@3An-Noor! "The Light" that lightens all who live! By this great name to Allah glory give@1. Of earth and heaven God is the Light, As when a lamp upon a hight Is set within a niche, and gleams From forth the glittering glass, and seems A star,—wide fall the rays of it:— So shines His glory, and 'tis lit With holy oil was never pressed From olive tree in east or west. It burneth without touch of flame, A light beyond all light: the same Guideth the feet of men, and still He leadeth by it whom He will. @3Light of the world! An-Noor! illume Our darkling pathway to the tomb@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPON HIS PICTURE by THOMAS RANDOLPH AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA by OSCAR WILDE THE TIMES by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE LAST MAN: ANTICIPATION OF EVIL TIDINGS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE TIED MAVERICK by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. MISCELLANIES: PROLOGUE by ABRAHAM COWLEY |