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GOD, LOVE, BEAUTY AND TRUTH
God, Allah, Jehovah, Ishwar,
Light, Force, Reality, Truth,
So many beautiful names to One
Who is an undefinable being
A droplet holding in me the truth
Of the same infallible being
When Mansoor Al-Hallaj* asked: "What is truth?"
"I am the truth" echoed his being.
When Muhammad the Prophet threw dust at foes
The voice of truth in him kept saying:
"It was not you O Muhammad who with dust caused storm",
"It was the truth to which you and yours do cling."
And when truth becomes converted into sublime love
The whole universe renews its truthful vow:
Love is truth, truth -- love and beauty
The most omnipresent of all reality
Defame not love, nor beauty nor truth
If you too want to be a drop of truth.
Truth has no opposite in the vastness around
Nor has it a semblance in the depths below
It is the light of the skies and all else
The light giving beauty to every good we know.
