Qadr

Qadr

You claim it has rained before,
promised that by Your Grace it will rain again.
But this weed in the sidewalk crack
withers in the noon day sun.

You claim you are All-Sustaining,
promise that you will feed our souls once more,
but I am starving, bereft of honey,
perishing in the midst of war.

You claim you have come before,
promise always to come back again.
but I am baking in the hot dry wind,
awaiting the Night of Power.


© Kåre Enga

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Note: a lament inspired by Scripture:

"In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Certainly, We revealed it on the Night of Power,
And what will make you understand what the Night of Power is?
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months,
The angels and the Spirit descend in it by the permission of their Lord for every affair,
Peace, it is, until the break of the dawn."

Surih 97, al-Qadr from the Qur'an

Al-Qadr is one of my favorite chapters of the Qur'an. More info can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laylat_al-Qadr