I Am Not An Arab

- but a Muslim

Written late December 2014 - (266 lines)

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I am not an Arab - but a Muslim, yes
I say it proudly, so no need to guess
And for extra clarity let me also stress
I am grateful that Allah chose to bless

For I was not born a Muslim, no
I chose to convert some years ago
When almost sixty, and it goes to show
That life is one continuous flow

Most Muslims are not Arabs - see
I am part of the vast majority
Eighty percent approximately
Consisting of excellent company
Of every possible variety
Of origin and ethnicity
Race and nationality -
Now that is a comforting thought to me

Brothers and Sisters, wherever you may be
Let us set an example for all humanity!

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As I am not an Arab and never will be one
I did what from a distance could be done
To separate Islam from its background
Faith from culture, and by doing so found
A few things in my private quest
Which may well be of wider interest

I chose not an Arab way of life but Islam
Therefore, perhaps unsurprisingly, I am
Disturbed by some aspects here and there
So now take this opportunity to share
With one or two unexpected turns
Some general thoughts and my major concerns

And to make clearer what I set out to do
First a brief historical review:

Islam as we know it today took root
In western Arabia and the fruit
Of Muhammad's amazing labours soon
Ripened under the crescent moon
For Islam truly started to grow
Fourteen hundred years ago
Of course not from nothing or out of the blue
Something not even a prophet could do
So it might reasonably be said
It was superimposed or overlaid
On what already existed then
To assist and guide the region's men

Laws and customs for family and clan
For travelling merchants with a caravan
For people in every village and town
Who had already chosen to settle down
And for semi-nomadic pastoralists
Moving their herds with the seasonal shifts -

But Arab traditions from the seventh century
Have little or no direct relevance for me
Nor for any non-Arab living today
And all they do is get in the way
By masking the faith in tribal lore
Which in truth we should all ignore
And concentrate instead on the core
Of the message given us back then to explore

Yet everybody still associates them
Automatically with the word "Islam"
And Islamophobes are top of the list
They all disingenuously insist
There is indeed an unbreakable link
But then they never stop to think
(Maybe they are not allowed to
For they all work for you-know-who)

Some pre-Islamic or tribal ways
And practices from such remote days
Are simply no longer suitable
The argument is irrefutable  
And I distance myself completely from these
They should be discontinued please

But they are not many, honestly
So far I have only encountered three
And do not expect an apology:
Amputations, stoning, and apostasy

Let us now look at them, one by one
For these are issues we should not shun
But freely and willingly openly discuss
For that in the end will be better for us

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Those amputations for certain crimes
Are simply not acceptable in our times
But ghastly and barbaric and completely wrong
Even where the offender has a long
History of wrongdoing, use other ways
To deter the culprit so he or she stays
Out of trouble and behaves acceptably
As a useful member of society

We all have our contribution to make
So why further handicap someone, for God's sake?
Do amputations make sense to anyone?
If not, clearly something should be done!

And, Brothers and Sisters, as we turn
The pages of the Quran we learn
That there IS a substitute punishment
Already available: BANISHMENT
So even where clemency and appeals were refused
The option of banishment should ALWAYS be used

[Quran.5:33 - Marmaduke Pickthall:
The only reward of those
who make war upon Allah and His messenger
and strive after corruption in the land
will be that they will be killed or crucified,
or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off,
or will be expelled out of the land.
Such will be their degradation in the world,
and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom;]

Could you yourself cut off somebody's hand
When instead you could expel that person from the land?

If YES, you are no longer my friend
But then, most friendships come to an end...

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Stoning to death is abhorrent to me
Though I do support the death penalty
But ONLY in cases without ANY doubt
And then it MUST be carried out
In a civilised manner without undue pain -
Or do we want to become savages again?

Stoning is an ancient punishment
Much older than Islam, and if you spent
Time reading the Torah you already know
That many transgressions demand the final blow
Some of them absolutely trivial
But the bloodthirsty god of Israel
Yahweh, is not easily satisfied
And only relents when enough have died...
[See my book ENOUGH! Islamophobia]

Since time immemorial stoning was the norm
So Islam simply adopted the form
This not to defend it, but it does explain
How Islam continued the existing chain
Of local and regional ways to behave
For master and wife and servant and slave

And yet, in the Quran, no single verse
Stipulates stoning to properly disperse
Justice for any specific crimes -
It is mentioned ONLY for former times

Still practised publicly and secretly
Stoning to death for adultery
Is nowhere to be found in the Quran
Instead a hundred lashes for both woman and man

[Quran.24:2 - Marmaduke Pickthall:
The adulterer and the adulteress,
scourge ye each one of them (with) a hundred stripes.
And let not pity for the twain withhold you from obedience to Allah,
if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day.
And let a party of believers witness their punishment.]

So where does this innovation come from?
Is it not clear that we Muslims have some
Very serious revisions to do?
Any objections from any of you?

And now a question to shatter your bliss:
Could you yourself participate in this?
Could you, yes YOU, throw a single stone?
If YES, stay away from me, leave me alone...

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And how can it be that apostasy
Still carries the death penalty?

Can it be found in a reliable text?
If not, which innovation is accepted next?

Its implementation might well be rare
But death is final so handle with care
Or damage that nobody can repair
Will surely result in the life-long despair
Of the bereaved who will declare
Their sorrow to anyone, anytime, anywhere...

But if authentic, perhaps the reason is
Something along the lines of this:

In Muhammad's time Muslims were few
And if for any reason a follower withdrew
His loyalty to Allah and his messenger
That person might be seen as a challenger
So cast him out, force him to go
Yesterday's friend tomorrow's foe
Having lost any tribal immunity
Now seen as a threat to the community
Steps would be taken to liquidate
To not give him time to consolidate
A rival faction by alerting every man
And meeting in secret to prepare a plan
For a minor skirmish or a major attack
To stab his former brothers in the back

But clearly that is NOT the situation today
There is no threat to Islam if someone walks away
So why prevent it? Let them go right ahead!
And if they went wrong they will know once they are dead!

Nobody should tell others what to believe
And many more embrace Islam than those who leave
So what is the problem? It does not exist!
Yet some fanatics will always persist...

Also, and this is too obvious, but still
Must be said before fanatics spill
Any more precious human blood
In their over-zealous obedience to God:

Never ever for one moment forget
That any apostate might later regret
The decision to leave Islam, and find
That the best option is a change of mind
And so, willingly, happily, revert!
Hopefully no Muslim would want to pervert
Or prevent the potential outcome here?
And if any do it will surely cost them dear...

And death threats can NOT be the way to deal
With the vulnerable, for they need to heal
And we should do all to make them feel
Appreciated, so therefore appeal
To those who may be about to seal
Somebody else's fate: now KNEEL...

And what about the rights of every relative
To protection and support as long as they live?
Disregarded and ignored -
Such a practice should be deplored!

Is apostasy really a sin big enough
To deserve execution? That would be rough
Justice indeed, if one could call
Such cruel methods justice at all

And if the sin of apostasy is so great
Should we little fallible humans not wait
And let somebody else be a much better judge
For all we know on earth is how to fudge
Any given issue, big or small
Like babbling infants just learning to crawl...

Now some fanatics may boo and hiss
But just calm down and remember this:
No human has EVER been given the nod
By the Creator to start playing God...

We should refuse such a dreadful task
And as a solution I sincerely ask:
Why not suspend that law for now
Find a form of words that somehow
Disables it but does not revoke?
That would in one single elegant stroke
Take that terrible decision away
From us, and leave it until the day
When it will be too late to pray
And Allah shall have the final say...

Death for apostasy? How can this be?
No place for such barbarity
In the twentyfirst century...
If there is any logic please explain it to me!

We can and should end this grisly feast
Which is counter productive to say the least!

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Amputations, stoning, and apostasy
Are in my opinion undeniably
Totally untenable
And morally indefensible
So therefore rightly criticised
By everybody else - they are uncivilised
And all three should immediately
Be suspended indefinitely
Throughout Muslim society
Locally, globally, universally
Yes, in Makkah and Madinah too
For we Muslims have much better things to do

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My case now presented as best I could
I then thought long about whether I should
Ask a simple but daring question please:
If Muhammad lived today would precisely these
Laws on crime and punishment be revealed
To him by the Creator, so that fates be sealed
In ways so revolting they are hard to describe
And to be used for ever by the whole human tribe?

Or would they be worded very differently
Reflecting time and place and society?

Well, I am not a prophet, but I do believe and think
We should NOT obey laws that use human blood as ink...

Yes, crime and punishment go together, but still
To save is surely much better than to kill...
[Quran.5:32]

ALL life is sacred and must be revered
And anyone who successfully steered
Us away from that should be doubted at least
If ever we humans are to rise above the beast...

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And so we come to the end of this file
I do hope you enjoyed it, meanwhile
I shall remain always on my guard
Ever vigilant, for old habits die hard

The fact that I strongly disagree
With aspects of our methodology
Does that now necessarily
Mean that Allah has a problem with me?

And if He has, I shall find a way
To compensate, come what may
But all shall be revealed some day
And until then I shall hope and pray

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Copyright © 2014 - IBRAHEEM (O.E.H.Johansen) - All Rights Reserved

Fanaticism

- is destructive

Written December 2014 - (186 lines)

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Fanaticism is out of touch
With reality, and as such
A clear and present danger to
Humanity, including YOU!

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Fanaticism of ANY kind
Is deliberately deaf and blind
Resistant to reason and argument
And every external sentiment
Which dares to contradict its own
For seeds of doubt must never be sown
So dismiss the diverging thought
Before it even can be brought
Into contact with the ruled
Who might then realise they were fooled
For generations or thousands of years
And THAT is what the fanatic fears
Most of all: to lose control
Or the power to console
The restless masses who all crave
Some sense of purpose before the grave

Therefore censor all that might shake
The fixed worldview, or even break
It down completely, and so create
A dangerously fertile state
Perhaps in as little as a few days
For new ideas, concepts and ways
Which if they grow and become strong
Are likely to prove the masters wrong
So, to protect the enslaved devout
Outlaw it, ban it, shut it all out
Keeping their minds mesmerised
With every rule being memorised
Repeated a thousand times at least
And eased by the occasional feast

Also, the fear of the unknown
Must be repressed and never shown
To influence in any way
What they think and do and say
So clinging to some perfect ideal
Which of course can never be real
In the world in which we live
They dare not stop for a moment to give
Such little matters any thought
Instead any free thinking is brought
Before the relevant authority
Which demands instant conformity...

What drives fanaticism? Well
More than just a fear of hell!
Though many would claim it is purity
The answer is surely: INSECURITY!

We all need a framework for our lives
To ensure that sanity survives
The ups and downs constantly thrown
At us, whether caused by our own
Incompetence or others, still
There is a need for us to fill
So moral rules are used to guide
And keep us away from our dark side
Where nasty little demons hide
Without shame but excessive pride...

Fanaticism is inflexible
And totally non-negotiable
Some brands carved in tablets of stone
Others spread by mouth alone
But all are perversions of the true
Light and guidance available through
Tuning in to the cosmic breath
While contemplating life and death
To any sincerely inquiring mind
So search and YOU might also find
The way to inner peace and bliss
And outer calm and happiness

Fanaticism is destructive, yet
Nobody wants to consider it
Unless of course Islam is involved
Then the issue MUST be resolved
Immediately and at any cost
Or all our "freedoms" will soon be lost
For a totalitarian state
Marketed as the Caliphate
With Islam's Flag of War unfurled
Will spread like fire around the world
Spelling the end of civilised man
Stop it! STOP IT! We must and we can!
So, as demanded by Israel
A new Crusade is essential
Once more the Christian West will do
The dirty work for the cowardly Jew -
How often has this already been done?
In truth there is nothing new under the sun!
But this time there seems nowhere to turn -
The West must either learn or burn...

Fanaticism is ignorant
And stupefyingly arrogant
For the two go hand in hand
Not only in The Holy Land
But many other places on Earth
Religions, though not really worth
That label, mainly exist to destroy
What others worship and enjoy
Certain that only they know best
And so failing the obvious test
As they wade through innocent blood:
All true religion leads to God

And God is God, and only ONE
No parents, no wife, no daughter, no son
The ever-living, the first and the last
Creating the future, like present and past

It is the Creator that makes you whole
For God is the energy of your soul

And without God in your heart and your head
In truth you might as well be dead...

Fanaticism has no place
In a civilised human race
Fitting perhaps for a local clan
But not at all for global man
And that is what we are today
Whether or not we like it that way

Fanaticism rules by fear
But fails to see that to get near
The love of our Creator we
Must necessarily be free
To choose for ourselves the way
To think and reflect, worship and pray

My freedom of religious choice
Is NOT subject to the voice
Of some fanatic preacher who
Cannot find anything better to do
With his time on this planet than lecturing me
About the truth and what I should be -
None of your business, you ignorant fool!
Leave me alone and go back to school!
Or I shall defend with all my might
My universal human right!

Fanaticism pays no respect
To intelligence and intellect
But both indisputably do have a role
In matters of life and death and the soul
So should be included as useful tools
To tell wise words from those of fools
As we attempt to make some sense
Of the entire experience
From birth to death and, inshallah, beyond
All held by some mysterious bond
Between Creator and creation, so
Use all your faculties as you go
Always striving to improve your state
And may you safely navigate
Your chosen path wherever it leads
So long as it serves your personal needs

Having searched for many years
With open mind, heart, eyes and ears
I wanted increasingly to become
A Muslim, maybe strange to some
But only a natural progression of
My growing awareness and deepening love
Of my Creator, so chose to submit
And do I regret it? Not one bit!

But I am not a fanatic, NO!
For that is NOT the way to go
Not for me, nor for anyone
Just think of the harm that they have done!

And, while we are at it, this must be said
For it seldom leaves my head:
Sunni fanatics, do not tell me
That Shias are not and never will be
Good Muslims, or Muslims at all, for the call
For cohesion and tolerance said it all:
The Amman Message coming up next
A highly recommended text
In plain and lucid language and
We hope even YOU may understand!
Happy reading as they say
And may you find a better way!

Are you a fanatic? If so do take
The decision to change, for your own sake
And that of the world - but I hope you are not!
And to those who are, I trust that you got
My message above, for it is sincere:
FANATICS, all of you, stay clear
Of me and my home and my writings too
For there is no help I can offer you...

Except the promise that every day
I shall always remember to pray
That our Creator will show you the way
For some wicked human led you astray...

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Copyright © 2014 - IBRAHEEM (O.E.H.Johansen) - All Rights Reserved

Holy Communion

- read: Lucifer's Banquet

Written early December 2014 - (188 lines)

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Holy Communion?
Satan's Reunion!

At Lucifer's Banquet the evening's host
Enraptured raises a bloody toast
To those they praise and worship most
As the latest victim is tied to the post
Like those before to slowly roast:
"To the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost!"

In that very moment Lucifer woke
His chains miraculously broke!
Is this the most cruel joke?
My God - if only we could revoke
The words that the false prophet spoke
And so free his followers from the yoke
But eager disciples continue to stoke
And another life goes up in smoke...

Christianity is taking its toll
Tonight another head will roll
Crusaders on a grisly stroll
Around the Tabernacle pole
Avoiding deftly the glowing coal
Laughing at the life they stole
Call it a lamb, a kid, a foal
Any means to reach the goal
Reserving for themselves the role
Of harvesting another soul
For Christ the King as they extol
His many virtues from a scroll
Penned with blood from a ritual bowl
Believing the Saviour will console...
Blind and deaf to the fact that the sole
Purpose being mind control
Of those mad enough to enroll
For the thought-police will patrol
To make sure they stay in the hole -
Oh the folly! Surely the whole
Performance would win any poll
For depravity - condole, CONDOLE!

For Moloch, Yahweh, Elohim
Read Lucifer, Satan, the Devil - they seem
To find a truly perverse delight
In setting holy names alight
But that is what we do expect
From those who claim to be the Elect
And so it comes as no surprise
To those of us who realise
That it is all part of the ancient plan
Of a tiny megalomanic clan
First to conquer the world by stealth
Then to rule it by force and wealth

Perhaps the greatest recorded scam
Is the one who said: "I AM!"
For as the inverted pentagram
Reveals the sacrificial lamb
Now at last all can clearly see
What some have long claimed it to be
Not a God-man in a fur coat
NO! It really is a goat!
Speechless Christians clutch their throat -
Time for some of us to gloat!

A false prophet is neither the way
Nor the truth nor the life, ...........
[John.14:6 - Jesus answered:
I am the way, the truth, and the life.
The only way to the Father is through me.]
.................................... so stay
A safe distance if at all you can
From such a deranged and dangerous man

Free advice you can take or leave
But Christians continue to believe
That Jesus is God personified
So lives forever and never died
And many Bible verses state
It all clearly - end of debate!

As this does not make any sense
Look at it through a different lens
And, assuming that you dare
Here is a thought for you to share:

Maybe in truth "I AM" never was?
We are entitled to doubt because
No irrefutable reference
Or archaeological evidence
Has come to light in two thousand years -
The time for proof is well in arrears!

At Lucifer's Banquet meanwhile
In the original savage style
The gruesome orgy of blood and flesh
Is played out again, forever fresh
From darkest vaults of twisted minds
Sick fantasies of many kinds
Are conjured up and brought to life
Then terminated with the knife
Gleefully and then consumed -
The skulls and bones of exhumed
Former victims are carried in
Every single conceivable sin
Is revered and on display
As the assembled chant and pray
Pledging loyalty once more
To destruction, death and war
To provide the hands and tools
Wherever The Prince of Darkness rules

And using every wicked way
His realm is growing every day
Threats and bribery and deceit
Taking over another street
Coming all too soon to YOU
And when it does, what will you do?

City dwellers will be lost
So do get out at any cost:
NO to lies from official lips
NO to implanted microchips
NO to thought-controlling pills
NOW take to the woods and hills!

Listen - for those who hesitate
This advice may come too late...

Sadly it cannot be presumed
That normal service will be resumed
Anytime soon, so must we wait
Staring impatiently at the gate
Hoping the promised Messiah will come
Just in time to save us from
Those with unrepentant brow
Who all crave salvation NOW
In their sorry demented state
As they fervently celebrate
The object of their hideous feast -
Or must we learn to live with the Beast?

And where will he come from, if he does?
That is a very good question because:

If indeed he ever comes forth
Will he decide to arrive in the north?

Or will it be known by word of mouth
That he was first seen in the south?

Or will he, disguised as a pedophile priest
Manifest slowly in the east?

One thing more certain than all the rest:
He will NOT appear in the west!

Not the bringer of peace and love
So do not expect him to come from above!

A fitting climax to the show
Would be for him to appear from below!

The Last Supper is almost done
Nothing useful has been won
And still no sign of the wayward Son -
"Will he return?" wonders everyone...

Maybe - but probably not tonight
So no quick respite from your plight

More free advice: do not hold your breath
For your reward would surely be death!

And maybe THAT would break the spell?
For those with no more lies to tell
And no more principles to sell
Only death is alive and well...

Hardly possible to believe
But this is what they did achieve:

More gullible newcomers seduced
Another innocent victim reduced
To an empty skull and a few bones
As the last few menacing tones
Slowly emerge from the ram's horns
And another enslaved soul adorns
The altar's bloody trophy wall
Forever at Satan's beck and call...

Should ever the Son come back once more
Maybe through a secret trap door
Concealed cleverly in the floor
And known only to the inner core
They will greet with a rapturous roar
The Son, riding not as before
On a donkey, but now on the back of a boar
With sacks of new vices to explore -
Then we will stand ready to settle the score:
Christ has a lot to answer for!

So far no sign of the primitive
That arrogant wandering fugitive
The one who refuses to forgive
Yet wants to teach us how to live!

No printable comments! Time to close
Another chapter about those
Who claim that only they know it all -
High to fly, far to fall!

And when they all drop from the Golden Calf
We shall try our best not to laugh!

We sense that another deadline nears -
Will it be days, weeks, months or years?
For those with open eyes and ears
The mist of deception slowly clears
And despite the persistent smears
To more observers now appears
What every good and wise man fears:
This would always end in tears...

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Copyright © 2014 - IBRAHEEM (O.E.H.Johansen) - All Rights Reserved

Divine

- arriving at an inadequate definition

Written 22 January 2012 - (20 lines)

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Define
The divine!
.
.
.
No sign
Of a line...

Decline
And resign...?

Yet nine
Thoughts entwine:

Wine
And dine...?

Not fine
For the shrine!

So combine
And align

Refine
And assign

At last mine
To shine:

BENIGN
By DESIGN!

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Copyright © 2012 - IBRAHEEM (O.E.H.Johansen) - All Rights Reserved

Zionism and Judaism

- are one and the same!

Written mid June 2011 - (272 lines)

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NOTE:
1. This poem was written in an attempt to demolish the very widely
held opinion and belief that Zionism and Judaism are very different
and almost diametrically opposed. But, as any methodical and rational
analysis will show, they are so similar as to be indistinguishable
from each other, meaning: YOU ARE ALL WRONG.

2. A goy (plural: goyim) is Hebrew for "nation" or "people" but is
generally used to describe any non-Jew, whether individual or nation.
The Torah itself and rabbinic literature make it clear that goyim exist
only to be exploited or enslaved or eradicated as Judaism sees fit.

3. The "shofar" mentioned in the line starting with the wordplay
"Shofar so good" is a proper word and is the ram's horn mentioned
in The Torah where it is used as a ceremonial instrument.
Some of the Rabbis attached to modern Israel's armed forces were
blowing these very shofars during the ghastly slaughter of the men,
women and children of Gaza in December 2008/January 2009.
This is indisputably holy war - and by a supposedly secular state.

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Having had good reason but missing the rhyme
I have wanted to write about this for some time
But let me first warn you before you come along:
If I am right then YOU must be wrong!
So before the creative magic fades
Let me say this, and I hope it persuades

Heated debates are nothing new
About a subject that leaves only few
Opportunities for compromise
So I fully expect an uproar to rise
The moment this poem goes online
But do not expect me to resign
My cherished post as cyber scribe
Nothing will deflect me, no bribe
Nor threat nor anything else will make
Me abandon the course I chose to take -
Right, with that settled we now move on
To a matter of importance to everyone:

Below is outlined the general view
Of nasty Zionist but friendly Jew

Zionism is an ideology
Invented fairly recently
A single issue advocacy
Of sinister supremacy
Secular and political
To restore the state of Israel

Judaism, on the other hand
Is a true religion from The Holy Land
Where Abraham lived and Jesus died
Noble and pure and dignified
Fulfilling a very important role
In the aspirations of the soul

No similarity between
The two, for as already seen
They have little if anything
In common, so in order to bring
It home to everybody we now throw
A little slogan that you all should know:

"Zionism bad and Judaism good" -
The message is clearly understood?

NO! It makes no sense at all
So here is a suitable counter call:
Rubbish! Nonsense! Traitors to blame!
For the two are in truth one and the same!

Confusion and hysteria on my part?
I wish it were! You wake up and start
To learn some facts about Judaism NOW
And you will soon have to accept somehow
That Zionism is Judaism in its purest form
OH YES! Some research will call off the storm
Of protest, indignation and "anti-Semite you!"
For you will all see that the following is true:

For the avoidance of any doubt
The Law of Moses, The Torah, spells out
In crystal-clear language that the Jews
YAHWEHs own Chosen People, may use
All non-Jews, the mere Goyim
Of this world, for whatever scheme
In short that everybody else exists
For The Master Race to put on lists
To exploit or enslave or eradicate
As The Elders of Zion see fit to dictate

All frequently echoed faithfully today
By leading Rabbis who will brazenly say
Things that indisputably and without fail
Would land ANY Muslim immediately in jail
For threatening language in every sentence
Incitement to hatred, promoting violence
Discrimination on grounds of faith or race
Advocating treason with a straight face
Religious intolerance, disturbing the peace
Glorifying terror, or a mixture of all these

But Orthodox Rabbis and Christian Zionists
Rant about Islam and shake their fists
Using terms like those listed above
And nothing happens - clearly hand in glove
With every level of establishment
For has any effort ever been spent
To call them to order and rein them in?
NOT ONCE! But now is the time to begin!

For those who still may be in doubt
The following test should be carried out:
Were you to read a long list of quotes
With names removed and no footnotes
By prominent Zionists and famous Jews
I challenge anyone to randomly choose
And say, without anybody to assist
Is the quote from a Jew or from a Zionist

Go on, admit it now, time to confess
As if we did not know it: you would have to guess!

For the same stupefying arrogance
And terrifying intolerance
Runs through them both like a silver thread
Pursuing goals with terror and dread
Around the world, not just locally
False flag attacks for everyone to see
For just like father Jacob, renamed Israel
Deceit is the trade mark we have come to know so well
Over generations, and there is no prize
For concluding that YAHWEH is Moloch in disguise
Void of any sign of divinity
Nothing sacred in his vicinity
For this is all about the earthly here and now
Not one instruction to be found about how
To reach a higher level of spirituality
Or achieving salvation or immortality
Whether it is in any way achievable
Or even if it is desirable
There is simply no mention of everlasting life -

(A most strange religion - if such it can be called
Surely any true prophet of God would be appalled?)

But detailed instructions for how to use the knife
As another gruesome animal sacrifice
Hits YAHWEHs altar, plus listing the price
For various offences, and who should be stoned
To death for certain crimes to be atoned

Some are hard to believe and ought to raise
Serious objections - here one specific case:
You may forget and go collecting firewood
On the Sabbath - but surely this activity is good
And helpful to the clan and the people as a whole?
At the very least harmless unless of course you stole
The wood from someone else - but NO: you must DIE
Thunders the booming voice from the sky...
No questions asked and no second chance -
How can such madness possibly advance
The progress of the group not to mention mankind?
A sensible answer is impossible to find...

Yet many say Islam is barbaric and worse
Read Torah and Gospels for chapter and verse
That to criticise Islam alone makes no sense
And read my book ENOUGH! for overwhelming evidence!

Most Jews and Christians must know but none admits -
Two-faced double-dealing deceitful hypocrites!

Not just my opinion and this is no spoof
ENOUGH! Islamophobia (my book) gives you proof
Upon devastating proof that all can understand
Assuming they want to, about The Promised Land
And that ninety-plus percent are not genuine Jews
But false interpretations and dishonest views
Have distorted opinion round the world to the extent
That few today realise what YAHWEH really meant
Though the text itself is clear enough for anyone to see
If you read it methodically and rationally

Never make peace with a neighbouring state
Nor with foreigners living amongst you, dictate
Terms and conditions for that is your right
Never forget: you must not only fight
But eradicate competing religions totally
And remember: deceit works wonderfully
Like holy war, ethnic cleansing, genocide -

All these horrors nobody can hide
For The Law of Moses prescribes them all
Now where is the first honest person to call
For re-writing the Torah to make it civilised
The same way that Islamophobes want the Quran revised?

The silence is deafening but comes as no surprise
To anyone looking at the world through open eyes

The secular ideology Zionism found
The justification for creating on the ground
A modern Israel in the ancient Law
Of Moses, which Zionists all hold in awe

And to claim otherwise is simply a disgrace
For the evidence is staring us all in the face

Ever since the time of The Exodus
Nothing has changed, it is still "them" and "us"
YAHWEHs little darlings who can do no wrong
Against the sub-humans, as it has been all along

No wish to convert the lowly Goyim
To follow YAHWEH, also known as Elohim
To enter their specially enlightened zone
For in truth this is all for Jacob alone
Plus his heirs, the brightest and the best
And we, the mere mortals, all the rest
Of mankind, should simply be rounded up
And forced to slave for them until we drop
For we are already destined for Hell
While the whole Earth belongs to Israel

"Shofar so good!" IDF Rabbis shout
As Israel blows up Gaza until YAHWEH kicks you out
For as your own Scriptures make absolutely plain
The Jews may NOT re-create Israel, but must remain
In exile, landless, stateless, banished till the times
That YAHWEH decides to forgive your sins and crimes -
So stock up well, be patient, and wait for the sign
Wherever you are now: anywhere but Palestine!

Real Jews and fake Jews and Zionists under the spell
Of that megalomanic fantasy called Greater Israel
The Nile to the Euphrates - Hallelujah! Here we come!
The Third Temple and The Eternal Kingdom!

Wake up and save yourselves embarrassment and pain
For your grand hallucinations are all in vain!
Why? Because your Scriptures directly contradict
That ludicrous claim, so high time you restrict
Any territorial aspirations to the realm
Of reality, or fantasy is bound to overwhelm
You faster than you think - but that is quite all right:
Go ahead and soon it will be time to say Goodnight!

But do yourselves a favour now and read your book again
And this time do it properly - as my book will explain!

Time to accept that the real conspiracy
Is taking place around us and is not some theory
Debunked in the media and exposed to ridicule
The deception is obvious yet manages to fool
Most of the people most of the time
Long enough to perpetrate the next horrible crime

And what will you do about it all my friends?
Maybe prevaricate until Zion sends
A special invitation that you cannot decline
That you must be micro-chipped today, so stand in line
First "Zion Rules" will be tattooed across your brow
For The New World Order must be implemented now
And should you resist the friendly old Jew
His sons The Pyromaniacs will come to visit you
Leaving nothing but a pile of ashes on the ground
For their love of burnt offerings is not just profound
But prescribed by YAHWEH forever for the Jews
And if you hoped that was the end of the bad news
YAHWEH demands that some prisoners of war
Are sacrificed to him - can you take any more?
The Torah description of that ghastly scene
Is better known as Holocaust - you know what I mean?

From Sinai then and to Gaza today
The Jews are always looking for easy prey
Three thousand years and they have not changed
In some way or other they must be deranged

The Master Race delusion is not all they share
With Hitler's Nazi Germany, yet most would never dare
To utter such heresy or privately imply
That it really could be true, so say with tearful eye:
"They are like day and night, like black and white"
Wishful thinking, or intimidation - right?

Yet it does not really matter what you say
For the clear and present danger to us all today
Is The Snake of Zion and laugh if you must
But if you are really keen to taste the dust
Let it embrace you, probing at first
Later to squeeze you till your heart and lungs burst

Allow it to kiss you with its fine-looking fangs
And soon you will know that your life now hangs
Suspended, in the balance, forever Zionised
The bill for the antidote will not be itemised
But regular instalments must be spread
And if they ever stop - then you drop dead...

Welcome to the Zionised and Judaised West!
First you must pass the loyalty test:
Bow down for Zion but NOT in jest
Any little sign that somewhere in your breast
You secretly loathe or despise or detest
Your new Masters will mean instant arrest
And if you cannot convincingly attest
That you certainly did NOT call them a pest
They will select your last request
Something your stomach cannot digest
And, to cut a long story short, the rest
We would much rather not even suggest...

Regular reader and casual guest:
This - is - NOT - what - serves - us - best!

And that surely is, though it was not meant
The new millenium's leading understatement!

And as we come full circle, what has been achieved
(If anything!) - do some who formerly believed
The fairytale that Zionism has nothing at all to do
With Judaism finally let the light of reason through?

Do you see now with fresh eyes and clarity
More than just a certain similarity?
Maybe you now agree with my initial claim
That in actual fact they really are the same?

And to those of you who find my language too strong
Accept my simple challenge: PROVE ME WRONG
On any single point raised here or in my book -
I shall write another poem while you think and look

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The Muslim Quarter

- as in twentyfive percent

Written mid June 2011 - (48 lines)

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Conversion
Through coercion
Is not the proper way
Compulsion
Breeds revulsion
And we should choose to pray

Endorsed
And enforced
By the rulers of the times
Results
In revolts
To be free of their crimes

Believer
And deceiver
Both hope for the day
They might
Be proven right
Or the other goes away!

The scope
For hope
Continues to grow
So share
Everywhere
What new statistics show

At present
The Crescent
Is growing in size
Bad news
For the Jews
Plus time to realise -

If Christ
Sufficed
There would be no room
For us
And that loss
Would mean Islam's doom

BUT the score
Now one in four
And increasing its pull
Soon
The Moon
Of Islam will be full

Well done!
Now go on
Expanding at this rate
Prove them wrong
We are strong
So restore The Caliphate

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The Two Missing Letters

- an ancient mystery solved

Written mid August 2010 - (458 lines)

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NOTE:
This poem makes no claims to historical accuracy.

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Hello again
Christian men
And women, look
In your holy book
That fairy tale
Long grown stale
Have a good read
Examine your creed
For amazing grace
Is not keeping pace
With the world today
And allow us to say
The one sent to save
Did not behave
As we might expect
From one so select

Unreliable
Unbelievable
The rambling plot
Leaves an awful lot
To be desired
He was not inspired
By almighty God
As the lightning rod
For all mankind
Instead we find
The so-called I AM
Sacrificial Lamb
(From animal
To cannibal!)
Is a horrible scam
He does not give a damn
About you or me
But only that we
Keep his memory
For eternity

He will not accept
That we reject
His message, no
He says if so
He hopes we will die
Horribly fry
Be completely lost
In a holocaust -
Sounds pretty grim
NOT nice of him!

It makes you wince
So much for the Prince
Of Peace - why mince
Words to convince
Mankind ever since
That he took our sins?
No evidence
In a word: nonsense

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If you cannot believe
It is time to retrieve
Your investment now
No matter how
Find somewhere secure
So it will endure
The passage of time
Repel any crime
Maybe multiply
Before you die
Assuming you do
What is good and true
But still be there
The day your share
We hope esteemed
Must be redeemed

For those reading this
The Good News is:
Watch this space -
We know such a place

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And by the way
Jesus does say
Loud and clear
For all to hear
That he was sent
His message meant
Only for those
His Father chose -
So in truth the Good News
IS RESERVED FOR THE JEWS

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Another thing
We wish to bring
Into general view
For all of you
If you are quick
Is the final trick
The Pope to deceive
Has kept up his sleeve
For two thousand years
But now it appears
The entire show
Could with one blow
Be swept aside
By a rising tide
Of questions and doubt
Which are not without
Foundation at all
It may breach the wall
Of secrecy built
To shield the guilt
Of the Vatican
From the eyes of man -
Force open the crypt
Reveal the script
The secret code
That was bestowed
The clearly heard
Most sacred WORD
The Creator spoke
And none can revoke
Entrusted to the few
Who vowed to be true
And get the job done
Pass the message on
Desired since when
By mortal men -
Intercepted by those
Who refuse to disclose
But concerned they might
Forget it outright
They made a sketch
And proceeded to etch
The vital clue
On a piece of blue
Sapphire so fine
It would sparkle and shine
In the darkest night
Without any light -
The important point is
They did it like this
After killing a ram:
I (space, space) AM

Later a priest
Came from the East
Posed as a nun
With a loaded gun
Acted alone
Demanded the stone
Which he got
Without a shot -
Then made his way
To Rome to say
To the head of the clan
In the Vatican
He expected his dues
For the real Good News
He had risked so much
To be able to touch
So money changed hands -
No-one understands
Hence the row:
Where is the stone now?

Well, it seems
That many schemes
Were talked about
Most no doubt
Meant to deceive -
There is reason to believe
That in the end
Advised by a friend
It was placed by a Pope
In an envelope
Wrapped, it is said
In sheets of lead
Then velvet cloth
Untouched by moth
Secured in a box
With many locks
Exquisitely made
From silver and jade -
As the box was not full
They added some wool
Three precious stones
And a few old bones
Shards of stained glass
Framed in brass
Last a crucifix
An interesting mix -
The holy men
Placed the box then
Inside a trunk
Once owned by a monk
Who knew St Paul
Before his Call -
Squeezed into a hold
Lined with gold
Walled up and sealed
Not to be revealed
So well designed
That no-one will find
But in the event
No warning is sent
For curses protect
From theft and neglect
And Angels defend
Till the Times of the End

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The Son of God
Himself once trod
This earth they claim
His lasting fame
Alive and well
From Heaven to Hell
And in between
As readily seen
In Christian states
Where it dictates
And so defines
Architectural lines
The Cross looks down
On every town
From central square
And thoroughfare
To market place
And public space

At intervals
To the sound of bells
The faithful throng
In prayer and song
For the holy word
Is most eagerly heard
When it rings out in church
From the preacher's perch
Chapter and verse
Blessing and curse
The New Testament
Makes them all repent

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Noah in the Old
Testament is told
By Yahweh in a voice
Leaving no room for choice
Just after the Flood:
"You must NEVER eat blood!"
So Communion decreed
By Jesus is a deed
Outlawed then as now
And a mystery how
It was ever allowed
For Christians bowed
In highest awe
Before the Law
Of Moses and it states
Who participates
Beware that each time
Is a capital crime!

A Satanic feast
Without the least
Spiritual link
Followers must drink
His blood, eat his flesh -
Surely all a flash
Back to pagan days
And savage ways
Where life must die
To pacify
Forces in control
Of your world and soul
And it still runs deep:
What you wish to keep
You must lose or destroy
As they say - ENJOY!

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The Trinity
That monstrosity
Is to many of us
Just ridiculous
Preposterous
And blasphemous

Laid down by the Church
After thorough research
And thoughtful debate
So consensus was late
Then swiftly endorsed
And strictly enforced:
If you disagreed
With the Holy Creed
For that small mistake
Burnt at the stake

This pathetic mess
Is believed nonetheless
By bright and dim
Who follow Him -
But who is He?
Not one but THREE!
Inexplicable
Inexcusable
Inscrutable
Unusable!

Some time well spent
Means the argument
Feared lost is won
Though Father and Son
And Holy Ghost
Still fool maybe most
But not everyone
For some have done
Their homework and found
The story unsound
Not only in part
For once you start
To check and compare
There is not a lot there
Which makes sense at all -
The fortress will fall
With a mighty crash
As a lightning flash
Lights up the sky
The Saviour will cry
For help in vain
As we pray for rain
To make the grass grow
So we don't have to sow
To feed all the sheep
Who have woken from sleep
They are hungry now
And restless, look how
Both young and old
Are leaving the fold
They used to be strong
But starved so long
They are skin and bones
With undertones
Of serious disease:
"God help us all please!"
The leading one bleats
As the Shepherd retreats
To God knows where
The sheep do not care
And neither do we
For now we can see
That the Shepherd admits
Defeat and quits
The fertile field
Leaving his shield
Armour and sword -
Maybe he got bored

Then, white as death
He draws a deep breath
And, saying nothing
Takes to the wing
Gives the Sign of the Beast
Before heading East

So we grab his spear
And without any fear
March right on
In the Setting Sun
More to be done
War to be won

And very soon
The Crescent Moon
Will rise and shine
To redefine
The world we know
Relentlessly grow
Swell and expand
In every land
To claim top spot -
We nearly forgot:
To those who do not
Like it, so what?

And what will you do
When it comes to you?
Learn ISLAM
And sit the exam?
Or resist at all cost
Until all is lost?

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Nature's way
The state of play
Compare and compete
Slowly defeat
What fails the test
Preserving the best

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Serving the Lord
The Catholic horde
Planning always the same
Voyaged and came
To kill and maim
In the Most Holy name
Control and loot
With heavy boot
To dominate
Decide the fate
Yet another group
Wiped out by the troop
Hail Mary hail!
They did not fail
To convert by force
Without any remorse

The Last Crusade
Now being played
Is the final act
The full impact
May not be clear
For another year
Or possibly five -
If we survive
Hope and pray
You will see the day
When justice rules
And the arrogant fools
Those brainless brutes
And their many recruits
Are defeated and
The Holy Land
Is free once more
Of Zion's war

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No need to be
A prophet to see
The signs are clear
That a new age is here
For a faith many dread
Continues to spread
Gaining ground and pace
Regardless of race
Or colour of skin
For it grows within
And emerges to say:
I AM THE WAY

The attraction is strong
So in poem and song
We sincerely write
Proclaim and recite
Not only to praise
The Creator but raise
Awareness around
The world that we found
What was missing till then
So women and men
May listen and look
Perhaps read the BOOK
And later decide
With humble pride
And dignity:
This is also for me!

Allah knows best
But maybe in jest
Or perhaps as a clue
Someone dropped two
Parts of the WORD
Originally heard
That vibrant tone
Later set in stone
And instead of three
It really should be
A total of five
To come alive

To be sure you all get
The point now let
Us spell it out
To avoid any doubt:

Instead of: I--AM
It was always: ISLAM

Mystery solved!
Now get involved:
All Christians and Jews
Help spread the GOOD NEWS!

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The Adhaan

- the Muslim call to prayer

Written mid August 2010 - (44 lines)

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Allaaaaaaahu Akbar! - God is great!
The call which all good Muslims await:

Give credit, thanks and glory where due
ALLAH - we give that, and more, to you!

Every moment of every day
Someone somewhere prepares to pray
As once again the Muadhin calls
The faithful to prayer as darkness falls
Or recedes, from dawn to dusk
Irresistibly attracted to the mosque

At work, travelling, or at home
We seek the nearest graceful dome
When from its slender minaret
The call that nobody can forget
Once heard, is carried on the air
Suddenly we become acutely aware:

Give credit, thanks and glory where due
ALLAH - we give that, and more, to you!

As night once more turns into dawn
The awakening local faithful are drawn
To the masjid, the prostrating place
Where the pure-hearted turn an honest face
To Makkah as they stand and bow and kneel
In worship that is natural, genuine and real:

Give credit, thanks and glory where due
ALLAH - we give that, and more, to you!

The Adhaan interrupts both sleep and dream
As the Earth follows the ancient scheme
For day and Adhaan go hand in hand
And the twins visit every land
As they follow the predictable path of the Sun
Forever passing the message on:

Give credit, thanks and glory where due
ALLAH - we give that, and more, to you!

The Moon still reflects and the Sun still burns
Despite all its problems the Earth still turns
And so long as it does we will honour the vow
We made to the Creator and therefore now
Willingly heed the appointed term
For the time has come to reaffirm:

Give credit, thanks and glory where due
ALLAH - we give that, and more, to you!

The call which all good Muslims await:
Allaaaaaaahu Akbar! - God is great!

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Invitation to Islam

- search and you shall find

Written mid August 2010 - (40 lines)

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May these lines generate interest
In those who have maybe tried the rest
Without success, welcome guest
Better late than never, now try the best:

The original, natural, direct way
To live and love and work and play
Show gratitude, praise and pray
And grow in humility every day

Ignore Islamophobes for their attack
And hateful arguments quickly crack
Few converts if any ever turn back
For ISLAM has what the others lack

Look: no illogical theory
No cannibalistic liturgy
No complicated hierarchy
No unrealistic celibacy

No middle man that you must call
And if you do not get on, you stall
Should you reject him outright, you fall -
NO, just Creator and you, that is all

It does not matter where you have been
But only that you are sincere and keen
We would love to welcome you to the Deen
The purest faith the world has seen

Should curiosity make you draw near
The message that you are going to hear
Is profound and intense, simple and clear
No wonder so many join every year

Like all good things it should be shared
But if you are interested, be prepared
For like a wise man once declared:
ISLAM gets better still when compared

And the very best things grow from within
That you waited so long is not a sin
But with nothing to lose and so much to win
Now is a good time to begin

So do yourself a favour today
Disregard what others say
Be open-minded and you may
Well find that ISLAM is the way

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Tawheed

- or ONEness in Arabic, is the essence of Islam

Written mid January 2010 - (55 lines)

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NOTE:
In the Arabic alphabet each letter also has a numerical value.
Tawheed is derived from the word wahid (=one) which is made
up of the 4 letters wav + alif + he + de whose matching
numerical values are 6 + 1 + 8 + 4 = 19 and, as was
proven in the 1970s, the entire Quran is constructed
as a matrix which revolves around the number 19.

For more on this visit www.quranmiracles.com

Tawheed is also the name of the 112th surah in the Quran,
alternatively known as al-Ikhlas, which means purity or
sincerity (of faith), that is, absolute monotheism.

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The word wahid itself means ONE
But something very clever was done
For each letter of the Arabic script
Has very thoughtfully been equipped
With a numerical value as well
So words have more than one story to tell

Look at it right and it will be seen
That wahid means ONE but also nineteen:
In Arabic wahid is a four letter word
So simply add the figures inferred
Six plus one plus eight plus four
And Nineteen is the final score
Open the link to find out more
Or miss what is written above the door...

Tawheed means ONEness and that is the heart
Of Islam, and unless we start
And stick to the track marked on the chart
The hopeful journey will soon fall apart

Tawheed means ONEness and that is the soul
Of Islam, its overriding role
And very essence is to extol
The ONE Creator in control

Tawheed means ONEness and that is the way
It always was and how it will stay
Creator and created, each day
In subtle harmonious interplay
Glorify, give thanks and pray
Or meditate if nothing to say
ONEness will never betray or decay
And could not possibly lead you astray
So seek the bewildering array
Of gifts without any further delay

Tawheed means ONEness, and proofread
By the ONE who knows, it points ahead
As the rightly guided have always said
Right from Azzam [Adam] to Muhammad
So welcome the happily misled
Who slept so long but awoke in dread
On hearing the message being spread
For leading from the front we tread
The straight path, the silver thread
Which leads us, inshallah, without bloodshed
To victory now, and again when dead

Tawheed means ONEness and it unifies
All that the skeptic still denies
It overarches and underlies
Spells out clearly or implies
In almost every chapter and verse
However condensed, brief and terse
Through the pages of the Quran
The message for every woman and man

So pass the eternal good news on
With none of the vitality gone
Like a never-ending sermon:
God is not many but wahid - ONE

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Powered by Allah

- who else?

Written mid January 2010 - (51 lines)

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Why is it so difficult to see
That all there was, is, and will be
From the first moment of reality
To the very end of eternity -

From the beginning of time and space
When everything started to fall into place
In the right sequence and proper pace
Leading all the way to the human race -

Is ENERGY, though people use
Any fancy names they choose
Some to help and some to confuse
While others confidently muse -

Listening to the insistent call
Reading the signs however small
That the driving force behind it all
Will never cease or slow or stall -

As every tiny atom vibrates
And every huge galaxy rotates
Nothing ever hesitates
Everything constantly fluctuates
Heaves and breathes and oscillates
As all of existence meditates
And every newborn moment creates
Fresh evidence that radiates
The truth that every particle states
And even cold clinical logic dictates
That ultimately it all equates -

To one and the very same thing
Yet obstinate minds refuse to sing
The cosmic song which alone will bring
Harmony, so they still cling
Tenaciously to the broken sling
Outdated now and unable to fling
Arguments with any real sting
While the invisible hand of the king
Patiently winds the mighty spring
That keeps the pendulum in swing

For the ruler of the universe
Will continue to disburse
From a mysterious bottomless purse
Here a blessing and there a curse
But all of creation must rehearse
And learn by heart the sacred verse

Whatever yet may be in store
Something to cherish and adore
Something to eagerly explore
Something to fear, dread and abhor
Laughter, sorrow, peace and war
The truth that nobody can ignore:
All will be, just like before
Powered by Allah for ever more

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