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Until I Had Been To Ka'ba

UNTIL I HAD BEEN TO KA'BA

Until I had been to Ka'ba, I didn't know
The repetition of Talbiya was not at all tedious;
Rather, it muted the inner noise to hear a Divine voice.
All words were lost to the eloquence of silence,
To continue a conversation with Him, to rediscover my existence.

Until I had been to Ka'ba, I didn't know
The crowd of a million could not prevent Our union;
Rather, it saved the trouble of searching for Him in all directions.
An overwhelming feeling of His presence made me fain
To experience the closeness, closer than my jugular vein.

Until I had been to Ka'ba, I didn't know
The result of confession is not always profane;
Rather, it rescued my enslaved soul from the people's prison.
For every mistake I have made, all excuses gone
To commence my return, to be whom I have been.

Until I had been to Ka'ba, I didn't know
Traveling on a time machine is not always imagined;
Rather, the anti-clock tawaf transported me before beginning.
Cosmic motion immersed me in journey beyond ending,
Defying the laws of physics, dissolving sense of timeline.

Until I had been to Ka'ba, I didn't know
The trembling heart doesn't stop at the beam of its own stream;
Rather, the trapped river inside burst into a roaring ocean.
I was flooded by the Fountain, flowing beneath the heaven,
Reliving the portent of paradise, repeated 32 times in the Quran.

Until I had been to Ka'ba, I didn't know
None of these feelings can be called any holier;
Rather it provoked the free being from my slumber.
Constant rebirth, like a dried fish finding its ways to water,
To succumb all my prayers merely to His revere.

Until I had been to Ka'ba, I didn't know
Walking the path of soul is not at all impossible.
Rather, the privilege of His proximity made it transmittable.
A candle was kindled within, rediscovering ninety-nine new isles
To let my soul travel, leaving behind the symbolic artless temple.

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