1ST YEAR ENGLISH
POEM: ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGLE
(SUMMERY)
Abou Ben Adhem was a holy man. One night he was sleeping soundly in his room.Suddenly he awoke and saw an angel writing something in a golden book. The room looked very beautiful in the moonlight. Abou asked the angel what he was writing.The angle replied that he was writing the names of those who loved God.Abou asked if his name was there. The angel replied in negative.Abou requested him to write his name in the list of those who loved their fellowmen. The angel wrote and disappeared. Next night the angel came again with a great dazzling light and showed him the list of those persons who had been blessed by God. Abou saw that his name was at the top of the list. The central idea of this poem is that God loves those who love their fellow men.