Noor

This is a poem describing the author's interaction with divine illumination or enlightenment.

Not the arrogant enlightenment of dead white men
Not the illumination of the halo of the holy
Not the blinding fire of a passion for Him
Not a purity so fragile that I'm lonely
My heart is a hearth dimly lit from within
with warm light that will consume me slowly

Reviews

[Alaa Abdelrazig]

Powerful in its method of detaching Noor from other spiritual references to light. In a way the warmth of the Noor in its bold simplicity is what gives it it's esoteric nature.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. A wonderful interaction with the divine from the true depth of illumination which Noor came from. Excellent, sir...:)............