On Taking Bayat — version 1

Islamic

poem on taking Bay'at 10.3.12

They came just after zuhr prayer.
Those wondrous words of old,
With Angels bending near the earth,
To hear one take the oath,

They came with Love and peacefulness
first softly like a stream,
Penned by a man who suffered much
to break earth's empty dream,

They came upon earth's angry sea,
Where ships are sinking low,
Where guiding lights are far from seen,
and man is bending low.

They came with staff and rod in hand,
To heal heart soul and mind,
To fulfill the laws and promises,
Our Prophet left behind,

They came and rest contented,
where seeds of Love are sown,
Daily in that London Mosque,
Which God himself does own.