But when good falleth to his lot, tenacious.
Not so the prayerful,
Who are ever constant at their prayers;
And of whose substance there is a due and stated portion
For him who asketh, and for him who is ashamed3 to beg;
And who own the judgment-day a truth,
And who thrill with dread at the chastisement of their Lord-
For there is none safe from the chastisement of their Lord-
And who control their desires,
(Save with their wives or the slaves whom their right hands have won, for there they shall be blameless;