Though not in time, they tell us of time, of what awaits us at the Resurrection,
As well as what befell past peoples, such as Aad and Iram.
Because they have endured into our time, they surpass the miracles
Of prior prophets, which came but did not last.
They are full of clear wisdom without double meanings
For anyone torn by dissension, and this proof needs no judge.
-from the Burda of al-Busiri (the Poem of the Cloak) translated by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
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