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Read more about the article “A Light Journey” by Ali Scully

“A Light Journey” by Ali Scully

A Light Journey is a poem about the Isra wal Mi'raj from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad (s) by Ali Scully

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Read more about the article “Back” by Murtaza Humayun Saeed

“Back” by Murtaza Humayun Saeed

'Back' a poem by Murtaza Humayun Saeed, one of Lote Tree Press' featured poems by Muslim poets to inspire you and brighten up your day.

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Muslim Poetry for Father’s Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sexgG8jnic8Our selection of Muslim poetry books make great Father's Day gifts:Light Steps, A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Ali Scully is an illuminating look at the life of the Prophet in verse. Symphonies of…

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Read more about the article The Well at the Desert’s Heart by Tony Bowland

The Well at the Desert’s Heart by Tony Bowland

The Well at the Desert’s Heart – Verses of Healing offers a trove of insights in verses of remarkable beauty and perception that emerge through the depths of grief and heights of love into a wider appreciation of life.

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Read more about the article From this Street to the Moon by Nabila Jameel

From this Street to the Moon by Nabila Jameel

Exploring the dynamics of growing up in a working class family in a northern town, Nabila Jameel takes us on a journey through life in England, coloured with visits to Pakistan. From this Street to the Moon is a feast for the senses, filled with sumptuous details and mesmerising descriptions of everyday activities, evoking both raw and tender moments.

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Read more about the article Light Steps – A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Light Steps – A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Follow in the illuminated steps of the Prophet ﷺ with a poem for our times in the seerah tradition, relating and reflecting upon stages in the history of the Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ journey.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kmgl8LNbnY Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet…

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Read more about the article A Kaleidoscope of Stories: Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry

A Kaleidoscope of Stories: Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGMtjZNgvR0 A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES - Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry brings together the myriad voices of eighty Muslim poets from diverse backgrounds to powerfully articulate what it means to be Muslim in the modern world. It provides a…

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Read more about the article All the Birds Were Invited to a Feast in the Sky by Soukeyna Osei-Bonsu

All the Birds Were Invited to a Feast in the Sky by Soukeyna Osei-Bonsu

Soukeyna Osei-Bonsu explores themes of African diaspora, identity and faith as a Black Muslim through her compelling verse, navigating a poetic course between London and Ghana.

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Read more about the article Symphonies of Theophanies – Moroccan Meditations

Symphonies of Theophanies – Moroccan Meditations

An immersive photo poetry journal taking the reader through the spiritual and religious landscape of Morocco, known as the land of saints. Dziedzic succeeds in transporting us to a sacred realm through the meditative jewel-like verse, anecdotes and photos in the pages of this book.

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from the poem Conversations With A Saint by Ameera from the poem Conversations With A Saint by Ameera Aslam in our newest publication The Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore Ecstatic Poetry Prize 2025 - Winning Entries, Shortlist & Longlist, now available from online booksellers and to order from independent bookshops. Link in bio
The Most Important Lesson of Fatherhood Has Been T The Most Important Lesson of Fatherhood Has Been Theological by Jamal Mehmood in our newest publication The Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore Ecstatic Poetry Prize 2025 - Winning Entries, Shortlist & Longlist, now available from online booksellers and to order from independent bookshops. Link in bio
from the poem The Miraculous Letter by Brian Hajmu from the poem The Miraculous Letter by Brian Hajmusa in our newest publication The Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore Ecstatic Poetry Prize 2025 - Winning Entries, Shortlist & Longlist, now available from online booksellers and to order from independent bookshops. Link in bio
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For the sown fields of the soul whose kernels are For the sown fields of the soul 
whose kernels are concealed
the cloud of mercy 
is full of the water of Kawthar

زرع جان را كش جواهر مضمر است
ابر رحمت پر ز آب كوثر است

zar’-e jān rā kesh javāher muzmar ast
abr-e rahmat pur ze āb-e kawsar ast

sown fields of . zar’-e .  زرع
the soul . jān . جان
‎را . rā . for
whose . kesh . كش
kernels/ essences . javāher . جواهر
concealed . muzmar . مضمر 
are . ast. است
the cloud of . abr-e . ابر
mercy . rahmat . رحمت
full . pur . پر
of . ze . ز
water of . āb-e . آب 
Kawthar . kawsar . كوثر
is. ast . است
Wash your hands Because the table and divine banqu Wash your hands
Because the table and divine banquet from the heavens has arrived 
Wash your hands and mouth 
Do not eat or speak
Find those words and mouthfuls
which have arrived for the silent

‎دست بشو کز فلک مایده و خوان رسید
‎دست و دهان را بشو نه بخور و نه بگو
‎آن سخن و لقمه جو کان به خموشان رسید

dast beshu kaz falak māyede va khān rasīd
dast u dahān rā beshū nah bekhūr u nah begū
ān sukhan u lugma jū kān beh khamūshān rasīd

hand . dast . دست
wash . beshu . بشو
because . kaz . کز
the heavens . falak .  فلک
heavenly banquet . māyede . مایده
and . va . و
table . khān . خوان
arrived . rasīd . رسید
hand . dast . دست
mouth . dahān .  دهان
[direct object marker] rā . را
do not . nah . نه 
eat . bekhūr . بخور
speak . begū . بگو
that . ān . آن
word/speech . sukhan . سخن
mouthful . lugma . لقمه
find/seek jū . جو
has . kān . کان
for . beh . به
the silent ones. khamūshān . خموشان
arrived . rasīd . رسید
When the self is in need the soul ascends on a jou When the self is in need
the soul ascends on a journey to heaven
When the gate of the prison is broken
the soul reaches the land of the Beloved 

‎نفس چو محتاج شد روح به معراج شد
‎چون در زندان شکست جان بر جانان رسید

nafs chu mohtāj shod rūh beh mi’rāj shod
chun dar-e zendān shekast jān bar-e jānān rasīd

the ego/self . nafs . نفس
when . chu . چو
in need . mohtāj . محتاج
is . shod . شد
soul/ spirit . rūh . روح
on . beh . به 
ascension/ journey to heaven . mi’rāj . معراج
goes. shod . شد
when . chun . چون
the gate of . dar-e . در 
the prison . zendān . زندان
is broken . shekast . شکست 
the soul . jān . جان
the land of . bar-e . بر
the Beloved . jānān . جانان
arrives at/ reaches . rasīd . رسید
Patience is like a gentle cloud, wisdom raining d Patience is like a gentle cloud, 
wisdom raining down from it
Thus it was in such a month of patience
that the Qur’an came down 

‎صبر چو ابریست خوش حکمت بارد از او
‎زانک چنین ماه صبر بود که قرآن رسید

sabr chu abrīst khosh hikmat bārad az u
zānke chonīn māh-e sabr būd ke qurān rasīd

patience . sabr . صبر
like . chu . چو 
is a cloud . abrīst . ابریست
good/gentle . khosh . خوش
wisdom . hikmat . حکمت
rains . bārad .  بارد
from . az . از
it . u . او
thus . zānke . زانک
such . chonīn . چنین
a month of . māh-e . ماه
patience . sabr . صبر
it was . būd . بود
that . keh . که
the Quran .  qurān . قرآن
came/arrived . rasīd . رسید
Don’t strike the drum for sahur too much, that is Don’t strike the drum for sahur too much, that is to say, speak little and fall silent
They will come to understand fasting 
from fasting itself 

سحوری کم زن ای نطق و خمش کن
ز روزه خود شوند آگاه روزه

‏sahūrī kam zan ay nutq u khamush kon
ze rūze khod shavand āgāh-e rūze 

سحوری . sahūrī . 
‏sahur drum (to wake people up) 
کم . little . kam
زن . strike . zan
ای . meaning / that is . ay
نطق . speaking . nutq 
و . and . u 
خمش کن . be silent . khamush kon
ز . from . ze
روزه . fasting . rūze
خود . itself . khod 
شوند . they will become . shavand 
آگاه . aware of . āgāh-e
روزه . fasting . rūze
Like Yusuf, the one who endures patiently in the Like Yusuf, 
the one who endures patiently 
in the well of fasting
attains the kingdom of the Egypt of love

‎چو یوسف ملک مصر عشق گیرد
‎کسی کو صبر کرد در چاه روزه

chū yūsuf mulk-e misr-e`ishq gīrad 
kasī kū sabr kard dar chāh-e rūze 

like . chū . چو
Joseph . yūsuf . یوسف
kingdom of . mulk-e . ملک
Egypt of . misr-e . مصر
‘ishq . love . عشق
attains . gīrad . گیرد
the one . kasī . کسی
who . kū . کو
patience . sabr . صبر 
practices . kard . کرد
in . dar . در 
the well of . chāh-e . چاه 
fasting . rūze - روزه
Gazing up (to see the moon) my hat fell from my he Gazing up (to see the moon) my hat fell from my head
Intoxicated as my head was by the Sovereign of fasting

‎نظر کردم کلاه از سر بیفتاد
‎سرم را مست کرد آن شاه روزه

nazar kardam, kolāh az sar beyoftād
saram ra mast kard ān shāh-e rūze

I gazed . nazar kardam . نظر کردم
hat . kolāh . کلاه
from . az . از
head . sar . سر
fell . beyoftād . بیفتاد
my head . saram . سرم
direct object marker . rā. را 
intoxicated . mast kard . مست کرد
that . ān . آن 
Sovereign of . shāh-e . شاه
fasting . rūze - روزه
How wonderful the felicity, good fortune and sple How wonderful the felicity, 
good fortune and splendour of fasting is!

زهی اقبال و بخت و جاه روزه

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zehī iqbāl o bakht o jāh-e rūze

 
how excellent/wonderful is . zehī . زهی
the felicity . iqbāl. اقبال
and . o . و
good fortune . bakht . بخت
splendour/rank of . jāh-e . جاه
fasting . rūze . روزه
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