@3Al-Muhizz! by this title celebrate The "Honorer" whose favor maketh great@1. Say "God," say "Lord of all! Kingdoms and kings Thou makest and unmakest, This one Thou takest, that one Thou forsakest; Alike are great and small; Into Thy hand they fall." "In Thy dread hand they rest; Their nights and days, their waking and their sleeping, Their birth, and life, and death lie in Thy keeping; 'Be thus' to each Thou say'st, And thus to be is best, "Though it seem good or ill. Islâm!—to Thee our souls we do resign, Turning our faces to the blessèd shrine; Seeking no honor still Save from Thy will." @3Al-Muhizz! only this we pray To learn Thy will and to obey@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE ON THE POETICAL CHARACTER by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) ELEGY: 18. LOVES PROGRESS by JOHN DONNE SONNET ON SITTING DOWN TO READ KING LEAR ONCE AGAIN by JOHN KEATS WALT WHITMAN by FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 2. ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE, 1740 by MARK AKENSIDE GIVE NOT WITH YOUR HANDS by MACKNIGHT BLACK THE DOOMED OAK; IN IMITATION OF ANATOLE FRANCE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |