@3Awwal! Akhir! Thâhir! Batin! These four Be "Mothers of the Names"; thy Lord adore, Speaking such words as do Him truly call Essence and Substance, First and Last in all@1. Sura the seven and fiftieth: there is writ The holy verse which keeps the charge of it: The verse which all the names of Allah holdeth As in one sky the silver stars all sit. The chapter "of the Iron!" —and this script Set on its forefront, as a hilt is tipped With four-fold gold; or as a helm of steel By some far-sparkling crest-gem is equipped. "He is the First and Last"—this scripture shows— "Outer and Inner, That which doth disclose, And That which hides Itself; the Manifest, The Secret; and all things and thoughts He knows." "In six days earth and heaven He made alone, Then reascended the Eternal Throne; What entereth earth and issueth thence He sees, And what goes up and down the sky is known" "To Allah, who is nigh where'er ye be, And whatsoever deeds ye do doth see; His is the kingdom of the earth and heaven; All things return to Allah finally." @3Beginning! End! Without! Within! We celebrate Thy praise herein@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RED JACKET by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK A SUNRISE SONG by SIDNEY LANIER TORTOISE SHELL by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE THE CONGO by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY JEWISH HYMN IN BABYLON by HENRY HART MILMAN ARMS AND THE BOY by WILFRED OWEN DRIFTING by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 6 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |