@3Oh, Al-Muzîl! what if it be Thy will, Having made man, to lead him unto ill?@1 Saith the Perspicuous Book: "All things which be are of God; Neither, except by His word, falleth a leaf to the ground; If He will open He openeth, and whom He hath blinded He blindeth, Leading, misleading; to none liable, blameable, bound." Saith the Perspicuous Book: "Tied on the neck of a man Hangeth the scroll of his fate, not a line to be gain-said or grudged; When the trumpet of Israfil thunders, the Angels will show it and say, Read there what thine own deeds have written; thyself by thyself shall be judged." Wilt thou be wiser than God who knoweth beginning and end? Wilt thou be juster than He whose balance is turned by a sigh? He sayeth, "It shall not be equal for the doers of right and of wrong." "It shall not be equal," He sayeth, "for them that accept and deny." @3Al-Muzîl! lead us not astray! Teach us to find the perfect way@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE'S NEW PHILOSOPHY by PHILIP AYRES ON A CHILD SLEEPING IN CYNTHIA'S LAP by PHILIP AYRES DEJECTION by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE OLD MAID by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) SPIRITUAL WORSHIP by BERNARD BARTON SONG, BY -- by JAMES HAY BEATTIE |