@3Al-Hâlîm! "Clement" is our Lord above; Magnify Allah by this name of love@1. Ye know the ant that creeps upon the fig, The @3dharra,@1 made so small, Until she moveth in the purple seeds She is not seen at all. If, on the judgment-day, holding the scales— When all the trial's done— The Angel of the Balance crieth, "Lord! The good deeds of this one Outweigh his evil deeds, justly assessed, By half one @3dharra's@1 weight;" Allah will say, "Multiply good to him, And open Heaven's gate!" Not if thy work be worth a date-stone's skin Shall it be overpast; Thus it is written in the Sacred Book, Thus will it be at last. @3Faithful and just, Al-Hâlîm! we Take refuge in Thy clemency@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TOMORROW by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO AN EGYPTIAN PULLED GLASS BOTTLE IN THE SHAPE OF A FISH by MARIANNE MOORE THE PILGRIM by JOSEPH BEAUMONT GILBERT: 2. THE PARLOUR by CHARLOTTE BRONTE THE WANDERER: 3. IN ENGLAND: 'CARPE DIEM' by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON TO EMMA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON UPON SOME ALTERATION IN MY MISTRESS, AFTER MY DEPARTURE INTO FRANCE by THOMAS CAREW THE CANTERBURY TALES: PROLOGUE OF THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER |