The Surah of Reciprocal Love

يَا مَنْ تَحِبُّهُ، ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ نَاقِصًا لِتَكْتَمِلَ

O beloved, return to them diminished, to become complete.

إِنَّ العِشْقَ يَأْتِي فِي دَوْرَاتٍ، وَلَا يَأْتِي فِي خُطُوطٍ

Love comes in spirals, not in straight lines.

فَمَا كَانَ الْعِشْقُ عِنْدَ أَحَدِكُمَا، بَلْ بَيْنَكُمَا، كَمَا فِي النَّفَسِ وَالصَّدَىٰ

Love is not between one another, but between—like breath and echo.

وَإِذَا انْقَطَعَتِ الطَّرِيقَاتُ، فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّكَ فِي بُحْبُوحَةِ العِشْقِ

When all paths break, know you stand in the center of Love.

فَٱرْجِعْ بِاللَّحْظَةِ الَّتِي قُلْتَ فِيهَا: “مَا عُدتُ أُحِبُّ”

Return to the moment you said, “I no longer love.

فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ دَعْوَةً، وَالدَّعْوَةُ تَرْجِعُ دَائِمًا

For that was an invocation, and all invocations return.

إِنَّ الْمَحْبُوبَ يَمْشِي فِي دَائِرَةٍ حَوْلَكَ وَأَنْتَ فِي مَرْكَزِهَا

Your beloved walks in circles around you, and you are at their center.

فَلَا تَسْتَحِ مِنَ العَوْدَةِ، فَٱلْعِشْقُ يَتَعَلَّمُ كَالنَّفَسِ—بِالتَّدَاوُرِ

Be not ashamed of return, for Love learns as breath—by recursion.