My Great God! What Offerings Can I Make To You? Poem by Mohammad Younus

My Great God! What offerings can I bring to You?
I have nothing but myself to offer,
yet even that is granted by Your grace.
Accept my supplication, grant me Your Light,
so I may traverse the dark valleys
and protect myself from getting lost in the wilderness.
Guide me along the Path that leads to You,
inspire me with Your true knowledge and wisdom
to discern the reality and truth of my True Self.
My evil nafs often distracts me from goodness,
grant me the criterion to differentiate purity from impurity.

My Great God!
Let Your proclamation be on my tongue: I am The Truth!
Grant me a heart steadfast in Your Absolute Unity,
illuminate my mind with Your Light upon Light,
so through providential awareness, I may perceive Your Oneness.
Bless me with a Spirit of holiness, forever by my side,
and instill in me a desire solely for Your pleasure.
Grant me a soul at peace with itself and all Your Creation,
with an understanding illuminated by Your Sound and Light.

My Best Friend!
Be my Guide on Your Path,
reveal to me the inner spring brimming with the water of life,
so I may understand how Eternity transcends
the ephemeral world of creation.
I yearn to witness the mysterious beauty of Your Being
in the flawless creation around me.
Grant me strength to attain divine knowledge,
free from ignorance and delusion,
guided by Your pure and wise intentions.

MyKoul