circles
I’ve been thinking about circles. When I think of God, I think of His attribute of Oneness, and Unity, which reminds me of a circle — similar to the tawaf made around the Kabaa’.
There has been the closing of a lot of circles in my life lately.
Nouman Ali Khan, when he explains the internal structure or unity of a surah, describes an almost cyclical structure; the first verses link up with the last; the second set of verses link up to the second-to-last; and so on. The natural order of things is not linear. Straight lines are rare in nature, yet humanity superimposes this rigidity onto everything.
It’s a reflection of our thinking as well - unimaginative at times, lacking depth and subtlety. Always thinking forward, never trying to close the circle.