Many Try To Stay Upright, Honest, And Godly Poem by Mohammad Younus

Many try to stay upright, honest, and godly;
To be unworldly, little motivated by the evil nafs;
But even so the seeds of the forbidden tree...
...stick to their chest of sprituality;
Some are small and light desires, and others...
...very large and heavy!
An abundance of worldly desires renders them...
...unworthy to hear the Divine melody;
Too much attachment to profane desires...
...more often proves to be the most deadly.

When I stare at my own chess board, I too see:
A few pieces have toppled over, and...
...enemy having made advances against me;
As a result, many a time, I can't check my enemy;
We all fail many a time against our enemy...
...when playing the chess game with our nafs;
It's why we lose to our vile nafs, our open enemy!
But, we must keep on fighting the Jihad-e-Akbar;
One day we shall emerge victorious against our enemy!

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