Mokanna's Veil
It chanced, 'tis sung, that when upon a day
The veiled Mokanna mustered his array
(The seer of Allah, whose inspiring words
Bared for his creed four times ten thousand swords)
A man rose up against him, and thus said,
" Prophet, undo that veil about thy head,
And show us whose the face we combat for."
" No!" thus Mokanna. Then the doubter tore
The scarf himself, and, viewing the face behind,
Exclaimed triumphant, " See, ye fools and blind,
The ape for whom ye fight!" when, turning round,
Lo! all his comrades stretched upon the ground,
Screening their eyesight from the radiancy
Intolerable!
Believe, and thou shalt see.
The veiled Mokanna mustered his array
(The seer of Allah, whose inspiring words
Bared for his creed four times ten thousand swords)
A man rose up against him, and thus said,
" Prophet, undo that veil about thy head,
And show us whose the face we combat for."
" No!" thus Mokanna. Then the doubter tore
The scarf himself, and, viewing the face behind,
Exclaimed triumphant, " See, ye fools and blind,
The ape for whom ye fight!" when, turning round,
Lo! all his comrades stretched upon the ground,
Screening their eyesight from the radiancy
Intolerable!
Believe, and thou shalt see.
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