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