~ Khwaja Abdullah Ansari.

 

 

"From the unmanifest I came,
And piched my tent,
in the Forest of Material existence.
I passed through mineral
and vegetable kingdoms,
Then my mental equipment carried me
into the animal kingdom;
Having reached there
I crossed beyond it;
Then in the crystal clear shell
of the human heart
I nursed the drop of self in a Pearl,
And in association with good men
Wandered round the Prayer House,
And having experienced that,
crossed beyond it;
Then I took the road that leads to Him,
And became a slave at His gate;
Then the duality disappeared
And I became absorbed in Him."