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Àŧùl Jan 2016
It was in the Mughal period
That a combined bathroom,
Shower & toilet put together,
Were called a Ghusl Khana.
Inside it proceeded many stuff,
Literally meaning cleansing,
Of both the body and soul.

Sat the emperor inside,
Busy in cleaning his body,
And his soul too with water,
And with the warmth of it,
He tried cleansing his soul,
After administrating the empire,
And being engaged in battles.

The battles of truth,
The battles of trust,
The battles of faith.
My HP Poem #993
©Atul Kaushal
tcthegriot Jun 7
Ablution of the dead,
the washing
of the body
is called ghusl
in Islam; Judaism
calls this taharah.
But how
does one bathe
an infant,
a tangle of intestines
from eyes of the witness,
or clean
coagulated collages
of massacre?
How
does one carry
charred carcasses
from beds
& not call a moment,
another grave
in the cemetery?
How
does one leave space
for ablution
of a body
inside a missile,
or rinse
blood from the city
bombs cremated?
How
does one wash this?
How
does one prepare this
for a return to God?

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