SIGNRHYMES 

"Allah"

Who is Allah?

Allah is the One
            who made everything out of nothing.

Can we see what Allah has made?

”The Sky”

Look at the sky!  Who made the sky?

The sky is blue on a sunny day, 
            a roof of light for our work and play,
When we look at all that we know and love
            in the light of Allah from the sky above.
No pillars hold up this tent of blue,
            with the coming of night it just fades from view,
And the grey and white clouds that tumble around
            turn pink and red as the sun goes down.
Soon moonlight reflects upon you and on me,
            and a sky full of stars high above us we see.

Allah made the sky out of nothing!
            Allah created the sky.

”The Sun”

Look at the sun!  Who made the sun?

Above the horizon, out of the night
            rises the sun bringing warmth and light.
As it swims through the sky stretching shade on the ground
            see it guiding the sundial shadow around.
In this way the sun shows us five times every day
            when it's best if we stop what we're doing, and pray.
Time for praising and thanking Allah, the One
            who gives us each day the shining sun.

Allah made the sun out of nothing!
            Allah created the sun.

”The Moon”

Look at the moon!  Who made the moon?

When night shadows gather and daylight is done,
            the moon crosses the sky on the trail of the sun.
But as days turn to weeks the moon changes as well,
            sometimes round like a ball, sometimes cupped like a bell.
Growing big, the moon washes the world in pale light,
            then grows thin leaving us wrapped in darkness at night.
Until bent like a palm bough the moon reappears,
            helping us count the months that divide up the years.

Allah made the moon out of nothing!
            Allah created the moon.

”The Stars”

Look at the stars!  Who made the stars?

Above our heads on moonless nights
            the sky still shines with sparkling lights.
Bowing to their maker as they fall towards the West,
            the stars are fixed to guide us on the way that is the best,
Signposts for the traveller who on night-time journey roams
            and a map to bring the sailors back safely to their homes,
Until each early morning when the stars are veiled away
            by the going of the night and the coming of the day.

Allah made the stars out of nothing!
            Allah created the stars.

”The Winds”

Look at the winds! Who made the winds?

In between the land and sky the winds are turning round,
            spreading pollen in the flowers and seeds across the ground,
Pushing round the clouds above, swirling in the fallen leaves,
            scattering the bonfire ashes, blowing smells upon the breeze.
But the gentle summer winds can turn to winter's gales that freeze,
            drowning ships in giant waves, destroying houses, felling trees.
When we see the trees uprooted, do we see how weak we are
            compared to air that moves about us by the power of Allah.

Allah made the winds out of nothing!
            Allah created the winds.

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Suggested rearrangement of verses

Allah

Sky
Sun
Moon
Stars

The Earth
The Mountains
The Rivers (fountains springs)
The Seas

Lightning
Wind
Rain & Lifegiving
Growing Things (Trees Grain Fruit & Flowers)

The Birds
The Bees
The Fish
Cattle
Crawling Things

Tongues & Colours
Night and Day
Sleep and Death and Afterlife

Start with `Sky' and end with `World' & `You'. End - Boys and girls in the end all must go back to the earth and return to dust. (like chimney sweepers?) All living things go back to earth - compost.

Signs in Qur'an: Rainwater, drink, trees, pasture, corn, olives, date-palms, grapes, and every kind of fruit, Night, day, sun, moon, stars, rain giving life to earth after death, intoxicant and provision fair from fruits of palm and vine, honey, night, day, things of every generous kind growing in the earth, creation of the heavens and the earth with the truth, quickening of dead land, bringing forth grain to eat, gardens of palms and vines, gushing fountains, springs, night, creation of heavens and earth, alternation of the night and day, ship that runs in sea with profit to men, water sent down, reviving earth after death, scattering all manner of crawling thing, turning about of wind and clouds, heavens and earth, night and day, the stars that we might be guided in the shadows of the land and sea, shoots, green leaves, grain, dates, vines, olives, pomegranates, ripening fruits, rich vegetation from good land, and niggardly from bad land, forgiveness of enemies after shahada,  sun, moon, phases, night day, and all creation, night and day, sun and moon, earth, mountains, rivers, fruit of two kinds, day covered by night, neighbouring tracts, gardens of vines, sown fields, palms double and single, some preferred in produce, night, day, sun moon, birds held in the air, earth to be a cradle or carpet, threaded roads, plants to eat and pasture, night for rest, day for light, spouses, heavens and earth, variety of tongues and colours, sleeping by night and day, search for bounty, lightning, rain and life to earth, taking of souls in death and sleep, increase or decrease of provision, ships that sail on the sea like mountains, then still wind motionless, heavens and earth, selves and scattered animals, night and day, revival of earth, and change of winds, in earth and selves, heaven and earth stand firm, then when called, we come forth, ships sail through the ocean by grace of God, cattle for riding and eating,  night and day, sun and moon, giving life to dead earth like life to dead men, heavens and earth and crawling creatures, ships like mountains, winds stilled, heaven as a well-protected canopy, pasture, corn, olives, date-palms, grapes, and every kind of fruit, fruits of palm and vine, honey,  gushing fountains, springs, alternation of the night and day, ship that runs in sea with profit to men, scattering all manner of crawling thing,  sea, shoots, green leaves, grain, dates, vines, olives, pomegranates, ripening fruits, rich vegetation from good land, and niggardly from bad land, forgiveness of enemies after shahada,   rivers, fruit of two kinds, spouses, variety of tongues and colours, sleeping by night and day, search for bounty, lightning, of souls in death and sleep, increase or decrease of provision, ships that sail on the sea like mountains, then still wind motionless, selves and scattered animals, in selves, sail through the ocean by grace of God, cattle for riding and eating,