Pearls of the Faith or Islam's Rosary Being The Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of Allah (Asmca-El-Husnca): With Comments in Verse from Various Oriental Sources (As Made by an Indian Mussulman): By Edwin Arnold |
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Al-Muhaimin
Call Him Muhaimin,“Help in danger's hour,”
Protector of the true who trust His power.
Protector of the true who trust His power.
The spider and the dove!—what thing is weak
If Allah makes it strong?
The spider and the dove!—if He protect,
Fear thou not foemen's wrong.
If Allah makes it strong?
The spider and the dove!—if He protect,
Fear thou not foemen's wrong.
From Mecca to Medina fled our Lord,
The horsemen followed fast;
Into a cave to shun their murderous rage,
Muhammad, weary, passed.
The horsemen followed fast;
Into a cave to shun their murderous rage,
Muhammad, weary, passed.
Quoth Abu Bekr,“If they see, we die!”
Quoth Ebn Foheir, “Away!”
The guide Abdallah said,“The sand is deep,
Those footmarks will betray.”
Quoth Ebn Foheir, “Away!”
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Those footmarks will betray.”
Then spake our Lord,“We are not four, but Five;
‘He Who protects’ is here.
Come! Al-Muhaimin now will blind their eyes;
Enter, and have no fear.”
‘He Who protects’ is here.
Come! Al-Muhaimin now will blind their eyes;
Enter, and have no fear.”
The band drew nigh; one of the Koreish cried,
“Search ye out yonder cleft,
I see the print of sandalled feet which turn
Thither, upon the left!”
“Search ye out yonder cleft,
I see the print of sandalled feet which turn
Thither, upon the left!”
But when they drew unto the cavern's mouth,
Lo! at its entering-in,
A ring-necked desert dove sate on her eggs;
The mate cooed soft within.
Lo! at its entering-in,
A ring-necked desert dove sate on her eggs;
The mate cooed soft within.
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And right athwart the shadow of the cave
A spider's web was spread;
The creature hung upon her net at watch;
Unbroken was each thread.
A spider's web was spread;
The creature hung upon her net at watch;
Unbroken was each thread.
“By Thammuz' blood,” the unbelievers cried,
“Our toil and time are lost;
Where doves hatch and the spider spins her snare
No foot of man hath crossed!”
“Our toil and time are lost;
Where doves hatch and the spider spins her snare
No foot of man hath crossed!”
Thus did a desert bird and spider guard
The blessed Prophet then;
For all things serve their Maker and their God
Better than thankless men.
The blessed Prophet then;
For all things serve their Maker and their God
Better than thankless men.
Allah-al-Muhaimin! shield and save
Us, for his sake within that cave.
Us, for his sake within that cave.
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