@3Oh, Al-Muzîl! what if it be Thy will, Having made man, to lead him unto ill?@1 Saith the Perspicuous Book: "All things which be are of God; Neither, except by His word, falleth a leaf to the ground; If He will open He openeth, and whom He hath blinded He blindeth, Leading, misleading; to none liable, blameable, bound." Saith the Perspicuous Book: "Tied on the neck of a man Hangeth the scroll of his fate, not a line to be gain-said or grudged; When the trumpet of Israfil thunders, the Angels will show it and say, Read there what thine own deeds have written; thyself by thyself shall be judged." Wilt thou be wiser than God who knoweth beginning and end? Wilt thou be juster than He whose balance is turned by a sigh? He sayeth, "It shall not be equal for the doers of right and of wrong." "It shall not be equal," He sayeth, "for them that accept and deny." @3Al-Muzîl! lead us not astray! Teach us to find the perfect way@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 13 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE FIGHT OF THE ARMSTRONG PRIVATEER by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE SPRING QUIET by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 31 by PHILIP SIDNEY BROKEN MUSIC by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE APOLOGY OF THE BISHOPS IN ANSWER TO BONNER'S GHOST by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE VIVANDIERE ('70) by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY, SELECTION by AMBROSE BIERCE IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: LIBERTY, EQUALITY ... by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |