@3Al-Kadar! He is "Providence!" hereby The Lord of all things living magnify@1. When ye say @3Kismat,@1 say it wittingly, Oh, true believers! Under Allah's throne Place is not left for those accursèd three, "Destiny," "Fortune," "Chance." Allah alone Ruleth His children: @3Kismat@1 ye shall deem Each man's "allotted portion," from of old Fixed for his part in the Eternal scheme By those great Hands which all the worlds enfold Sayeth "the Book": "There passeth no man's soul Except by God's permission, and the Speech Writ in the scroll determining the whole, The times of all men, and the times for each." Also it sayeth: "If a man shall choose This world's reward, to him it shall be given; And if a man shall dare his life to lose For Paradise, he shall be paid in heaven." @3Ya Kadar! "Ruler!" teach us still, Islâm, submission to Thy will@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SALLY IN OUR ALLEY by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743) LIFE [AND THE FLOWERS] by GEORGE HERBERT CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS (1) by ROBERT HERRICK SONNET OF HIS LADY IN HEAVEN by JACOPO DA LENTINO MY BIRD by EMILY CHUBBUCK JUDSON THE UNPARDONABLE SIN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY CALLER HERRIN' by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE |