25 The Criterion (Al-Furqan)

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

The one who sent the measure and the scale

Who hung the lamps above the winding trail

Night folds the day into a written veil

And still the doubting ask for proof

Verse 2

They say why does no angel walk with him

Why is no treasure laid along the rim

But rivers only answer to the sea

And every garden bends to gravity

Chorus

Blessed is the One who set the sky in place

Blessed is the One who taught the dawn its face

We are only travelers passing through

Blessed is the One and only You

Verse 3

Two waters meet and neither one will drown

A sweet and salt divide that holds its ground

A barrier between them standing proud

Who but the maker draws that line

Verse 4

The shadow leans and then it stretches long

Then we reclaim it when the light is gone

Everything returns to where it belongs

And still we ask for more

Chorus

Blessed is the One who set the sky in place

Blessed is the One who taught the dawn its face

We are only travelers passing through

Blessed is the One and only You

Instrumental Break

Bridge

Servants of the Merciful walk gently on the earth

And when the foolish speak they answer only peace

They spend the night in stillness standing on their feet

And when they give they give without a word

Guitar Solo

Keyboard Solo

Verse 5

And those who never call on any other name

Who never spill a life or stain a family's name

Who turn away from what they know is shame

Their wrongs become a garden

Verse 6

Do not despair the mercy of your Lord

The door stays open even at the end

Whoever turns and walks back through that door

Will find the road was always home

Chorus

Blessed is the One who set the sky in place

Blessed is the One who taught the dawn its face

We are only travelers passing through

Blessed is the One and only You

Chorus

Blessed is the One who made the night a cloak

Blessed is the One who spoke and then we woke

We are only strangers on the road

Blessed is the One who holds the load

Instrumental Outro