Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 384
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 384 زںىم زرى مہ ّ ادن یح ِ المن اک ںىنچ ِ اںى اباىحت وگبرى وت The perfect remain alive, even when they lay buried in the earth And you are in the grave, despite being alive. وخرى دل وخن ہك ابدى اساہل رربہى داتسلےن ےئ وکب ات You have to endure heartfelt anguish for several years To find the path to the Beloved of the heart. دىت اشکب رےہ ین آباس ےک دص ونجں ابدى ہك ات وہش آدىت How can this path [to God] be opened easily? You need a hundred-fold madnesses to come to your senses. ما ارسلنٰك اال رحمۃ اذا سألك عبادی عنی فاِنّی قریب. اجیب دعوۃ الداع اذا دعان. و و للعلمین. And when My servants ask you concerning Me, say I am near. I accept the prayer of the supplicant. And I have sent you so that I may provide the means of attaining mercy for all people. م ه ید ك ان ك نۃ. و ي ین منفکین حتی تأتیھم الب ك ل الکتاب والمشر ه فروا من ا ك لم یکن الذین عظیما. Those who have disbelieved from among the People of the Book and the idolaters—that is, have firmly persisted in disbe- lief—would not desist from their disbelief until clear proof was shown to them. Their stratagem was mighty. This indicates that the heavenly Signs and rational arguments that God Almighty has set forth at the hand of this humble one were utterly needed to complete the argument. The dark-minded people of this age, who are being consumed from within by the worm of ignorance and vice, were not likely to give up their disbelief without clear Signs and conclusive reasoning. They were instead occupied with devising plans