
...shines upon you...
And thus removes from your heart...
...the darkness of infidelity!

Abandon duality and multiplicity;
And set out towards pure devotion...
...and Absolute unity!
This is the straight road!
No hairpin turns! No sharp curves!
The secret voice that you hear...
...while travelling on this road...
...is the voice of the Truth...
...that Moses heard on the Tur;
Calling upon you, to comprehend
...His absolute oneness - Hu Allah Hu!
He is in secret telling you:
Udnu-menee! Udnu-menee!
(Come near to me! Come near to me!)

Should your eye of perception open...
...by the grace of God,
You will see this divine voice...
...echoing in your heart;
Follow this gracious voice...
...with full devotion of your heart,
You will see the divine lamp kindled...
...in your heart,
You will then, inshaallah, achieve...
...life's true ecstasy and felicity.

The awakened and the enlightened...
... verily know the secrets divine;
While the ignorant is like a bat...
...who flies about...
...in the day and nothing sees;
Be the seer! Be the bearer!
If you long to see the light and sound...
...of the oneness all around;
How can a person blind of heart's eyes...
...know of the beauty sublime?
How can a person deaf of heart's ears...
...know the import of melodious sound?

If you perceive the oneness...
...forthwith you will know, the Quran,
O sagacious one!
...make your heart's ears hear the Quran;
Err not, all your attributes and powers flow...
...from the Main Source;
And unto the Source of the essence...
...the essence itself leads the way.

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