HANDS TIED AND TOLD TO SWIM

Thrown into the sea with both hands tied,

And told to keep struggling against the great tide,

Al Hallaj spoke thus and Navid listened,

Fate and effort to us appear predestined.

It was not just Adam, Eve or Satan, who fell,

In our spiritual forms we chose our own hell.

The question of our future has also been answered,

In faithful submission shall we be gathered.

Out of unseen we came to be known,

Back into unseen shall we be flown.

Nothing is a myth that has fooled us all,

The Truth resides in us, forgetting caused our fall.

It is the nirvana, it is the salvation,

It is the paradise and the Garden of Eden.

For years I endeavoured to discover the secret,

In the unseen I found Him and said God is Great!




Author's Notes/Comments: 

This poem is inspired by the mystic Hussain bin Mansoor Al Hallaj who was crucified by the Abbasid rulers for not conforming to mere rituals and for gaining a deeper insight into the eternal truth.

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