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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-`Aziz

Al-'Aziz! “Strong and Sovereign” God, Thy hand
Is over all Thy works, holding command.
Maker of all ye truly call the Strong and Sovereign One,
Yet have ye read that verse which saith whereto His work was done?
Open “the Book,” and, heedful, look what weighty words are given
(The Chapter of Al-Akhâf) concerning Earth and Heaven.

Al-Akhâf” is the plural of Hekf, and signifies “lands which lie in a winding or narrow boundary,” specially applied to a district in the province of Hadramaut.


“The Heavens and earth,” Al-Akhâf saith, “and whatso is between,

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Think ye that We made these to be, and then—not to have been?
Think ye We fashioned them in jest, without their times, and plan,
And purpose? Nay! accurst are they who judge of God by man.”
O Higher, Wiser, than we know,
Let not Thy creatures judge Thee so.
 

Cf. Korân, xlvi. chapter “Of Al-Akhâf.”