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-Mukît
Praise Al-Mukit, the great “Maintainer!” He
Made us, and makes our sustenance to be.
Made us, and makes our sustenance to be.
The chapter of “the Inevitable:”
We gave
The life ye live; why doubt ye We can save
What once hath been from wasting—if We will—
When, like dry corn, man lieth in his grave?
The life ye live; why doubt ye We can save
What once hath been from wasting—if We will—
When, like dry corn, man lieth in his grave?
Did ye cause seed to grow, or was it We,—
Wherefrom spring all the many lives that be?
Who stirred the pulse which couples man and maid
And in the fruit hid that which forms the tree?
Wherefrom spring all the many lives that be?
Who stirred the pulse which couples man and maid
And in the fruit hid that which forms the tree?
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Ye go afield to scatter grain, and then
Sleep, while We change it into bread for men;
Have ye bethought why seed should shoot, not sand,
Granite, or gravel? Why the gentle rain
Sleep, while We change it into bread for men;
Have ye bethought why seed should shoot, not sand,
Granite, or gravel? Why the gentle rain
Falleth so clean and sweet from out Our sky,
Which might be salt and black and bitter? Why
The soft clouds gather it from off the seas
To spread it o'er the pastures by and by?
Which might be salt and black and bitter? Why
The soft clouds gather it from off the seas
To spread it o'er the pastures by and by?
The flame ye strike rubbing Afâr and Markh,
Have ye considered that strange yellow spark?
Did ye conceive such marvel, or did We
Grant it, to warm and cheer men in the dark?
Have ye considered that strange yellow spark?
Did ye conceive such marvel, or did We
Grant it, to warm and cheer men in the dark?
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Not now, but when the soul comes to the neck,
The meaning of those mercies each shall reck.
Then are We nearest, though ye see it not;
Can ye that summonèd spirit order back?
The meaning of those mercies each shall reck.
Then are We nearest, though ye see it not;
Can ye that summonèd spirit order back?
Nay, Al-Mukît! in life and death
Thine are we: Truth Thy Scripture saith.
Thine are we: Truth Thy Scripture saith.
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