I was born with a cry

Nur Al-Alam O my Beloved! I was born with a cry. Didnt know why? May be, for safety, protection and love, Perhaps, separation from heaven above! But before knowing where I was landed, What was I signed-up for, Even before a tear was dropped, Blessed was I, to have Abundance of love and hug, Kisses, cuddles and soothing snug. O my Beloved! What a marvellous plan! You served me with the warm milk, From a white river flowing In my mom's breast sacred Artfully separated from her blood red. I was helpless, selfless But in complete surrender, Never knew what to expect Here in Earth, down-under, Even before I knew You, Or anyone to be found, Love and compassion was Showered upon me without bound! I knew nothing, how I ended up in my mothers womb , 2 From the Day of Alastu , From the womb of creation, 3 How an angel breathed my soul On to me in my moms womb! I wondered, how I had my hearing, Four months before my transition To this earthly plane, To my amazement, I recognized my mothers voice She lifted me with love and affection, Despite her sorrow and pain! My Beloved, you made Everything ready, before even I arrive, Beautiful Heaven & Earth to survive,
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Gifts of mind, intellect and Fitrat-Allah Grace of knowledge to understand that, We are all kings in the kingdom of our King We do what we like, but yet Everything is His doing We have our own ways, but All ways lead to His Way 5 Then in what terms do we meet our King? My Beloved, thank You for the gifts of Feelings, Touch, Taste and Sight Every day in everything, I find Reflected in them, your Love and Light Without a kingdom, you made me a King To govern my subjects like Ego, Will Power, Mind, 7 Intellect, Desire and Thought spring , With a chariot of Body and Limbs Supporting army of senses and emotions Knowledge, perceptions, memory & other ammunitions! For the sheer pleasure of my eyes, You created this beautiful uni-verse, With an earth full of plants, animals And the sky full of planets and stars. My Beloved, O Great of greatness! 8 When I look up, I see Maha-Sunya Where this world of Earth floats with Other planets, stars, galaxies and super nova, In a space of Great Zero Contained is everything. Zero being nothing, Dome of the Universe is the Container of nothingness of void, Out of nothingness, You created everything! But mystery of creation is revealed in Your word, 9 My Love, my Mercy encompasses everything ! My Beloved, dazzled I am by Your Beauty Reflected in your creation, This is to glue, Fascinating web of Maya weaved in the landscape with colours of Gold, Silver, Green and Blue. Wonder-struck I am, Two flower trees into the garden of same soil Produce different colours, fragrances with no toil.
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Blown away is my mind, When I am to find, Strawberry and Chilli trees next to each other Make fruits - one tastes Sweet, and Hot the other. My Beloved, You revealed to me in Quran, 10 Let man reflects on the food he eats , So I wonder how beautiful blending of sweetness, Made in mangoes by Mango trees Even my computerised blender fails to Make a cake, of such purity & smoothness! You created me out of Your Love , Same is true for plants, animals and all. But You gifted me with 12 The power of thought and speech 13 Taught me use of Pen , and honoured me 14 In ranks amongst Your creations all . When I stand in front of plants & trees My mind goes into talking mode As-if I am a Telco transmission node I say to plants, they say to me We understand, but inside I feel Your Love. Although I grow out of earth like a plant Freedom of motion, was bequeathed upon me, And rooted to ground, was the fate of plants! I stand next to animals, They have voice and motion, But no thought & speech of notion, Nor they can read or write, Or any thinking rational bright, My heart feels with Gratitude, and Inside I feel Your Love. I played with other children Played with toys Felt the love and joys But didnt know then that it was You all along! Youth dawned; my wife came as a singing dove, 16 Melting my heart with ecstasy and love ! A sweet love indeed! But of different kind Than the love I felt in my mother! Didnt know then, that my Beloved, Those were different tastes of Your Love!
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Part of Your Signatures and Signs! Gifted was I with my own child, Overflowing was my heart with love wild, But I was told, Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of Lifes longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you 17 Yet they belong not to you. So wonder-struck I remain, in my Suluk journey. Now, in the autumn of my life, Departed from this earthly plane, my mother; Grown-up and busy with their own journey, my children! Different kind of feeling, I feel. My heart still longing for a long time For a Drink of Love which is known by its taste The love that I tasted In my infancy & childhood In my boyhood and youth In my adulthood and fatherhood But still is empty, my heart, my cup! Longing, a calling and a longing, More thoughts of Love, From the Devine spring unseen, rising up and up!

My Beloved, the Generous, the Compassionate! Companions of Prophet, whom you loved 18 You graced them with Sakina Same longing in my hearts arena Making me drunken with full of raptures. O Thou, the Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty! 19 How do I come with a beautiful Qalb-e-Selim , To meet You on D-Day, Unless, upon me is thy infinite Mercy, O Sublime! O Heart of Hearts, effulge my heart! Pour upon me blissful Peace, Love and Light, Point me to the Guide, Who would walk me to my Beloved, with lots of delight! Grant me thy Grace, O Lord!

O most Merciful of the Merciful, Embrace me with your Mercy To include me amongst 20 Your beloveds, adorned with a Self-Assured Soul!
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Quran, 16:78 It is He who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers, when you knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight, intelligence and affections, so that you may give Thanks. 2Quran 7:172 "Am I not your Sustainer?" - to which they answer: "Yea, indeed, we do bear witness thereto!" 3 Hadith, Al Bukhari- Kitab Al-Qadr, 77:593, Prophet Muhammad said, Each one of you were collected into your mothers womb, .... Allah sent angel to breath your soul into you. http://www.guidedways.com/book_display.php?translator=1&book=77&start=0&number=593#593 4 Quran 30:30 God has instilled in every human His pure nature; allow not any change to corrupt what God has thus created. 5 Rabindranath Tagore Bengali song Amra Sobai Raja Ei Rajar Rajotte page -660 from Geetbitan, 1910 6 Devine Governance of Human Kingdom, Ibn Arabi, 1997 7 Marvels Of Heart, Imam Al-Ghazali, Translated by W J Skellie (Book 21, Revival of Religious Science) 8 Maha-Sunya is a Bengali word, rooted in Sanskrit, which means Great Zero or Great Space 9 Quran,7:156, My Mercy and Love encompasses everything 10 Quran, 80:24 Let man reflect on the food he eats 11 In Hadith Qudsi, Prophet (SM) told us, Allah said, I was a hidden treasure, but I wanted to be known, so created everything, out of Love 12 Quran 55:4, He has imparted unto him (human being) articulate thought and speech 13 Quran, 96:4 who has taught *man+ the use of the pen 14 Quran, 17:70, Now, Indeed, we have conferred dignity on the children of Adam, borne them over land and sea, and provided for them sustenance out of the good things of life, favoured them far above most of Our creations. 15 Quran, 71:17 Allah has caused you (o human) to grow out of earth like a plant 16 Quran, 30:21, And among His wonders is this: He creates for you mates out of your kind, so that you might incline towards them, and He engenders love and tenderness between you; in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who think! 17 Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet page-22, 1926 edition 18 Quran, 48:18 He knew what was in their hearts, so he bestowed Sakina (blissful inner peace) upon them from on High 19 Quran, 26:88-89, The Day, on which neither wealth will be of any use, nor children, *and when+ only he *will be happy+ who comes before God with a heart free of evil (Qalb-e-Selim)! 20 Quran, 89:27-30, "O Self-Assured Soul that hast attained to inner peace (Nafs-e-mutmainnah)! Return to Me, pleased with Me, I am pleased with you. Enter my Paradise among my servants whom I love."