Every Love has a Secret

Allah does not expect ants to carry mountains. Nor the weakling humans to understand the secret of Miraj— writes Mujeeb Jaihoon

Hey Lord of the worlds hidden,
No veil is before You unseen.

May this sinner,
Submit a question.
If Your majesty,
I dare not to offend.

For thousand and more years,
We have cried.
To grasp this Night’s meaning,
We have tried.

Every intellect adds,
To its beauty new.
The truth is but known,
To save a few.

Help us to understand,
Its mystery, Ya Rabb!
Lest with its secret,
Shall we hearts rub!

Came the reply,

“Your insolence is as raw,
As your ignorance.
Truth be told, your question,
Do hardly impress.

It is not My habit to ask,
Ants to carry the mountains.

Nor do I ever command,
The wax to guard the flame.

No fish will be forced,
To cross the river of fear.

For, I decree only,
What a soul can bear.

How then do you think,
Would I suppose,
For men and jinn,
To Miraj’s meaning realize?

I only asked My creation,
To believe.
From grasping its meaning,
I relieved.

For, Every Love,
Has an untold secret.
And Miraj is the affair,
Between Me and Beloved.

May 17 2015 (Rajab 27 1436). Edit July 2024