Khwaja abdullah ansari poems about family

Give Me

O Lord, give me a heart
I can pour out in thanksgiving.
Give me life
So I can spend it
Working for the salvation of the world.

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Commentary by Ivan M.

Granger

Something for us today as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, a contemplation of heart and service and true thanksgiving.

There is something so simple and profound... and universal in this prayer-poem.

These words were given to us by a devout Muslim Sufi, but they could as well have been spoken by a Hindu satyagrahi, a Catholic liberation theologian, a Buddhist peace worker, a Protestant homeless advocate, or any sincere soul striving to awaken the Divine within themself and the world.

Notice that Sheikh Ansari gives us two parallel statements, and th