@3Al-Razzâk! the "Provider!" thus again Praise Him who, having formed thee, doth sustain@1. By the high dawn, When the light of the sun is strong! By the thick night, When the darkness is deep and long!He hath not forsook thee, nor hated! By His mercies, I say, The life which will come shall be better Than the life of to-day. In the latter days The Lord thy "Provider" shall give; When thou knowest His gift Thou wilt not ask rather to live; Look back! thou wert friendless and frameless, He made thee from nought; Look back! thou wert blinded and wandering, To the light thou art brought! Consider! shall Allah forego thee Since thus He hath wrought? @3The favor of thy Lord perpend, And praise His mercies without end@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: 67 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE MOON OF LOVELINESS by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II TO SWEET MEAT, SOUR SAUCE; AN IMITATION OF THEOCRITUS OR ANACREON by PHILIP AYRES THE SOLDIER'S TEAR by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 2 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A SISTER OF SORROW: 3. WEDDING-EVE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY LOVE SONGS: 9. A SIGH FROM OXFORD by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |