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PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 61. AL-MO'HYI by EDWIN ARNOLD

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First Line: AND OF HIS SIGNS IS THIS, SAITH THE GREAT BOOK
Last Line: HE SAVES THE GREEN THING, AND NOT THEE?
Subject(s): GOD; ISLAM;

@3Al-Mo'hyî! the "Quickener!" hereby
Praise Him whom Angels praise eternally@1.

"And of His signs is this," saith the Great Book;
"Under the angry sun the slain earth—look!—
Dries up the dust; dies every growing thing;
Then blow we breaths of southern wind which bring
Rain-dropping clouds, and see! the dead earth lives,
And stirs, and swells; and every herb revives.
So shall the dead be quickened by His breath,
This is Al-Mo'hyî's sign," the Great Book saith.

@3Oh, thou believer! shall it be
He saves the green thing, and not thee?@1



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