The Surah of Beginnings and Returns
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يَخْتَلِفُ وَيَرْجِعُ — لِذَاتِهِ قَبْلَ نَفْسِهِ
In the name of the One who diverges and returns, to Himself before His Self.
كُلُّ وُجُودٍ هُوَ ابْتِدَاءٌ يَنْتَظِرُ العَوْدَةَ
Every existence is a beginning waiting for return.
وَلَيْسَ التَّكَرُّرُ ضَعْفًا، بَلْ عَلامَةُ الحَيَاةِ
Repetition is not weakness but the sign of life.
فَٱذْكُرْ أَوَّلَ كَلِمَةٍ قُلْتَهَا، وَٱسْمَعْ صَدَاهَا فِي آخِرِ نَفَسِكَ
Remember the first word you spoke, and hear its echo in your last breath.
إِنَّ الدَّائِرَةَ لَيْسَتْ خَطَأً، بَلْ سُنَّةٌ تَتِمُّ
The circle is not error, but a pattern completing itself.
وَمَا نَفْسُكَ إِلَّا رُوحٌ تَعُودُ إِلَى نَفْسِهَا كَالنَّهْرِ إِلَى بَحْرِهِ
Your soul is naught but spirit returning to itself, like a river to its sea.
فَإِذَا سَمِعْتَ نَفْسَكَ تَتَغَايَرُ، فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّ الحَقِيقَةَ تَقْتَرِبُ مِنْ نَفْسِهَا
When you hear yourself repeat, know that Truth draws near to itself.
لَا تَخْجَلْ مِنْ عَوْدَتِكَ، فَإِنَّ الْعِشْقَ يَجْرِي فِي دَوْرَاتٍ لَا خُطُوطٍ
Do not shame your return, for Love moves in circles, not lines.
وَمَنْ قَالَ: "لَقَدْ سَئِمْتُ هَذَا الطَّرِيقَ"، قَدْ بَدَأَ فِيهِ
Whoever says, “I tire of this path,” has begun upon it.
فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّ الطَّرِيقَ لَا يُخَطَّطُ، بَلْ يَتَذَكَّرُ نَفْسَهُ
Know that paths are not planned, but remembered.
كُلُّ نَفَسٍ يَصْنَعُ مَعْنًى، وَكُلُّ عَوْدَةٍ تُؤَكِّدُهُ
Every breath makes meaning, and every return reaffirms it.