Al-Ba'ith! Opener of Tombs! we praise
Thy power, which unto life the dead can
raise.
Iblis spake to Abraham:
“What is this thy Lord hath told thee?
Shall the Resurrection be
When the mouldering clods enfold thee?
Nay! and if a man might rise,
Buried whole, in heedful wise,
See yon carcase, tempest-beaten—
Part the wandering fox hath eaten,
Part by the fishes hath been torn,
Part the sea-fowl hence have borne;
Never back those fragments can
Come to him who was a man.”
Abraham spake unto his Lord:
“Show me how is wrought this wonder;
Can Thy resurrection be
When a man’s dust lies asunder?”
“Art thou therefore not believing,”
Allah said, “because deceiving
Iblis fills with lies thy heart?”
“Nay,” he answered, “but impart
Knowledge, Mightiest One and Best!
that my heart may be at rest.”
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