Arba'in — Page 28
28 to help you from every distant track. Allah will help you from Himself. Such people will help you whom We shall inspire from Ourself. I shall deliver you from distress. I am the Lord—All-Powerful. 1 We will bestow upon you a manifest victory. The victory of the Friend of Allah is a great victory and We have made him Our confidant. He is the bravest of people. Had faith ascended to the Pleiades he would have [reached there and] brought it down. Allah will illumine his arguments. Mercy flows from your lips, O Ahmad. You are in Our sight [under Our watchful care]. Allah will exalt your name, and perfect His bounty upon you in this world and the Hereafter. O My Ahmad! You are My purpose and are with Me. I have planted your tree with My Own hand. We looked at you and commanded the fire, which is the fire of mischief from the people, ‘Be cool and safe for this Ibr a h i m [Abraham]’; that is, this entire fire of mischief will eventually become extinguished. (This prophecy covers both sides; that is to say, I was informed of this at a time when there was no mischief among the people, and the maulaw i s confirmed my truthfulness, and then I have also been informed about the time when the people will understand the truth after the mischief is over). 1. Note by Hadrat Maul a n a Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : This is a summary of the meanings as expressed by the Promised Messiah as. The literal meaning is: ‘Your Lord is All-Powerful’ (see Tadhkirah, English translation, ed. 3, p. 498). [Publisher]