Yes, I know World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali was a Muslim, but that doesn't preclude his poem about truth from being worth considering. Put this in the same category as Paul quoting Greek philosophers in his sermon on Mars Hill.
The face of truth is open
The eyes of truth are bright
The lips of truth are ever closed
The head of truth is upright
The breast of truth stands forward
The gaze of truth is straight
Truth has neither fear nor doubt
Truth has patience to wait
The words of truth are touching
The voice of truth is deep
The law of truth is simple:
All you sow you reap
The soul of truth is flaming
The heart of truth is warm
The mind of truth is clear
And firm through rain and storm
Facts are but its shadows
Truth stands above all sin
Great be the battle of life
Truth in the end shall win
The image of truth is the cross
Wisdom's message is its rod
The sign of truth is Christ
The soul of truth is God
Life of truth is eternal
Immortal is its past
The power of truth will endure
Truth shall hold to the last
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Truth is...If I were given the task of editing this, I would change the third line to "The lips of truth are NEVER closed," but it still is a fitting personification. Almost as good as fixing our eyes on Jesus: the way, the truth, and the life.
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