"Only God I saw"...

“In the market, in the cloister – only God I saw.

In the valley and on the mountain only God I saw.

Him I have seen beside me oft in tribulation; in favor and in fortune – only God I saw.

In prayer and fasting, in praise and contemplation, in the religion of the Prophet only God I saw.

Neither soul nor body, accident nor substance, qualities nor causes – only God I saw.

Like a candle I was melting in His fire; amidst the flames outflashing only God I saw.

I passed away into nothingness, I vanished, and lo, I was the All-living – only God I saw.”


– Baba Kuhi