Ramadan Night 24 - The Fourth Entry

By the sun
And his (glorious splendour);
By the moon
As she follows him;
By the day as it
Shows up (the sun's) glory;
By the night as it
Conceals it;

By the firmament

And its (wonderful) structure,

By the earth
And its (wide) expanse:
By the soul,
And the proportion and order
Given to it,
And its inspiration
As to its wrong
And its right;
Truly he succeeds
That purifies it,
And he fails
That corrupts it.
S.91 A.1-10

I can read this verse over and over again - the grandeur and majesty of God's creation gently being brought down into my hands. The scope of the universe unfolded so that I might see the magnitude of God's gifts and the awesome responsibility He elevates me with. My covenant with God is sacred, and I realize in this passage the totality of my pledge - not an invitation to be discarded on a whim, but a promise to live my role in this tapestry, no more than humble weft in the fabric of Allah's weave.