@3Praise Him, Al-Kabîr, seated on "the Throne," The "Very Great," the High-exalted One@1. Seven Heavens Allah made: First "Paradise," the @3Jennat-al-Firdaus:@1 The next, @3Al-Huld,@1 "Gate of Eternity;" The third, @3Dar-as-Salâm, the@1 "Peaceful House;" The fourth, @3Dar-al-Kurâr,@1 "Felicity;" The fifth was @3Aidenn,@1 "Home of Golden Light;" The sixth, @3Al-Na'hîm,@1 "Garden of Delight;" The seventh, @3Al-Hilliyûn,@1 "Footstool of the Throne;" And, each and every one, Sphere above sphere, and treasure over treasure, The great decree of God made for reward and pleasure. Saith the Perspicuous Book; "Look up to Heaven! look! Dost thou see flaw or fault In that vast vault, Spangled with silvery lamps of night, Or gilded with glad light Of sunrise, or of sunset, or warm noon? Rounded He well the moon? Kindled He wisely the red Lord of Day? Look twice! look thrice, and say!" Thy weak gaze fails; Eyesight is drowned in yon abyss of blue; Ye see the glory, but ye see not through: God's greatness veils Its greatness by its greatness—all that wonder Lieth the lowest of those Heavens under, Beyond which Angels view Allah, and Allah's mighty works, asunder; The thronged clouds whisper of it when they thunder. @3Allah Kabîr! in silence we Meditate on Thy majesty@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? by PAUL VERLAINE SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH by ROBERT BROWNING THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB by GEORGE GORDON BYRON SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE LONG WHITE SEAM by JEAN INGELOW THE OLD HOKUM BUNCOMBE by ROBERT EMMET SHERWOOD HENDECASYLLABICS by ALFRED TENNYSON THE COMPLAINT OF POETIE, FOR THE DEATH OF LIBERALITE by RICHARD BARNFIELD |