No singular tribe may claim the light of birth,
For clay is clay across the sweeping earth;
Only the cloak of taqwa sets apart
The noble spirit from the hollow heart.
The golden hoard is broken by the poor,
As Zakat knocks upon the wealthy’s door;
A sacred river flowing through the town,
To lift the fallen, weight the greedy down.
Five pillars guard the citadel of grace:
The beating mind, the lineage of the race,
The flame of faith, the blood within the vein,
And honest wealth unsoiled by illegal gain.
A shared command to guard the common street,
Where virtue and the moving masses meet—
To hold the mirror where the truth must shine,
And shield the human from the dark design.
From adversarial dust to distant state,
A covenant is carved to conquer hate;
One human family, bound by sacred tie,
Beneath the vastness of a single sky.
Summary
The poem reflects the core structural pillars of Islamic sociology into a unified allegorical structure—an “Unseen Arch.” It mirrors the provided text by systematically moving through the principles of universal equality under God, the socio-economic equilibrium maintained by Zakat, the preservation of the five ultimate human necessities protected under Shariah (life, intellect, faith, property, and lineage), the civic obligation of collective moral accountability, and the broader global vision of peaceful coexistence and universal brotherhood.
Poetic Quotation
“All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab… learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim.”
— Prophet Muhammad(Pbh), The Farewell Sermon
