The Niche
Heavens they say are the dwelling place
Of light that pours out the merciful
Breath in the hour of “Allah is the
Light of the Heavens and the Earth” at
That moment in the presence, the
Her cheek calling out to the Taqwacores.
The meaning Unity glimpsed at the
Turning curls of nonexistence, making
It known that eternal life is found in
The blackness of those curls,
The curls are the mysteries containing
The Seven verses full of luster and
Hidden pearls,
They are hidden because in the down of
Her thousand ways you will find that,
“The similitude of His light is as if there
Were a niche” there, in meadows
Leading to those multitudes ways they
Call Tawhid, you will find them,
Taqwacores, at play with “O ornament
Of my soul, you are the waters that
Those Seven verses reveal containing the
Ocean full of song and the throne of
Lovers in the mansions of presence, full
Of praise from the laughter of “and
Within it a lamp” that those play
Hands hold to reveal the hidden
Treasure that pre-existence bore out
To pre-eternity to be foretold by non-
Existence at the time when the turning
Gaze says “I am the beauty of your
Looking at the crosswalk where ‘the
Lamp encloses in a glass,’”
As the reflecting symbol of the age of
Tawhid found at the panting house
Whose breathless adoring is found in
“The glass as it were a glittering star.”
This is that star that Taqwacore wore
At the standing posture of Quama
When the ink of elementary nature
Flows out to meet the tablet of
Becoming more in the storehouse hidden
Joy where Taqwacores take the posture
Of Ruku making it know the Name
Which is “lit from a blessed tree” that
Is the mother who brought forth the
Fruits of her labor in the roaring light
Of intoxicated lovers born from the
Bewitching beauty that inner
Knowledge brings from an olive tree,
“Neither of the East or of the West”
But that in the posture of Sajdah where
The Seven verses come to witness
From the place of no-where to the act
Of everywhere, where the hand that
Wrote brought the staff of “Whose oil
Is nigh luminous” bringing Alif, Dal, and
Mim showing that in the fire of
Purifying body and soul, Taqwacore is
Adam, moving hearts to sing to
The two steps dance with the friend
Where need containing alloy finds gold
Even “Though no fire touches it.” And
There you will find the glorifying
Breath with the Alif connecting Waw
With Ya to say
It is “Light upon light” that
Taqwacores signal as if from the
Flame, fumed by “Allah guides to his
Light whom he will” to the tune of
La ilaha illa Llah; Muhammadun
Rasulu Llah, not forsaking the Bismillah
Ir-Rahman ir-Rahim in the field house
Of “And Allah strikes similitude for
Men, and Allah has knowledge of
Everything.”

This is beautiful and enchanting and I want to read it again and again. It would be great to get a commentary on it too… with so many references.
So you are saying Taqwa Core is a prophet?
wow. beautiful, mashallah. powerful and beautiful.