@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...AUGUST FIRST by HAYDEN CARRUTH ESSAY ON STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH SONNET TO THOSE WHO SEE BUT DARKLY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON YOUNG LINCOLN by EDWIN MARKHAM UNDER A TELEPHONE POLE by CARL SANDBURG BUCOLIC COMEDY: THE FOX; FOR ANN PEARN by EDITH SITWELL THE LOVE POEM by KAREN SWENSON |