@3Alai kul shay Wakîl! Guardian of all! By this name trustfully on Thee we call@1. Verily God is guard! What other hath created you, and made Men gone before, and earth's foundations laid So broad and hard. To be your dwelling-place; And Heaven's star-jeweled face Arched for your roof-top; and the tender rain Sent down at the due season, whereby grain Groweth, and clustered gold Of dates, and grapes that hold The purple and the amber honey-juice? These for your use Your Lord and "Agent" gave. Make Him no peers, nor other guardian have. @3Allah-al-Wakîl! Thy wards are we; Have us in Thy fidelity@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REVAMPING THE VIRGIN by KAREN SWENSON GO DOWN DEATH; A FUNERAL SERMON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE HAUNTED PALACE by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE MORAL FABLES: THE MOUSE AND THE PADDOCK by AESOP PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 23. AL-KHAFIZ by EDWIN ARNOLD TO A FATHER, ON THE DEATH OF HIS ONLY CHILD by BERNARD BARTON |