Ilahis

To know means to gain true knowledge:
Knowledge means you know yourself, heart and soul
If you have failed to understand yourself,
Then all of your reading has been useless

The purpose of reading
Is to recognize Haqq
If you have read, but failed to understand,
Then your efforts were futile

Don't boast, “I read so I know,
and did all my prayers.”
If you didn’t understand that Allah is Ya Haqq
Then your words are empty

The true meaning of the four holy books
Is contained in the letter Alif
You don’t even know the meaning of Alif,
So how can you say you have truly read?

Yunus Emre says to you, Oh preacher
Make the holy pilgrimage a thousand times if you wish
However, even better than that
Is to truly enter someone’s heart.