SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

(Chris Devlin) #1

  1. 0 people, marvel how the fresh grass changes into
    withered hay and loses its fragrance


54. 0 people, marvel how a young and beautiful woman


turns into a weary crone wasted by age


5'5. Life span is like the sun that is about to set; and
disgraced shall be the man who takes no heed of this


139.


  1. A man whose hair is hoary and has not done good deeds


shall be publicly disgraced on the Day of Resurrection


57. The man who receives the knowledge of God and has not


done good deeds will be chastised


58. Those who eat the produce of , God and disobey him shall


soon repent



  1. Only the Just Lord knows what is hidden between the
    Throne and the Chair


60. 0 fear the Almighty God, for the deeds of every man


shall be examined


61. Distressed shall be those who, on the Day of Resur-


rection, in the Other World, are condemned to the


punishment of Hell


6j. Happy shall be those whom God invites couches to sit of FIRDkWS on the


6,3. 0 you who lodge in the upper storeys of this world,
go and see the graveyards
6~. A horse and a motor-car which are hastily driven,


will not save anyone from the Angel of Death who


has received a command

6~. In the grave and in the Day of Resurrection which


fOllows, the recorded actions will decide the matter



  1. 0 God, how pleasant is it to listen to the Quran and


to acknowledge the word of God


67 • [After the words] I I am from such and such a clan I and


afte~ much pride, the grave follows


6~. [It is inevitable] that the soul shall be received by
an Angel, and firm is the word of God, The Powerful One



  1. 0 people, there is no permanence in this world, so
    beware of Satan, he may lead you to extreme disaster


76. 0 people, each man consumes, on the face of the earth,


the sustenance which is apportioned to him
7i. Stop the banter and vile speech, and rise to serve the

religion of God

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