What If

What If


What if
All is Allah
Allah is All
Allah is the people
Allah is the cow
Allah is the horse

Allah is the tree
Allah is the river
Allah is the fish
Allah is the child
Allah is the youth
Allah is the old people
Allah is the poor
Allah is the rich
Allah is the hungry
Allah is the sick
Allah is the dope fiend
Allah is the alcoholic
Allah is the sinner
No God but Allah
What if what if what if
There is no God but Allah
What if Allah is the captive you won’t liberate
The child you won’t love
The mama you hate
The daddy you hate
What if there is No God but Allah
What if Allah is the fear
You won’t release
Allah is the pain you won’t release
Allah is the love you won’t release
Allah is the tears you won’t cry
Allah is the lies you tell
Allah is the mountain you won’t climb
Allah is the success you won’t try
Allah is the beauty you don’t see
Allah is time
Running out the hourglass
Allah is the body you refuse to heal
Allah is the mind you refuse to feed
What if what if what if

What if Allah is ready when you ain’t ready
What if Allah is ready when you get ready
What if what if what if
What if there is no God but Allah
What if Allah is the forgiveness you won’t give
What if Allah is the denial you drown in like a hog in slop
What if what if what if
What if Allah is the peace in your house

The love in your life
The joy on your face
The happiness in your heart
The thankfulness of your smile
What if there is NO God but Allah
What if my life and my death are all for Allah
Not for woman, not for man
Not over a woman, not over a man
Life and death are all for Allah
What if what if what if
What if I grieve for nothing
Because Allah is everything
Whatever Allah wants I want
Whatever Allah don’t want I don’t want

Whatever Allah has I have
Whatever Allah don’t have I don’t want
What if what if what if
There is No God but Allah
La e la hah e la ilah.
--Marvin X (Maalik el Muhajir)

Marvin X is the USA’s Rumi!—Bob Holman
He’s the father of Muslim American literature.—Dr. Mohja Kahf