SALAT

Poetry is prayer

Light dancing inside words

Five times a day

I try to write

Step by step

I move towards the mihrab*

I prepare to recite

What is in my heart

I recite your name

(E. ETHELBERT MILLER)

Such a beautiful poem I discovered entitled - Salat (Praying).

The description of praying here makes me want to pray always.

I love the metaphor he uses - linking poetry with praying -

I think this short verse portrays praying in such a delicate intricacy of meaning, a way we need for us muslims to show Islam's true beauty.

*The Mihrab - found in most of the mosques (especially old ones) to indicate the direction of AlQibla, the direction Muslims stand facing while praying.