O Ahmad
There is nothing I can do or say
to prevent your intention
to blow yourself up
with those you hate.
But I would like you to know anyway
That at the end of your last prayer
when you turn your head to the
right
and say
asalamu ’alaykum wa rahmat u-llah wa-barakatuhu
you have greeted me too
as I am there, right beside you
with the whole of Mankind
because your Lord is my breath.

Then, when you turn
your head to the
left
and repeat for the last time
asalamu ’alaykum wa rahmat u-llah wa-barakatuhu
I am there too, with the whole universe
because everywhere you turn
there is His face
And your Lord is my breath.

Even when
your hands and forehead touch the ground
and you say to your Lord with a deep sense of
fulfilment
Hu
We are all there
right beneath you
with our foreheads and hands and knees and toes
touching yours from the ground.
So, just before you press the button
with your call Akbar
know that we are always between you and your Lord
because
He is our breath

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