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PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 37. AL-HALI by EDWIN ARNOLD

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First Line: HE WILLED, AND HEAVEN'S BLUE ARCH VAULTED THE AIR
Last Line: MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER TO EACH.
Subject(s): GOD; ISLAM;
@3Al-'Halî! Oh, believers, magnify
By this great name, Allah, our Lord "Most High."@1

He willed, and Heaven's blue arch vaulted the air;
"Be!" said He—Earth! and the round earth was made;
See! at the hour of late and early prayer
The very shadows worship Him, low laid.

@3Most High! the lengthening shadows teach
Morning and evening prayer to each@1.



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