tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581047259314187297.post5909088336108314340..comments2023-11-17T09:22:32.786+03:00Comments on Circumpolar: Three Journeys: Jesus, Constantine, and MohammedWarrick Farahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00389839484261120626noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581047259314187297.post-75482072674646148782011-01-27T21:35:06.236+03:002011-01-27T21:35:06.236+03:00You might find this article from my blog of intere...You might find this article from my blog of interest:<br /><br />When two worlds meet: William Shakespeare and Islam. Unwittingly Shakespeare expresses an Islamic understanding of God:<br /><br /><br />The quality of mercy is not strain'd,<br />It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven<br />Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;<br />It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:<br />'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes<br />The throned monarch better than his crown;<br />His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,<br />The attribute to awe and majesty,<br />Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;<br />But mercy is above this sceptred sway;<br />It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,<br />It is an attribute to God himself;<br />And earthly power doth then show likest God's<br />When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,<br />Though justice be thy plea, consider this,<br />That, in the course of justice, none of us<br />Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;<br />And that same prayer doth teach us all to render<br />The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much<br />To mitigate the justice of thy plea;<br />Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice<br />Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.<br /><br />The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene i, lines 180-203Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com