This World Where You Are Born Is Not A Prison! Poem by Mohammad Younus

This world where you are born is not a prison.
The way to the other side where paradise lies
goes over the bridge of this world.
Only while in this world can you open the window
to the hidden world of infinity.
Here, by the design of the Divine plan,
you have been sent to be God's vicegerent.

Shed your fears and imaginings,
if you want to know the secret of unity.
To know your true essence,
when the Creator breathed His spirit into you,
when He taught you the names of all things
on the day of your coronation.

But when your mind is engrossed
in the satisfaction of unlimited wants,
it becomes friction in your forward movement
toward Higher Consciousness.
Thus, the mind becomes the Satan
that vows to keep you from your divine consciousness.
Tell your mind the word of Allah, make it submissive.

Aspire to move beyond yourself,
without friction, to Higher Consciousness.
Then you can know your true self and be in the house of peace,
free from limited earthly vision,
awakened from slumber through spiritual knowledge and wisdom.
Learn to know yourself! That is the only way to know your Lord.

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