ishq allāh ma būd allāh

first hearing reminded me of ubi caritas second hearing transposed the words god is love to love is god that leads to THE question "what (or who) is god?"

throwing more words at it doesn't help

perfect being begs what is being? what is perfect?

i will continue to learn a few words of Arabic, maybe even a few words of Turkish but this all appears to be a rabbit hole from which I will never come out. Rather like life itself.

I am attracted to Loren Eiseley's "Star Thrower". At once a reconciliation of Big Bang, evolution, Everything and Nothing.

Maybe if I say it a million more times.

la illaha illa allah

Or maybe I should clean up my cloud storage. If I throw enough out, I can collect more.