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FORGIVENESS by AL-JAZIRI

First Line: WHEN ABU AMIR PARDONED ME
Last Line: ADMITS THEIR SOULS TO PARADISE.

When Abu Amir pardoned me
I marvelled at his clemency,
Yet realised that it must soon
Be followed by a greater boon.

For similarly Allah, when
He overlooks the sins of men
To crown His bounty, in a trice
Admits their souls to Paradise.



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