Awliyo
Alla iyadaa is af taqaan:
Saints
of Allah dig each other
Saints
of Adonai daven with each other
Saints
of God speak to each other
In the same tongue
In
Truth
In Spirit
And never ever need
No interpreter
No translator.
—A Somali saying
IN
YOUR MIDST
I,
God, am in your midst
Whoever
knows me can never fall
Not
in the heights
Nor
in the depths
Nor
in the breadths
For
I am love
Which
the vast expanse of evil
Can
never still.
—Hildegard
of Bingen
Lord,
make me the instrument of thy peace
Where
there is hatred, let me sow love
Where
there is injury, pardon
Where
there is doubt, faith
Where
there is despair, hope
Where
there is darkness, light
Where
there is sadness, joy
O
divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To
be consoled as to console
To
be understood as to understand
To
be loved as to love
For
it is in giving that we receive
It
is in pardoning that we are pardoned
It
is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life.
—Saint Francis of Assisi
Mahamud
Siad Togane
