>In the Honour of Our Beloved Prophet.. (Peace be Upon Him)
Flawlessly hand-carved into a rounded string
held in unity under the nature of
His Majestic Remembrance
and in repeated callings of
His Beloved Prophet,
In the Mercy of His Peace and Ultimate Serenity
we pray
give gratitude
and attempt
in our weakest form
in our humanly instinctive defects
to emulate
his Grace
thirty-three times
three times
of ninety-nines
with a remaining
pearl-like token to return once again
back to His Infinite realm,
in absolute admission
to His Oneness.
In his tranquil trustworthiness,
we transpire in aspirational inspirations;
In his most just of affirmations,
we transpire in aspirational inspirations;
In his most delightful of presences,
we transpire in aspirational inspirations;
In his most sheer crystalized character,
we transpire in aspirational inspirations;
In his loving tenderness,
we transpire in aspirational inspirations;
In his sincere passion to capture Heaven in one’s belief
we transpire in aspirational inspirations;
In every way we are unable to comprehend his nature
we transpire in aspirational inspirations…
And again
we return,
in a reminder of our finite, limited bounded natures
to call
His Name
ninety-nine
in multifaceted reflections
named by the Creator
the One
to believe
manifest
and uphold
His Prophet’s most intricate
teachings
unto learners passed
through generations
and millennia’s
that will never reach
his musk-like fragrant
filling every breath
with absolute
mercy.
In the cries of the newborn
we recite
Al-Shahada — a Testimony of Faith,
Guided by the last
Prophet
the Most Beloved
of Prophets
Ahmed
Mostafa
Taha
Ya Sin
Waheed
Salah Allahu 3ailihi Wasalam..
in unison with a call
towards Mecca,
to our Maker,
Giver,
Creator,
and Grantor of life
turning not simply our bodies
but meaningless without
our hearts and souls
towards our sole-purpose.
In a day like today

>wonderful poem noora! a moving tribute to PM and the rosary (prayer beads – always with me). hafiz