SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

(Chris Devlin) #1

  1. AlIa hoogayday dumarradu hayaan, maydkii la llilay
    hal uma tartee
    li8. Hilin fiican Eebbahay baa hayee~ hadal waa Allow na
    hagaajiyay


136.

l2j. Laasima salaadda Ilaahay baa, nin ku laylyamaa liibaan
helee
l3b. Yaa Ilaahayow yaabbaa jiree, Yaasiin Quraan wehel nooga
yeel

The Softener [of the Heart]


1. This world has been created, for the sake of the


fragrant Prophet


'2. The spirit of the sweet-scented Al;1MAD was in existence
long before ADAM was created

.3. He was born as one of his descendents, but You announced


him before our father ADAM



  1. First and foremost, to be a Muslim, one must proclaim


the Profession of the Faith


5. 0 children of ADAM, you must heed, and behold those who


are sealed in the graves

~. 0 you whom Satan is urging on, you must know that those


who bear malice are not virtuous

:7. There shall be no ancestry nor prowess [to boast about];


the reality is that we should fear God
':8.' In the affairs of the world there is one who is wedded,


while another is buried



  1. Behold the wailing over the dead, and the jubilation at
    a wedding
    lb. We shall perish as we expect [such statements as]: 'a
    child is born' and fa child is dead'


11. Compare the horror, when we see a dead body and [our


former] self-assurance



  1. The Prophet has publicly commanded us to recite frequently
    both the BISMALLAH and prayers to God

  2. The supplication of the man who begins the recitation of
    the Quran with the BISIvIALLAH is warmly received

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