Abdul-Qader Bedil : Creation’s Witness

For more about the Mughal era Sufi and poet Abdul-Qader Bedil (1644 – 1721 CE) see this earlier post.

At time’s beginning
that beauty
which polished creation’s mirror
caressed every atom
with a hundred thousand suns.

But this glory
was never witnessed.

When the human eye emerged,
only then was he known.

Translation David and Sabrineh Fideler

One Reply to “Abdul-Qader Bedil : Creation’s Witness”

  1. Howard Olivier

    What a lovely tour of this essential truth. Thank you, Nawab, for sharing it with us!!
    It brings the famous hadith “I was a hidden treasure…” into a fuller dimenson for us.

    Reply

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