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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 Senior Member Joined: 20 March 2004 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 369	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.
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abuzuhri Senior Member Joined: 12 September 2006 Location: Malaysia Online Status: Offline Posts: 139	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
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lovesakeenah Female Islam Senior Member Joined: 13 June 2007 Location: South Africa Online Status: Offline Posts: 458	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".
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