IN PRAISE OF ALI is one of Charbel Baini's books translated by from Arabic by Naji Mourad, Joseph G. Yamouni, Elias Shaanin

Psalm 7

-1-

Your religion is my religion,

Religion of love..

Which unites worlds,

The Lord maltreats not

His creation,

It is the devil who maltreats.

-2-

Who else but you,

Made us appreciate our human value,

And unified us

By his words,

By his divine personality.

-3-

From his revelation..

You enriched the soul

And from His Koran..

You harvested goodness.

Oh Ali..

Wherever you go,

His verses

Facilitate the journey.

-4-

Your religion is my religion,

Dispel the darkness,

By the stars of your words,

Oh Emir..

And deliver us

From the madness of doom,

From books full of falsity.

-5-

Your Islam,

Is the true Islam,

Which has not been defaced.

By your interpretation thereof,

You compelled even the dreams,

To make a pilgrimage to KAABA.

-6-

All originates from you,

Without you nothing will exist.

You obliterated evil intentions,

Which attempted to tamper

With the Koran.

-7-

Oh Ali..

You erected the towers

Of the words

Which defended a religion,

Groups upon groups

Meddled with it,

Diverting millions off course.

-8-

Retrieve us,

We can wait no longer,

On the crossroads of new days,

You, who by your past,

Perceives tomorrow,

To ensure its recurrence.

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