SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

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107.

75. You are the one whom the camel appealed to,


when it was mistreated
7~6. 0 you whose path is fragrant, shel ter us

under your umbrella.'


7.7. 'fA? said, 'This world lasts only a moment



  1. Increase your prayer for the grave is ready


79. May the chosen Prophet ladle out the water


from the water-trough [of Paradise] for us


8b. 0 Muslims, strive earnestly along the


increasingly blessed path


8i. Beware of Satan, he may mislead you.'


82. ~A.0 said, 'Our words shall be recorded


8.3. And all the people shall go through the


path of $IRAT



  1. Their sins and their good deeds shall be
    examined as they are in their records


85. Those who are chosen by God shall be taken


to the bounty of Paradise

8~. 0 God, may we enter Paradise on account of


our Prophe.t. I
8.7. cAYN said, 'God is Jus t


8~. There shall be no excuse, for people are


not blind [to the Truth]


8.9. Everyone shall be laid in a forlorn place;


and dust shall be piled over us


9b. All knowledge is abridged [to one statement]:
Fear the Lord·

91. Lamenting afterwards shall not help those


who are damned.'


  1. GHAYN said, 'God is AII-Powerfull


gj. May He ease our distress when the death hour comes of


9A. 0 Clement One, grant us a good portion in


the r-Iereafter

9·5. No kinsfolk can be found on the Day of


Res:nrection


  1. 0 God, grant us a. place In the abode of
    Parad.ise. '

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