@3Oh, loving-kind, "long-suffering" Lord! once more We praise Thee, magnifying Az-Zaboor@1. Patient is Allah, and He loveth well The patient, saith "the Book," and such as dwell In kindness, asking pardon of their sins Each dawn, and pardoning the blameable. @3Islâm!@1 this is the Faith! thyself resign, Soul, mind, and body, to the will divine; The kingdom and the glory and the power Are God's, and God's the government,—not thine! There is no God but God! and He is All: And whatso doth befall ye doth befall By His decree; therefore, with fear and love Upon His glorious names devoutly call. @3Allah! His holy will be done! Islâm!—we bow before His throne@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PILLAR OF THE CLOUD by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN HELEN AND THETIS by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 10. THE FAIR by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM LYSISTRATA: HOW THE WOMEN WILL STOP WAR by ARISTOPHANES SUNRISE TRUMPETS by JOSEPH AUSLANDER COMPENSATIONS by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: A LOFTY MIND by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES FORMALITY AND THE SOUL: 2. JAMES MACNEIL WHISTLER by KARL W. BIGELOW SKETCH OF AN OCCURRENCE ON BOARD A BRIG by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |