what makes the poem " Abou ben Adhem " belonged to the realm of supernatural ?
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Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold:—
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the presence in the room he said,
"What writest thou?"—The vision raised its head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord,
Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."
"And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow men."
The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night
It came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blest,
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
This poem " Abou Ben Adhem "is written by James Henry Leigh Hunt.
WNEN YOU LOVE GOD THEN ONLY YOU CAN LOVE OTHERS EQUALY
To be a really good spiritual person, it is more important to love other people equally .The angel in the poem appears to be concerned with asking whether people are religious, but in fact it turns out that God is not concerned with that but what God likes is that Ben Adhem loves his fellow men, and this is what God wants him to do rather than following other forms of religion. Instead of saying he loves God, Ben Adhem says he loves his fellow men .This love of fellow people leads to God’s blessing.
The angel carries not only the message of Abou’s placement on the list in the golden book, but the message that people worthy of God’s love, blessing, and pathway to heaven are the ones who don’t have superficial faith in a deity, but a faith that proves a perpetual kindness and compassion to people.When you love God then only can you love others equally .
WHO WAS ABU BEN ADAM ?
He was one of the most prominent earliest ascetic Sufi Saint .Abu Eshaq Ibrahim ibn Adham of Arab descent was born in Balkh .He was King of Balkh who renounced his throne for a spiritual kingdom and wandered to live a life of complete asceticism, earning his bread in Syria by honest manual toil until his death in c.165 AH (782 AD). According to Arabic and Persian sources Ibrahim ibn Adham received a warning from God through Khidr ( a righteous servant of God who possesses great wisdom or mystic knowledge) who appeared to him twice ,following which Ibrahim abdicated his throne to take up the ascetic life .He is described in the Kashf-al-Mahjub, written by Ali Hujwiri (Data Ganj Bakhsh), as "unique in this path; the chieftain of his contemporaries, and a disciple of al-Khidr."
ABU BEN ADHEM SHRINE MOSQUE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
LOVE ONE AND ALL EQUALLY
My love for you oh lord
Transcends me to love one and all ,
To bathe in your radiant light
and make my fellow men's day bright
Blessed am I in your loving lap
holding your fingers in their gap
The magic I feel deep inside
is the sublime souls delight
Let me be in this magical trance
my heart is in a crazy love dance
Love for all ,is all that I can see
for you and all my fellow men and me
The Soul smiles in silent love
touching new heights high above ,
Let this living dream never end
your love makes me transcend .
Transcends me to love one and all ,
All creatures big and small ,
For in all we see our beloved thee
because we are all the same as can be .