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IslamicPoemsForChildren, page : 112
they carved elaborate idols out of the stones
and worshipped them with greatest respect
garlanding them with flowers around their necks.
Their worshippers had no sense at all
for the idols could neither harm, nor benefit, not yet hear their call,
generation after generation never questioned their devotion
even though it was evident they stood without motion.
By the Mercy of Allah, Prophet Salih was sent to invite
them back to the religion of truth that is full of light.
But the elders of the city spurned him and said,
"What, reject the gods of our father's by whom we are led!"
and worshipped them with greatest respect
garlanding them with flowers around their necks.
Their worshippers had no sense at all
for the idols could neither harm, nor benefit, not yet hear their call,
generation after generation never questioned their devotion
even though it was evident they stood without motion.
By the Mercy of Allah, Prophet Salih was sent to invite
them back to the religion of truth that is full of light.
But the elders of the city spurned him and said,
"What, reject the gods of our father's by whom we are led!"