“Pak I stand, pak I rise!
Call it pak, call it pure,
Sanctity knows no divide.”
Source: Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz
“Why do you think I make zero mention of the culture I was born and raised in? It's because if I am to build a world where civilized beings would behave civilized and step across cultural bigotry, I must stand as the anomalous specimen of that possibility myself - I must stand as the ultimate global citizen - as a sapiens of earth, not of borders. Hence, I wiped out every last trace of identity imposed on me by the environment. Today I stand as the Himalayas - many cultures will claim exclusive copyright over me, but no single culture is vast enough to contain me.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“Interfaith Sonnet
Not every christian is a good human,
But every good human is a christian.
Not every muslim is a good human,
But every good human is a muslim.
Not every jew is a good human,
But every good human is a jew.
Not every hindu is a good human,
But every good human is a hindu.
Not every buddhist is a good human,
But every good human is a buddhist.
Not every humanist is a good human,
But every good human is a humanist.
Goodness is universal, vessels may vary.
Some call it water, some agua, some pani.”
Source: Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz
“Better be an outspoken bigot than a counterfeit freethinker.”
Source: Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz
“Old ways are called history, new ways are the future. One who brings them together, is called the humanizer.”
Source: Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz
“To hell with all that nonsense of higher truth, realize the truth of love, that's enough awakening!”
Source: Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz
“It doesn't matter whether you are muslim, christian, jew or atheist. It doesn't matter whether you are black, white, brown or martian. If you have love in your heart and kindness in your hands, then you are human. But if your existence is anemic of love and kindness, then no matter how human you look, and how many Sundays and Fridays you spend at the church or the mosque, you ain't no human.”
Source: Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz
“I am my religion.”
Source: Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence
“You are your own guardian angel, you are your own tempting demon. You gotta decide, will you give in to predispositions, or chart the course of ascension!”
Source: Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz
“Thus Speaks God (The Sonnet)
Ik onkar, satnaam,
Porque, yo soy insan.
Aham bismillahsmi,
Çünkü, benim adım vicdan.
Sarva dharman parityajya,
Giving up all national grave,
Nos haremos vessels of verdad,
Rise we shall as sapiens brave.
Divinidad está en cada cultura,
But no culture is pure divinity.
Human divided is human undivine,
Hatelessness is civilized divinity.
Thus speaks God in tongue beyond tongues.
One vessel isn't enough to contain my neurons.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission