Why talk of ancestry? Heart’s qualities declare.
The heritage we’ve now to give is prophecy;
The heirs thereto are they whose spirits hate a lie.175
The son of Abū-Jahl believed, and saved his soul;[365]
A son of Noah rebelled; became perdition’s goal.[366]
The son of earth was made resplendent as the moon;
Thou, son of fire, begone, disgraced, cursed, none too soon!”
Investigations, reasonings, on days of cloud,
By night, in darkness, guide the doubting crowd;
But, when the sun shines,—when God’s temple’s clearly seen,