SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

205. Don't you know that XDAM Has another lovely wife Who is as [beautiful as] you 208. She enters through the [same] door whi ...

He swallowed a little bit of it 231-232. They were expelled from(232) The midst of the fragrant Garden(23l) In this world tha ...

v Lines 1-6. Textual Notes In these lines the poet alludes to the most important tenet of Islam (ASH-SHAHAD~ or the religious Te ...

beings or animais. They do not eat nor do they drink, and they are always preoccupied with the worship of God. Lines 28-3i. The ...

8.5 • in the centre of the Sacred Mosque in Mec~a. This memorable Call took place when the Muslims seized Mecca. The famous ex- ...

Line 153. 86. This line alludes to the healing powers of the Quran when it is recite~. The Quran mentions: 'And We send down, of ...

a certain tree. Satan watchfully ob-' served this arrangement and began to work on attracting ADAM and t~WAOto eat the fruit of ...

8.8 • menstruation, pregnancy and labour pains. ijAWA also persuaded ADAM to eat the fruit; and when he did it, they both fell f ...

Text 2 In this short poem, the poetess, Khadiija Faarax, extols God and thanks Him for His benevolence. Moreover, she thanks God ...

Line 7. Textual' Notes' The BISMALLAH is an abbreviation of IBISMILLAHI RAI;Ir.lANI RAIjIM' I (In the Name of God, the Merci- fu ...

Text· -3 .. In Islam, the learning of theology is not the exclusive prerogative of the ulema, but it is the duty of every Muslim ...

'9. Janbeyn iya kor iyo hoos rna lehoo, Jaliil jaah horiyo daba rna leh 92. 10. Ilaah jisrnigeenna haw dayinoo, haddii kale lays ...

Wixii dhulka hoose jeeb ku lehiyo, wixii jiraba waa ogsoonyahay Haddaan been lagu jalbeebanahayn, waxaan jirinna waa ogsoonyaha ...

5 • It is necessary that He should always exist; otherwise, who will judge us? He is different from the jinns and human beings; ...

2~. God cannot be defied, for He does whatever He wants God does not order something which is not good [to be created], 0 God ...

4~. 0 God, may we not run with fear when the bullets resound 9.6. 46. 0 God, the gun is like a jewel; 0 God may we receive and c ...

Text 4·. This short poem, by an anonymous poetess, is in a peni- tential mo~d. It is addressed to God whom the poetess asks for ...

98. Text 5· A popular device in Somali Sufi poetry is the personification of the letters in the Arabic alphabet. The letters pra ...

~. Bismillaahi bilowgii diinka weeye ~. Billaahi Aakhiraa baydyaal jiraane lb. Badhba meeshuu tabeaday yuu buuxiyaaye 1.1. Bismi ...

3J. Deella yeenne, 'Ilaahay baa Daliile 3~. Dadow maqaleey adduunyadu way duntaaye Dabayl weeyoo dawaar baa lagu rogaaye. 4b. ...