KNOCKING AT THE DOOR OF DEPARTURE

With no desire nor persistence,

I'm slowly leaving this existence

with more aloofness and penetance,

the emptyness finds an entrance.

And know I'm knocking at your door,

Sayyidi...

Come take me back once more!

Oh, lovers cry this cry every night.

Lovers, once taken, find the beloved with each flight.

Oh, lovers come back with daylight!

Always wanting more, eyes filled with an-noor.

We work best with true love, not rest.

Now let this fill your breast,

Muhammad is the Naqsh,

Ahmed is the comforter!

Ihsan Wadud, New Jersey, USA

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A Book of Poetry Dedicated to the Masters of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Tariqa

Particularly to Mawlana Shaykh AbdAllah al Faiz ad-Daghestani

Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani al ubrusi

and Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Written by their disciples and lovers.