@3Praise Him, Al-Tawwâb; if a soul repents, Seven times and seventy times thy Lord relents@1. At the gates of Paradise, Whence the angry Angels drave him, Adam heard in gentle wise Allah's whisper, which forgave him: "Go," it said, "from this fair place, Ye that sinned; yet not despairing; Haply there shall come a grace And a guidance; and in fearing Me, and following My will, Blessèd shall your seed be still." Know ye not that God receives Gladly back the soul which grieves! Know ye not that He relents Ere the sinner well repents? Terribly His justice burns, Easily His anger turns. Spake our Lord: "If one draw near Unto God—with praise and prayer— Half a cubit, God will go Twenty leagues to meet him so. He who walketh unto God, God will run upon the road, All the quicklier to forgive One who learns at last to live." @3Ya Tawwâb! for Thy mercy's sake, Us to sweet peace and pity take@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SPRING OF THE YEAR by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM THE VOYAGE by CAROLINE ATHERTON BRIGGS MASON THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 79. THE MONOCHORD by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE BROOK: SUMMER by LAURA ABELL IDENTITY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH CHINESE PICTURE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN CLOD OF THE EARTH by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH THE PALACE OF OMARTES by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON A GOLDEN WEDDING: C.B.-E.A.B., 1825-1875 by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER |