Similar to this is the saying of Abu Yazid:

“I sloughed off my self as a snake sloughs off its skin. Then I looked, and behold, I was He”.

He also said:

“O God, adorn me with Thy Singleness,and cloth me in Thy Self-hood, and raise me to Thy Oneness, so that when Thy creatures see me they will say:

“We have seen Thee”

and Thou wilt be that, and I shall not be there”

Saint and Sufi Martyr Ain al-Qudat al-Hamadhaniexecuted in Baghdad 1131 AD (at the age of 33) 24

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This dayThis joyful sunny winter FridayWe put our best clothes onWe gathered together at Tahrir SquareTo sound our trumpetsTo blow our hornsTo celebrate the arrival of the New Dawn Anointed in perfect perfumeMusk and Lotus of DawnAnd against all odds of poison gas And guns and gangs of thugsSilmaya ! Silmaya !By alchemy aloneJust vinegar and onions, no smoking gunsVictory celebrated by songs and hugs !Out from the Black SwampPolice Day January 25th 2011

Lotus Revolution !

Day of Departure at Tahrir Square !To the Martyrs of The Lotus Revolution

("Songs to the Morning Horizon" by Sherif el-Hakim)

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This day of departure at Liberation SquareMillions of Ancient Egyptian Copts in revolt !Moslems and Christians united as OneAll whispering Allah !Take us out of this black swamp !Hidden One in every heartWe are no longer afraid of the Secret Police !Come out and shine brothers and sisters ! Exodus !Our teachers have shown us the wayWe are no longer afraid of the Secrete Police !We are out in the light of day for all to seeWe shine our light ! Can you See ? The Greatest Deceiver of Modern TimesAnd if he and his gang do not care to leaveWe Egyptians have long departed from his ruleOur government is Love Without FearNo tyrant can rule

Night cannot extinguish the Rising Sun !

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This Day of Departure at Tahrir SquareWe turned the Kingdom of Soliman upside down Morning Horizon New World OrderExcellent wine from the House of Atum Al Haq Carried by the light of our living Martyr SaintsFree Peoples of the World !Declare a Change of Regime !Down with Tyranny, Injustice, and Torture !Release all prisoners from black dungeons !Stop the killing and lootingStop planting social disorder !Upper and Lower Egypt united as One !Egyptians declare a change of regimeLife ! Health ! Prosperity ! Like Sunshine belongs to All !

No more Apartheid Wall !

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This beautiful dayLiving King of Light in each and everyone !Allah al Muafiq al Musta3an !Tizak hamra !Arrest me if you will !Night cannot stop the rising sun !Inward secret brilliant light in each and everyoneEternal beloved one Rising up between two lionsAt at the battle of Kasr el Nil BridgeNo left no right no east no westGreat Sphinx of Egypt in flesh and bloodLiving-Image of the Lord of AllRising up in the black nightLiving King of Light !Zaher Batin Amen Ra ! In each and everyone Golden Pharaoh of Great Might at Tahrir !Lotus of dawn saved from extinction !Kingdom of Light ! Out of Darkness

4 February 2011One week before the collapse of the

World Wide Criminal Regime