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I am before, I am after,The soul for all souls all the way.I’m the one with a helping hand,Ready for those gone wild, astray. I made the ground flat where it lies,On it I had those mountains rise,I designed the vault of the skies,For I hold all things in my sway. To countless lovers I have been,A guide for faith and religion.,I am sacrilege in men’s hearts,Also the true faith and Islam’s way. I make men love peace and unite,Putting down the black words on white,I wrote the four holy books right,I’m the Koran for those who pray. It’s not Yunus who says all this,It speaks its own realities,To doubt this would be blasphemous,“I’m before-I’m after,” I say.     -  Yunus Emre Original Article

I am before, I am after,
The soul for all souls all the way.
I’m the one with a helping hand,
Ready for those gone wild, astray.

I made the ground flat where it lies,
On it I had those mountains rise,
I designed the vault of the skies,
For I hold all things in my sway.

To countless lovers I have been,
A guide for faith and religion.,
I am sacrilege in men’s hearts,
Also the true faith and Islam’s way.

I make men love peace and unite,
Putting down the black words on white,
I wrote the four holy books right,
I’m the Koran for those who pray.

It’s not Yunus who says all this,
It speaks its own realities,
To doubt this would be blasphemous,
“I’m before-I’m after,” I say.

    -  Yunus Emre

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Prayer, according to its quality, is communion and union of man with God, by its action it upholds the world. It is reconciliation with God. It is the mother, but also the daughter, of tears. It is the atonement of sins, a bridge over temptations, a wall against affliction, a crushing of conflicts, a work of Angels, the food of the Incorporeal, future gladness, boundless work, source of virtues, cause of grace, invisible progress, food of the soul, illumination of the mind, an axe against despair, a proof of hope, a cure for sorrow, the wealth of monks, the treasure of hesychasts (those who practice inner prayer, aiming at union with God on a level beyond images, concepts and language), the reduction of anger, the mirror of progress, the demonstration of stature, an indication of one’s condition, a revelation of future things, a sign of glory. For one who truly prayers, prayer is the court, the judgment  hall and the tribunal of the Lord before the judgement to come. - St. John of the Ladder Original Article

Prayer, according to its quality, is communion and union of man with God, by its action it upholds the world. It is reconciliation with God. It is the mother, but also the daughter, of tears.

It is the atonement of sins, a bridge over temptations, a wall against affliction, a crushing of conflicts, a work of Angels, the food of the Incorporeal, future gladness, boundless work, source of virtues, cause of grace, invisible progress, food of the soul, illumination of the mind, an axe against despair, a proof of hope, a cure for sorrow, the wealth of monks, the treasure of hesychasts (those who practice inner prayer, aiming at union with God on a level beyond images, concepts and language), the reduction of anger, the mirror of progress, the demonstration of stature, an indication of one’s condition, a revelation of future things, a sign of glory.

For one who truly prayers, prayer is the court, the judgment  hall and the tribunal of the Lord before the judgement to come.

- St. John of the Ladder

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