SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

(Chris Devlin) #1

  1. Exhortation to visit pious shaikhs

  2. Exhortation to obey the moral precepts of Islam


22. Recitation of the Quran


Z3. Warning against Satan


24. Condemnation of tribalism



  1. Reflecting on the last era of the world


2~. Reflecting on the transience of the world



  1. Reflecting on the inevitability of death

  2. Reflecting on the fearful aspects of burial


29. Reflecting on the foolishness and evil of pride,


ambition, greed and obstinancy
3~. Reflecting on sweet rewards of Paradise

219.

3'1. Reflecting on punishments in the other world for the


evildoers and unbelievers

i2. Reflecting on the Day of Judgement


The occurrence of the above themes in individual poems


1S shown in the table below by the 'plus' sign (+).

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