He Who Succumbs to Every Passion – Abdur Rahman’s Corner
Peace, one and all…
During this Ramadan, the theme of the self (the nafs) has come up again and again in my Quranic reading. As such, I wanted to share this short, yet powerful poem taken from al-Qushayri’s Risala. The author is unknown but the poem is very powerful:
The letter nun of [the word] hawan (‘humiliation’)
is stolen from [the word] hawa (‘desire’)
Therefore he who succumbs to
every passion is subject to humiliation.
May the hearts of the lovers be opened.
