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...Notes on Islam.

You will notice that I follow this blog. It has intrigued me and raised awareness surrounding the spirtituallity within Islam. Additionally, it directs focus on Islamic sciences. Take a look, as many of you might find the articles as interesting as I have found them. Some of you may even feel inspired. The writer of this blog, Samir has clearly devoted alot of time and effort in creating the blog with an aim to inform... He is most certaintly achieving that!! :)

Whilst reading some posts on the blog, my attention was drawn to the poetry section. http://notesonislam.blogspot.com/search/label/Islamic%20poetry ....

A poem by Shaykh Ahmad al-Alawi

Layla 

Full near I came unto where dwelleth
Layla, when I heard her call.
That voice, would I might ever hear it!
She favored me, and drew me to her,
Took me in, into her precinct,
With discourse intimate addressed me.
She sat me by her, then came closer,
Raised the cloak that hid her from me,
Made me marvel to distraction,
Bewildered me with all her beauty.
She took me and amazed me,
And hid me in her inmost self,
Until I thought that she was I,
And my life she took as ransom.
She changed me and transfigured me,
And marked me with her special sign,
Pressed me to her, put me from her,
Named me as she is named.
Having slain and crumbled me,
She steeped the fragments in her blood.
Then, after my death, she raised me:
My star shines in her firmament.
Where is my life, and where my body,
Where my willful soul? From her
The truth of these shone out to me
Secrets that had been hidden from me.
Mine eyes have never seen but her:
To naught else can they testify.
All meanings in her are comprised.
Glory be to her Creator!
Thou that beauty wouldst describe,
Here is something of her brightness
Take it from me. It is my art.
Think it not idle vanity.
My Heart lied not when it divulged
The secret of my meeting her.
If nearness unto her effaceth,
I still subsist in her substance.

Source and reference:

http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/A/alAlawiAhmad/Layla.htm

This poem is truely beautiful and encapsulates the beauty of women, love and happiness. Being a real softy, it brought tears to my eyes. It is most definately a poem filled with honour and grace. 

The blog also contains general posts on Islam... go take a look!!