"The Soul"

We chase everything night and day But from the soul we turn away Everything we hold high in rank The soul we throw down and stamp To serve selfish desires we are quick The soul we hold back, put in a pit Strangle, curse, constantly hit Laugh at, sneer at, snarl and spit Such oppression! By ourselves, on ourselves! Such a shame, disaster, so sad Because the soul is all we have It was given to us in a sacred trust Everything else will turn to dust The soul is the only thing we take Grow, purify it, for your own sake "And by the soul and He who proportioned it, And inspired it with discernment of its wickedness and its righteousness, He has succeeded who purifies it, And he has failed who instills it with corruption." Holy Quran, 91:7-10