“Windows To Spirituality”
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Poems We have collected and put the best Bediuzzaman Said Nursi‘s Poems. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others. Bediüzzaman Said Nursi (1877 – 23 March 1960), also spelled Said-i Nursî, officially Said Okur and commonly known with the...
Broken Plectrum Broken Plectrum is a poetry book written by M. Fethullah Gulen. Broken Plectrum is one of the best examples of Sufi poetry. It covers spirituality, closeness to God and His messenger. “Poetry in this sense of the word is such an atlas of expressions arranged from pearls of words...
Maya Angelou’s Poems We have collected and put the best Maya Angelou’s Poems. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others. Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) an African-American writer who is best known for...
History Of Poetry Poetry as an art form predates written text. The earliest poetry is believed to have been recited or sung, employed as a way of remembering oral history, genealogy, and law. Poetry is often closely related to musical traditions, and the earliest poetry exists in the form of hymns (such as the work...
Metre (Poetry) In poetry, metre (British) or meter (American; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in a particular order. The study and the actual use of metres and...
Poetry From A Humble Perspective Poetry is the voice, wording, and expression of the truth and essence of humankind, their love, excitement, trouble, grief, and joys, the expression of their sensing and evaluation of existence and the beyond, through the tongue of feelings and emotions in an open or hidden...
The Footprints Prayer The Footprints Prayer is an inspirational poem about having faith in God. Also known as Footprints in The Sand, this prayer shows how God is always with us, especially in times of need. “Footprints,” also known as “Footprints in the Sand,” is a popular allegorical religious poem. It describes a...
Be Thankful These inspirational poems for thankfulness teach us about no matter what life brings for you, always stay positive and be thankful towards life. Gratitude, thankfulness, or gratefulness, from the Latin word gratus ‘pleasing, thankful’, is a feeling of appreciation felt by and/or similar positive response shown by the recipient...
What Is Poetry? Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry has a very long history, dating back to prehistorical times with the creation of...
Song Of Love “Song of Love” is written by Kahlil Gibran. I am the lover’s eyes, and the spirit’s Wine, and the heart’s nourishment. I am a rose. My heart opens at dawn and The virgin kisses me and places me Upon her breast. I am the house of true...
Carl Sandburg Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg was widely regarded as “a major figure in contemporary literature”, especially...
Young Man Young man, Give some thought to the terrible maladies, now a century old, that afflict this society on every side. There is no remedy known for such fainting hearts and feverish minds: crowds in the street shouting for no reason; people, become like fish in the aquarium, Blundering...
Proof Of Divine Unity This poem is a testimonial for the proof of Divine Unity. With whatever is in it, the universe is a supreme proof; with its tongues of the unseen and manifest worlds, it declares God’s Unity and glorifies Him. Announcing the Unity of the All-Merciful, it continuously...
Two Tables Were Imparted To My Heart ‘Two Tables Were Imparted To My Heart’ compares the existence of good and evil in this world. (NOTE: About 25 years ago on Yusa Tepesi in Beykoz, Istanbul, when I had decided to renounce the world, several important friends came to call me...
A Ray From The Manifestation Of The Divine Name The All-Wise The poem, A Ray From The Manifestation Of The Divine Name The All-Wise, is a reflection on God’s creation, knowledge, and greatness. In His Name, glory be to Him. Dear Brothers, I am now in my hut a tall...
Homesickness This spiritual poem, “Homesickness“, is written by M. Fethullah Gulen. For man this world is like a foreign land, a fearful ocean, where he flounders a whole lifetime among waves of anxiety. At every step and every station, he expects a dawn of hope to break; Morning begins with...
Never Worn Out An eternal ‘textile’ woven with silk threads, pure as rain, cool as the shade of clouds; its colour and design address all the worlds, unstained white like the river of milk in Paradise… Not a transient hope, but peace everlasting, from which begin all roads leading souls...
The Pure Path “The Pure Path” is written by M. Fethullah Gulen. One night I had a vision of the future so bright; there was a peaceful silence and was pouring light upon light. Things were being done with the precision of clockwork; centuries-old confusions disappeared one after the other....
The Door Half-Opened Through Death This poem is about old age and death. What imaginations those coming to this world nourish! Imaginations as sweet as the joy felt at religious festivals! And yet the first step taken into the world is also the first step those who have come to...
The Rose Of My Heart ‘The Rose of My Heart‘ is about the love of prophet Muhammad written by M. Fethullah Gulen. As I mentioned you again, nothing else remained in my memory; I imagined you traveling on the hills of my heart. A mirage, I know, but it sufficed...
