SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

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  1. 0 forsake rancour and envy and venerate


the [Islamic] Faith


3i. Execute the design of the mandated Truth.'


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3 2. K.riA? s aid, ' The c rea ted be in gsa f God



  1. Are worthless, and we fail in this world


3'4. 0 enter KHALAWAH you shall receive blessings


in the Other World for it


3~. The culmination of the [revealed] religions


are tidings from God


3~. Abandon deceit and fear God.'


3'7. DAL said, 'God is All-Knowing



  1. 0 people listen! This world is bound to fall
    3'9. It is like the wind, and it will be sewn and
    turned over

  2. It has no permanence, so strive for the abode


of the other world


41. Honour the Truth and the religion of God.'


4:2. DHAL said, 'The forewarning of parents must be accepted


4.7 • nT:) IV-\' sal • d ,


Give up evil-doing, and hear their words
The Remembrance of God is the cure of our

hearts


o God, may our flesh not be cast into the
fire of Hell

May the aeroplanes of the saints fly us over


the path [of $JRAT.J I


'God IS merciful

48. We must believe in the words of the Prophet


of God
4~. His compassion has sustained all creatures

56. Our souls are not to stay [hereJ forever,


and the Angel of Death shall receive them


5i. Prayer is the stirrup [by which one mounts
the saddle] of the comfbrt dther

5.2. zJi.:) said, 'Our selves are to be annihilated world. '


53. No man shall miss the way to the other world

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