A Tree Knelt In Praise

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   A Tree Knelt In Praise

By Shaykh Hamza Yusuf 

I know that I shall never see
A poem that bows quite like our tree
A tree who like us loved to pray
In adoration every day

A tree who humbly knelt in praise
To God and never chose to raise
Itself above the other trees
Instead remained as if on knees

A tree who gave our scholars shade
And never asked that it be paid
A tree whose needles never hurt
But gently fell upon the dirt

A tree whose worth cannot be told
Or ever lent or bought with gold
A tree who showed us all its height
With God by bowing with delight

It taught us all to clearly see
A Garden lies beneath a tree
And then it showed us with a sigh
That trees, like us, must also die

In an age of folly, play and mirth
A tree has died with brow on earth

Source: http://www.zaytuna.org/articleDetails.asp?articleID=74

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Murabit Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 20 March 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 369	Post Options Post Reply Quote Murabit Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: A Tree Knelt In Praise Posted: 31 October 2005 at 4:21am
	A Tree Knelt In Praise By Shaykh Hamza Yusuf I know that I shall never see A poem that bows quite like our tree A tree who like us loved to pray In adoration every day A tree who humbly knelt in praise To God and never chose to raise Itself above the other trees Instead remained as if on knees A tree who gave our scholars shade And never asked that it be paid A tree whose needles never hurt But gently fell upon the dirt A tree whose worth cannot be told Or ever lent or bought with gold A tree who showed us all its height With God by bowing with delight It taught us all to clearly see A Garden lies beneath a tree And then it showed us with a sigh That trees, like us, must also die In an age of folly, play and mirth A tree has died with brow on earth Source: http://www.zaytuna.org/articleDetails.asp?articleID=74
	"I am a slave. I eat as a slave eats and I sit as a slave sits.", Beloved, sallallahu alyhi wa-sallam.

abuzuhri Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 September 2006 Location: Malaysia Status: Offline Points: 136	Post Options Post Reply Quote abuzuhri Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 July 2007 at 8:39pm
	One bow to the Lord of East and West in humility another bow thats release arrows of fire and wisdom who knelt before a sage to receive the light arrow everything is wrapped up in muzammil shadow only if the Tree of Ridhwan or Tubba unveils to you..
	abuzuhri shin

lovesakeenah Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 13 June 2007 Status: Offline Points: 459	Post Options Post Reply Quote lovesakeenah Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 November 2007 at 9:19am
	Very lovely Poem.Thanks for sharing!!! I checked out the Web Site by the way!!!!
	"I have conviction that Allah has power over everything.Verily!Allah's knowledge includes and encompasses everything".