al-hamdu li'llah

Singer:sami yusuf

thy mercy encompasses us o lord

as life in the domain of death

as knowledge in the sea of ignorance

as the inebriating beauty of thy face

reflecting through earthly forms

in a world which without them

would suffocate of its own ugliness. how to thank thee

o lord

when the very breath that thanks thee

is vivified by thy ever-present mercy. for is not the very substance of existence

the breath of thy compassion manifested?

and is not the love which quickens life

a reflection of thy love for thine own theophany?