Diwan al-Layla wal-Majnuun: a poetic tale of love by nashid fareed-ma'at - HTML preview

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Nuun. By the pen and that which they write,

Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, a majnuun (a madman).

And lo! thine verily will be a reward without end.

And lo! thou art of a tremendous character.

Soon thou wilt see and they will see

Which of you is afflicted with madness.

 

Surah 68 Al-Qalam (The Pen), Verses 1 - 6

translation from the Glorious Qur’aan

 

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people think they love

but they know only their own ignorance

 

when one truly loves,

there is nothing to know

and surely no one to know it

 

love drowns all true lovers

to become their life

in the midst of their death

 

if you live to love

death is one of the requirements

even if you die before you die

 

until we overcome our selfishness

we cannot even begin to love...

 

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