All night he meditated on the words
In the creation of the heavens and the earth
and in the alternation of night and day
verily there are signs for those who are endowed with insight.
Did the universe unfold with all its brightly lit worlds?
Did he see the earth begin and end, and each sorrowful mistake?
Did Allah's beloved, Allah's perfect messenger
watch and cry with joy and wonder or because he felt his heart break?
Did he gaze at humanity's story in its completeness
and bless each moment? Were the babies guarded and the elders
honored across the millenia? Did the hours of each generation
and their life in heaven make his tears fall with wonder?
Did he see us surrounded by nuclear weapons,
and smoggy skies? Were the extinct marched into space
two by two, group by group as he contemplated their end.
Did he see heaven and the evaporation of states?
Were the martyrs of Hajj revealed and each one named,
their swift moments shining? Were the people fought for liberation
in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe all glowing like flames?
As he wept did he redeem creation?
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