Al-Wahaab – The Giver

The house of God is as royal
as the highest throne of the world
and as ordinary, as a shop on your street-
You visit it only when you need something.
You stand in-front of the Keeper,
‘𝙝𝙖𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙖𝙮𝙚, 𝙟𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞 𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙖𝙮𝙚’
while the helpers (farishtas) wait on standby.
There’s a queue outside this shop,
and we all await our turn,
our eyes, full of hopeful light,
our hearts, full of burn.
There’s so much to unlearn in this,
and there’s so much more to learn!
The surrounding commotion, perhaps,
affects our devotion,
‘𝙄𝙩𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚 𝙠𝙝𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙖𝙡’
disrupt our connection.
The Keeper is all ears to you,
but you are too restless,
so you leave before He addresses you,
and call the scene a mess.
You leave the shop, you leave the street,
and in ignorance you roam.
Unaware, that the Keeper has
already sent your ‘𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙧’ home.

– Shereen A. Mir (via Instagram)