People Do Not Know The Beauty Of The Beautiful Poem by Mohammad Younus

People do not know the beauty of the beautiful;
Though the prophet says:
Allah is beautiful, and He loves His own beauty;
In understanding this way,
The lovers have no idea of what ugliness is;
They all know the beauty of the beautiful
in all colourful dresses;
In knowing this way, they have the clear idea
of what the divine is.

So it is the non-appreciation of divine beauty,
That give birth to the idea of the other;
Light and darkness are the necessary beauties
manifested by the beautiful;
Spring and winter, summer and fall,
The necessary beauties of the beautiful;
His is the unmatchable beauty!
He is the peerless and unequalled!
The gnostics of his unique divinity,
Do not compare and contrast;
The ideas of differentiation - high and low -
Arise from the contrast and comparison;
The things that are apparently different,
Are components of one whole;
Just as the musical notes and tones become,
Harmonious and produce sweet melody,
Through the relation of one with another.

The sages understand one single beautiful reality,
Manifested through multifarious beauties;
They do not make any differentiation;
They listen from the divine without the use of speech,
That all things spring up from Him, and
There is no one which of its own can show itself;
There exists no one but He, everything is his manifestation;
The work of His manifestation is never accomplished;
He does not take rest on the sixth day!
On every time, He is bringing about a new manifestation;
He himself is complete and perfect;
No one can see him except his manifestations!
‘Tis what makes me believe:
God is beautiful and He loves His own beauty.


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