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My religion now is Love alone
From the poems of Al-Maarri
Arab mosaic
Tread lightly, for a thousand hearts unseen
Might now be breathing in this misty green;
Here are the herbs that once were pretty cheeks,
Here the remains of those that once have been.
Afearing whom I trust I gain my end,
But trusting, without fear, my friend;
Much better is the Doubt that gives me peace,
Than all the Faiths which in hell-fire may end.
Among us some are great and some are small,
Albeit in wickedness, we’re masters all;
Or, if my fellow men are like myself,
The human race shall always rise and fall.
The air of sin I breathe without restraint;
With selfishness my few good deeds I taint;
I come as I was molded and I go,
But near the vacant shrine of Truth I faint.
A church, a temple, or a Kaba Stone,
Koran or Bible or a martyr’s bone —
All these and more my heart can tolerate
Since my religion now is Love alone.
— from the poems of Al-Maarri
Al-Ma’arri (973–1058) was a blind Arab philosopher and poet, and a controversialist who raised the ire of Muslims for his rationalist positions concerning religion. He rejected the claim that Islam or any other religion — including Christianity and Judaism — possessed the truths they claimed and accused the prophets of being liars. In 2013, during the Syrian conflict, the al-Nursa Front, a branch of al-Qaeda, beheaded a statue of Al Ma’arri either because of his atheism or because it was claimed he was related to the Assad family.
Here's something you might be interested in.
My religion now is Love alone
From the poems of Al-Maarri
My religion now is Love alone
From the poems of Al-Maarri
Arab mosaic
Tread lightly, for a thousand hearts unseen
Might now be breathing in this misty green;
Here are the herbs that once were pretty cheeks,
Here the remains of those that once have been.
Afearing whom I trust I gain my end,
But trusting, without fear, my friend;
Much better is the Doubt that gives me peace,
Than all the Faiths which in hell-fire may end.
Among us some are great and some are small,
Albeit in wickedness, we’re masters all;
Or, if my fellow men are like myself,
The human race shall always rise and fall.
The air of sin I breathe without restraint;
With selfishness my few good deeds I taint;
I come as I was molded and I go,
But near the vacant shrine of Truth I faint.
A church, a temple, or a Kaba Stone,
Koran or Bible or a martyr’s bone —
All these and more my heart can tolerate
Since my religion now is Love alone.
— from the poems of Al-Maarri
Al-Ma’arri (973–1058) was a blind Arab philosopher and poet, and a controversialist who raised the ire of Muslims for his rationalist positions concerning religion. He rejected the claim that Islam or any other religion — including Christianity and Judaism — possessed the truths they claimed and accused the prophets of being liars. In 2013, during the Syrian conflict, the al-Nursa Front, a branch of al-Qaeda, beheaded a statue of Al Ma’arri either because of his atheism or because it was claimed he was related to the Assad family.
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