Where Does Life Begin? Poem by Mohammad Younus

Where does life begin?
Does it start in that beautiful question
that the Lord asked the souls, not yet born?
Is it forever captured in the perfect memory
of the souls that heard the Lord's address in pre-eternity?
Does life begin with the creation of man,
when the Lord declared to the assembly of angels:
'I'm planning to make Adam as My vicegerent on the earth'?
Is life echoed in the eternal breath
that the Lord breathed of His spirit into man?
Is it carried in the air that we breathe in and breathe out?
Is it in the light that shines in us and the Lord's universe?

Life begins with You, O my Lord! It's safe to believe;
Life is real, not ephemeral—this I know to be true;
For I feel I'm not dead while I understand
You're standing next to me.

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1.The Quran 7: 172
And ˹remember˺ when your Lord brought forth from the loins of the children of Adam their descendants and had them testify regarding themselves. ˹Allah asked, ˺ 'Am I not your Lord? ' They replied, 'Yes, You are! We testify.' ˹He cautioned, ˺ 'Now you have no right to say on Judgment Day, ‘We were not aware of this'.

2. Ibid

3. The Quran 2: 30
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, 'Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority.' They said, 'Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection? ' He [Allāh] said, 'Indeed, I know that which you do not know.'

4. The Quran 15: 29
When I form him perfect, and blow in him of My spirit, then you must fall down before him in prostration.'