A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Shaykh ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Farid ( q.s. ) wrote:   “Is it a flash of lightning that shone over the mottled mountain, Or, do I see a lantern flickering in the hills of Najd? Or is it Layla of the Banu Amir who unveiled her face at night, And converted the evening dusk into radiant dawn?”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Farid ( q.s. ) wrote, “My request is not for bliss of the Garden. I only desire to see You.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The poet, Shaykh ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Farid ( q.s. ), asked, “Did lightning flash from the sloping side of the valley or did veils fall away from Layla’s Glowing Face?”