@3Al-Majid! Glorious Lord upon the Throne. With this great name we praise Thee, Sovereign One!@1 By the Heavens, walled with silver signs and towers! By the Promised Day! By the Witness and the Witnessed; and the Way Of righteousness!—this glorious Book of ours Lieth treasured up in Heaven, As 'twas given On the mighty "Night of Powers;" And its easy bond is this, The which to keep is bliss: @3"None save Glorious Allah serve; Never from His precepts swerve Honor teacher, father, mother; Unto him who is thy brother, Unto kindred, friends also, Orphans, suppliants, sad ones, show Gentleness and help; to each Speak with kind and courteous speech. Give in alms that thou may'st spare, And be constant in thy prayer." Allah al-Majîd! Thy favor grant, That we may keep this covenant@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VICARIOUS ATONEMENT by RICHARD ALDINGTON ON BEING ASKED TO WRITE A POEM AGAINST THE WAR IN VIETNAM by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE SITTING by CECIL DAY LEWIS A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN TIRED by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CONSECRATED GROUND; READ AT THE NEW YORK CITY HALL by EDWIN MARKHAM |