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If you seek your religion,
Lower your forehead into dust (in prayer).

If you seek to witness Him,
Place your forehead in the dust (in sajdah)
And distance yourself from your low nafs,
And erase yourself in salat.

Then witness the presence of God in prayer,
And like Husayn at Karbala make your sacrifice -
Lose your head (lose your self, your nafs) while immersed in prayer…
Then cry, O Husayn, O Husayn
In recognition of the status he gave to this salat….

(loosely translated from a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan qawali)