The Worst Man Poem by Akhtar Jawad
The Worst Man
'La', an Arabic Word that means,
There was nothing that could be seen,
There was nothing that could be heard,
There was nothing that could be touched,
There was nothing that could be smelled,
There was nothing that could be tasted,
There was no heart to feel,
There was no brain to think.
'Ilah' another Arabic word,
The creator it means,
The master it means,
The ruler it means,
The lawmaker it means,
The law enforcer it means,
The caretaker it means,
There was none to accept or refuse the writ,
None to be subjected with the said properties.
'Illallah.' No one else but the God.
Ancient, no begin,
Immortal, no end,
Like infinity,
No doubt existed,
Not a master at all,
Not a ruler at all,
Not a lawmaker at all,
Not a law enforcer at all,
Not a care taker at all,
Because he hadn't created,
Any thing, any soul, nothing at all.
Love was there, the eternal truth,
He was nothing but love,
Having no one else, fell in love with Himself,
And wanted to see His virtual image,
Confined in a point,
Having weight infinite,
And a volume that was zero.
So forceful was love,
And still it is so,
The point exploded and started spreading,
It is still spreading.
Universe came into being,
Black holes and galaxies,
The two rival forces,
The second for beauty and life and love,
The first for destruction, ugliness and sins,
The beauty is felt by seeing its contrast,
The love can't be felt without hate,
So beautiful was it,
May be called muhammad,
A word that means worthy of praise.
God wanted to keep intact His beauty and the love,
He created Adam and Eve to guard,
To guard and love His virtual beauty,
To love all living non-living creatures.
As he wanted to keep it safe and sound,
The sons of Adam were made responsible,
To do all acts for increasing the beauty,
He sent His messengers avtars some say,
With the message of love and laws for men.
And the last of messengers, the worthy of praise,
Was given the name, Muhammad it is,
With the laws describing punishment and reward.
Good belief is it but what I see,
Those not believing in it,
Are trying to make this earth,
More beautiful,
Fighting with disease,
Serving the humans,
Serving the animals,
Inventing luxuries to make the life,
More peaceful more pleasant.
With tolerance they preach,
Live and let others live.
The charter of U.N.O., last sermon of Muhammad.
While the believers are engaged,
In killing each other,
In the name of religion,
In the name of sect,
In the name of language,
Abusing the children,
Raping dead bodies,
Pulling out of their graves,
Every one is running to have more money,
May be a Mullah, a justice, or a leader,
May be a general a doctor or a teacher.
Instead of making a welfare state,
Working hard, to make, a hell-fare state.
One who does not believe in a religion,
Is a bad man,
One who believes but hates others'
Is worse than him,
And one who believes in a religion so well,
But does not act in accordance with it,
Is the worst man on the face of this earth.
Ancient, no begin, ..................i would write no beginning or no start. - - - - - - - - - - - - - this stanza was particularly interesting: Love was there, the eternal truth, He was nothing but love, Having no one else, fell in love with Himself, And wanted to see His virtual image, Confined in a point, Having weight infinite, And a volume that was zero. So forceful was love, And still it is so, The point exploded and started spreading, It is still spreading. i liked the idea that He fell in love with himself. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Black holes and galaxies, The two rival forces, The first for beauty and life and love, The latter for destruction, ugliness and sins, ...................are you sure you haven't been reading science fiction romances? ? ? but it sounds as though you are pairing black holes (the first) with beauty and life and love, AND galaxies (the latter) with destruction, ugliness and sins. for whatever reason. i would pair black holes with destruction and ugliness and sins, and galaxies with beauty and life and love. but it all is a bit too remote from my way of thinking, so however you want to write it is ok with me! ! ! :) ==================== The love can't be felt without hate, ..........maybe that is why i find it difficult at times to feel that i love a human the way the human thinks i should love (her) . after all, i don't believe i have ever felt hate for a person. i have sort of hated things a person does. - - - - - - - - - - - - - God wanted to keep in tact His beauty and the love, .................i say use INTACT, not IN TACT. there is a word tact but i would never use in tact for the word intact. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To love all living non-living creatures .............do you mean to write living non-living OR living and non-living? living non-living is contradictory to me. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As he wanted to keep it sound and safe, ............i'm used to hearing safe and sound; i don't believe i've ever heard sound and safe, but i can't see any reason not to say it the way you wrote it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . And one who believes in a religion so good, ...[i'm not sure what the word good refers to. if it describes to what extent one....believes, i would use well (he believes well) instead of good. if good refers to the quality of the religion, then i agree with the use of good here.] But not acts in accordance with it, ....[i would write But acts not or But does not act, NOT But not acts. but i guess i do understand what you mean, so write it the way you want to; i'm just saying how i think most americans would say it. i don't know about other english-speakers.] Is the worst man on the face of this earth. ========================== One who does not believe in a religion, Is a bad man, ................well i guess i used to be a good man, but, according to this sentence i am no longer (a good man) . i am a bad man! : ( well, i can't be PERFECT! :) bri thanks again, for sharing. i don't think i sent it to MyPoemList before, but i plan to NOW! nicely done. I WISH MORE PH MEMBERS WOULD COMMENT ON THIS. HOPEFULLY MORE THAN I HAVE READ IT. i think i'll send it to at least one of my ph friends.
the last two stanzas are especially good ones to give thought(s) to. don't get in trouble for airing your opinions! ! not too much trouble anyway. there are a few brief sections of the poem i don't quite follow or which i think have english which i would change, but, overall i like the poem and follow it. i will try to get back to make more comments later. (i may need a reminder) i liked hell-fare. thanks for sharing. bri :)
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4/26/2024 7:02:03 PM # 1.0.0.1119
The beauty is felt by seeing its contrast, The love can't be felt without hate...... This poem is an amazing combination of wisdom and an ideological vision of life! I perfectly agree with most of your contentions here, especially the last three lines And one who believes in a religion so well, But does not act in accordance with it, Is the worst man on the face of this earth. A sure 10