A Gift for An-Nadwah — Page 5
5 A P OEM BY M I R N AS IR N AW A B S AH IB OF D EHLI Noah’s Ark , an invitation to faith A book of outstanding grace and beauty. A single reading can revive belief And illumine the light of conviction. A thing purer than the water of life The dead are brought to life by its nectar. Bereft of the words to speak its glory, How am I to articulate its praise? A beacon for the lost and the adrift A means for their direction, their guidance. Supporting the helpless, the feeble weak Providing refuge for the desperate. With content matchless in magnificence A sign of the Messenger of the Lord. Unravelling the mysteries of faith To those who follow its words carefully. Ignorance gives way to knowledge and truth Hastening the flight of superstition. This is a garden of heaven, not earth In which walk maidens and eternal youth.