@3Al-Kadar! He is "Providence!" hereby The Lord of all things living magnify@1. When ye say @3Kismat,@1 say it wittingly, Oh, true believers! Under Allah's throne Place is not left for those accursèd three, "Destiny," "Fortune," "Chance." Allah alone Ruleth His children: @3Kismat@1 ye shall deem Each man's "allotted portion," from of old Fixed for his part in the Eternal scheme By those great Hands which all the worlds enfold Sayeth "the Book": "There passeth no man's soul Except by God's permission, and the Speech Writ in the scroll determining the whole, The times of all men, and the times for each." Also it sayeth: "If a man shall choose This world's reward, to him it shall be given; And if a man shall dare his life to lose For Paradise, he shall be paid in heaven." @3Ya Kadar! "Ruler!" teach us still, Islâm, submission to Thy will@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PHANTOM KISS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR STREET CORNER COLLEGE by KENNETH PATCHEN EPITHALAMION by EDMUND SPENSER OF THE MANNER OF ADDRESSING CLOUDS by WALLACE STEVENS THE WHITE WATCH (OPUS JUVENIS) by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THERE HE GOES by BERTON BRALEY MY LITTLE HOUSE by MAY (MARY) CLARISSA GILLINGTON BYRON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE MEANING OF IT ALL by EDWARD CARPENTER |