My Friend Says Poem by Mohammad Younus

My friend says to me, I am here:
Standing before you, standing behind you,
Standing on all your sides, standing in and out of you,
If you cannot see me, you must be with some other,
Even if you are intimate with some other,
See within that it's meaning - it's essence -
Then, you will affirm my presence within all things you see,
You will find, when you are one with me:
In everything is Light of me,
Just gaze at my light, put even my zikar behind,
Lest you revert again to the other-than-me,
Between you and me there must be nothing,
One day I shall lift the veil and show you my splendor,
My light will gleam on you -
Your heart will be filled out by my light,
I will inhabit once more your ruined garden of Eden,
You will see how my light expels others from your garden,
I will then summon you in my presence,
Never again will you be veiled from my sight,
You will hear from me my greetings,
I am your merciful lord, this is the day of bliss

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