There Was a Time I Would Reject Those - Muhyiddin Ibn Al-'Arabi


 There was a time I would reject those
who were not of my faith.
But now. my heart has grown capable
of taking on all forms.
It is a pasture for gazelles,
an abbey for monks,
a table for the Torah,
Kaaba for the pilgrim.
My religion is love.
Which ever the route love's caravan shall take,
That shall be the path of my faith,

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