{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arp/arp073.htm","path":"isl/arp/arp073.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arp/arp073.htm","text":"Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]\nSURE Harut's\u00a0* potent spells were breathed\n \u00a0\u00a0Upon that magic sword, thine eye;\n For if it wounds us thus while sheathed,\n \u00a0\u00a0When drawn \u2019tis vain its edge to fly.\nHow canst thou doom me, cruel fair,\n \u00a0\u00a0Plunged in the hell\u00a0\u2020 of scorn, to groan?\n No idol e\u2019er this heart could share\n \u00a0\u00a0This heart has worshipped thee alone.\n146:* A wicked angel, who is permitted to tempt mankind by teaching them magic: see the legend respecting him in Sale's Kor\u0101n.\n146:\u2020 The poet here alludes to the punishments denounced in the Koran against those who worship a plurality of gods: \"their couch shall be in hell, and over them shall be coverings of fire.\" Sur. 2.","title":"Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: A Serenade to His Sleeping Mistress, by Ali Ben Abd Algany, of Cordova","type":"page"}