SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

(Chris Devlin) #1

5 • It is necessary that He should always exist;


otherwise, who will judge us?



  1. He is different from the jinns and human beings;
    otherwise, He would be among their ranks


.7. Unlike people, He does not have flesh and blood;


unlike a person He does not stop at any place



  1. There is no one who is like Him; He has no ribs


and no sides, no stomach, no back and no hair


~. He has no sides, no upper part and no lower one;


the Majestic One has no front and no back



  1. Do not compare God to ourselves; if you do, you
    assume that He is created

  2. Oneness is necessary to the Majestic One; 0 may


he who does not believe in that be cast into Hell


11. I consider a man who likes [to believe in God's]


duality to be mad and bewitched



  1. If two powers created the world together such gods
    would be weak indeed


14. 0 you who divide the beauty of God, [in the name of]


God, may you be cast into Hell


l~. 0 may your evil-peering face be burnt, [in the name]


of God, may you be strangled with a knot


l~. 0 you who insolently attribute multiplicity to Him,
may God throw you off a steep precipice

17. [I swear] in the name of God and the Holy Quran that


His Being is eternal


9.4 •

1'8. Otherwise, He is like a mortal soul, What of any value
can [a mortal soul] do for anyone?

l~. He does what He wants; otherwise, no one would fear


Him
2b. Let him who can dispute [my reasoning]; no one should
reproach Him
2i. Any man who wishes to face God in a battle should bring
many weapons


  1. To say that the Majestic One has no power is a defiance;
    o people, can you gather together and challenge Him?

  2. If you are distressed, ignorant people, take the learn blessed about path; your God 0

  3. If you do not, I shall stay away from you and you


will not hear a single word from me

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