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What a Human Is, Now I Know
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by Muhittin Abdal
(16th Century) Timeline
English version by Jennifer Ferraro & Latif Bolat
Original Language Turkish
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They're always talking about human, human -- What a human being is, now I know. They are always discussing heart, the heart -- What the heart is, now I know.
Within the heart of the believer it was found -- it wasn't found anywhere outside. We found it in our own vast selves. What faith is, now I know.
This is how they pick the wheat from the chaff, and where your words and deeds must speak for you. This is where the wise ones guide the Path -- What the essence of this Sufi way is, now I know.
What the pious fearful carry like baggage, why they shoot their arrows at the faithful, What they hide and trumped in nice language -- What doubt is, now I know.
Given all these attributes, I became a person. Through God's vastness I was forgiven everything. I found absolute oneness with Reality. What the guest is, now I know.
I said to my inner self Be humble, and the Glorious One showered me in blessings; There was a sign that seared me in the heart. What the proof is, now I know.
Muhittin proclaims the Truth is a spectator. God is everywhere if you are willing to see. What is the hidden, what is the apparent -- What a human being is, now I know.
 / Photo by Brian DeFrees /
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