I Am Before, I Am After Poem by Yunus Emre

I Am Before, I Am After

Rating: 5.0


I am before, I am after
The soul for all souls all the way.
I'm the one with a helping hand
Ready for those gone wild, astray.

I made the ground flat where it lies,
On it I had those mountains rise,
I designed the vault of the shies,
For I hold all things in my sway.


To countless lovers I have been
A guide for faith and religion.
I am sacrilege in men's hearts
Also the true faith and Islam's way.


I make men love peace and unite;
Putting down the black words on white,
I wrote the four holy books right
I'm the Koran for those who pray.


It's not Yunus who says all this:
It speaks its own realities:
To doubt this would be blasphemous:
'I'm before-I'm after,' I say.

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