Submitted by : hanifan on Islam

THE HOODED ONE-Creation of a Sufi (part one-my life)

I was five years old when the Shaytaan first came to my dream,
he was cold and frightening, but I did not scream.
He reared up before me with his hypnotic eyes,
but this child is not frightened, "Hello", I quietly sigh.

The hooded one hisses, but the child does not cry,
the child stands his ground firmly, won’t let him pass by.
The hooded one is worried, he thinks, this child has no fear,
I'll leave him for now, perhaps Iwill come back another year.

The dream does not return, the child is so disappointed,
he does not know that for this test he was specifically anointed.
The hooded one watches as the child slowly grows,
his tongue flashes out to smell, for the snake has no nose.

The child is eleven now, he does not have many friends,
a bit of a loner, he is not worried by fashions or trends.
The hooded one now whispers to gain the child’s trust,
and slowly he fills the child’s mind with his own satanic lust.

The child is now smoking, thinking, "I'm copying my Peers",
not understanding the effect it will have on his health in later years.
At fourteen the hooded one appears as a beautiful maiden in his dreams,
and teaches him all about lust and fornication and all that it means.

At the age of sixteen the hooded one smiles with deep satisfaction,
all the things on the wrong path, catch the young man’s attraction.
The whisperer tells him, "All of this is for you, take what you will,
do not think of tomorrow, because nobody else will."

Year after year the young man wanders aimlessly on,
pondering where life and his money have mysteriously gone.
With women and relationships he struggles, he is not very good,
and the evil one chuckles and hisses from under the hood.

The young man does not realize he has freedom of will,
given life by the Creator, to go forth and to take of his fill.
The Masters with a little concern, are silently watching,
but none of them know the plot, Allah is secretly hatching.

The young man's soul is silently and watchfully awakening,
now! He is aware of the hooded one's ungodly whispering.
The Masters are now secretly inspiring his dreams,
Teaching him deep meditation by Allah’s own secret means.

Written by Hanifan 02-08-2003 (part 2 will follow shortly)