Since The Beginning Was I Poem by Mohammad Younus

Since the beginning was I,
Today am I,
Tomorrow will be I
I came from the command of God
He has no beginning, no ending
I am word which came out of Him...
...when of His spirit He blew into me
That word! It is not created,
It is the eternal word of eternal God
It is a living word, I live because of it!

For years I thought He lives in the heaven,
I sought to find a ladder to arise to Him,
I thought with a corporeal body...
...He sits on His throne
I now see He is the truth of the universe
He is the transcendent reality

I see now I am connected to Him...
...as a ray is connected to the sun
I see him present with me, in me...
...and out of me
I see him in the colours of a rainbow
I see him in the heat and light of the sun
I see Him at dawn and twilights.
I see him at dusk and dark night
I see this whole creation - and also man...
...as His manifestation,

I hold His light as a dewdrop holds the sunrays
I hold His light that shines behind the storm,
The secret of absolute unity has unfolded in me
My truth is He! My reality is He!
I see him, I find him, I believe in Him...
...as my essence, my origin, and my originator;
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds:
The Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful!

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