@3Praise Him, Al-Tawwâb; if a soul repents, Seven times and seventy times thy Lord relents@1. At the gates of Paradise, Whence the angry Angels drave him, Adam heard in gentle wise Allah's whisper, which forgave him: "Go," it said, "from this fair place, Ye that sinned; yet not despairing; Haply there shall come a grace And a guidance; and in fearing Me, and following My will, Blessèd shall your seed be still." Know ye not that God receives Gladly back the soul which grieves! Know ye not that He relents Ere the sinner well repents? Terribly His justice burns, Easily His anger turns. Spake our Lord: "If one draw near Unto God—with praise and prayer— Half a cubit, God will go Twenty leagues to meet him so. He who walketh unto God, God will run upon the road, All the quicklier to forgive One who learns at last to live." @3Ya Tawwâb! for Thy mercy's sake, Us to sweet peace and pity take@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FONTENOY by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS AFTER THE SOIREE by F. R. D. B. THE 'STAY AT HOME'S' PLAINT, 1878 by GEORGE AUGUSTUS BAKER JR. THE ARID LANDS by HERBERT BASHFORD SIC SEMPER INSURANTIBUS by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP IF THAT HIGH WORLD by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |