Alas, My Nafs Rebels Against Me Poem by Mohammad Younus

Alas, my nafs rebels against me,
In an effort to overpower me,
And take me for a Begar ride,
As it did try in past to overwhelm Yusuf;
When zulekha tried to seduce him,
But he firmly saved himself,
From the snare and temptation of nafas,
As he did find the protection from his lord,
O friends, congratulate me, because,
My nafs failed to wrong and astray me,
It is so far now, beyond reproach and blame,
Alhamdulillah! I am protected by now,
From the mockeries of beguilingnafas -
My life is saved from pursuing the accursed Satan,
My path of guidance led me to Makkah, my home,
Not to some pagan land,
My path of guidance is straight and wide,
That leads me to the source of light,
So I am coming close and closer to the truth.

Mykoul