@3Oh, loving-kind, "long-suffering" Lord! once more We praise Thee, magnifying Az-Zaboor@1. Patient is Allah, and He loveth well The patient, saith "the Book," and such as dwell In kindness, asking pardon of their sins Each dawn, and pardoning the blameable. @3Islâm!@1 this is the Faith! thyself resign, Soul, mind, and body, to the will divine; The kingdom and the glory and the power Are God's, and God's the government,—not thine! There is no God but God! and He is All: And whatso doth befall ye doth befall By His decree; therefore, with fear and love Upon His glorious names devoutly call. @3Allah! His holy will be done! Islâm!—we bow before His throne@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE DESTINY OF GENIUS by MARIA ABDY CASTLES IN THE AIR by JAMES BALLANTYNE FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SORROW by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THWARTED UTTERANCE by WILLIAM ROSE BENET DISCOURAGING by DANIEL CHAUNCEY BREWER |