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PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 31. AL-LATIF by EDWIN ARNOLD

Poet Analysis

First Line: MOST QUICK TO PARDON SINS IS HE
Last Line: THE SOIL IS HARD, THE WAY IS STEEP!
Subject(s): GOD; ISLAM;
@3Dread is His wrath, but boundless is His grace,
Al-Latîf! Lord! show us Thy "favoring" face!@1

Most quick to pardon sins is He.
Who unto God draws near
One forward step, God taketh three
To meet, and quit his fear.

If ye will have of this world's show,
God grants, while Angels weep;
If ye for Paradise will sow,
Right noble crops ye reap.

@3Ah, Gracious One, we toil to reap:
The soil is hard, the way is steep!@1



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