GOD REFLECTS
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AT FIRST ,
GOD SAID TO
ADAM :
I HAVE TAUGHT
YOU THE
NAMES OF ALL
THINGS . YOU
& YOUR WIFE
MAY LIVE HERE
IN HEAVEN’S
GARDEN ; BUT
EAT NOT FROM
THIS TREE ,
LEST YOU
BECOME AS
WRONGDOERS.
AND WHEN
ADAM AND
HIS WIFE BENT
TO THE WILL
OF IBLEES ,
EXPOSED AS
NAKED ,
GOD CAME TO
THEM :
DID I NOT
WARN YOU
OF SATAN
AS YOUR
ENEMY ? DID I
NOT FORBID
YOU ? NOW ,
BECOME AS
LOSERS ON
EARTH .
IBRAHIM TOLD
HIS SON :
GOD HAS
SENT TO ME
A DREAM ,
A VISION OF
SACRIFICE , MY
HAND RAISED .
HIS SON
SUBMITTED ,
BEFORE GOD
STILLED THE
BLADE .
THEN, GOD SAID:
INDEED , YOU
ARE A MOST
FAITHFUL
SLAVE .
AND THEN ,
GOD SAID TO
MUHAMMAD :
PROCLAIM TO
YOUR PEOPLE ,
GOD‘S PEACEFUL
GREETINGS
COME UPON
THEM .
TELL THEM
HEAVEN IS
BEAUTIFUL, BUT
NOT A SINGLE
THING GROWS
THERE .
I RAISED
MY HANDS IN
PRAYER ,
AND SAID TO
GOD :
WHAT STILL
REMAINS FOR
ME IN YOU ?
YOU AREN’T
LOVING ,
BUT I KNOW
THAT .
I SORT OF
EVEN HOPED
FOR IT .
WHEN I KNEEL
BEFORE YOU ,
ITS MY WAY
OF SAYING
I DON’T
WANT TO
DIE .