@3"All-comprehending One," Al-Wasi'h! we By this name also praise and honor Thee@1. Turn, wheresoe'er ye be, to Mecca's stone, For this is holy, and your Lord doth hear; Thitherwards turn!—so hath all Islâm one Heart to its thought and harbor of its prayer. But Allah's house eastwards and westwards lies, Northwards and southwards. He is everywhere Whithersoever way ye bend your eyes, Face to face are ye with Al-Wasi'h there. It is not righteousness to kneel aright Fronting the @3Kiblah;@1 but to rightly hold Of God, and of His judgment, and the bright Bands of His Angels; and what truth is told In the sure Korân by God's holy Prophet; To succor orphans, strangers, suppliants, kin; Your gold and worldly treasure—to give of it Ransom for captives, alms which mercy win: To keep your covenants when ye covenant; Your woes and sufferings patiently to bear,Being the will of God:—this is to front Straight for the @3Kiblah:@1 this is faith and fear. @3Abounding Lord! in every place Is built the Mecca of Thy grace@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE REPUBLIC by JAMES GALVIN TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE FIRST DAY: PRELUDE. THE WAYSIDE INN by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TO THE PENDING YEAR by WALT WHITMAN PENITENTIAL PSALM by THOMAS WYATT LANDSCAPE by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE GOD AND HIS MARTYRS by CHAIM NACHMAN BIALIK BALLAD TO THE TUNE - 'ONCE I LOVED A MAIDEN FAIR' by PATRICK CAREY |