Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 98
98 BAr a h i n-e-a h madiyya He who is wise and just, Will not accept anything except the true and straight path. He denies not the path that is pure and straight; And turns not away from the veritable and fair. Once he has witnessed something with truthfulness; He does not insist on stubborn denial. O you who wish to reach the castle of salvation, Only righteousness will carry you there. Be with the truth and let truthfulness abide your heart; Be not attracted to falsehood like the ill-natured. Never become the lover of an ugly one, Even if beauty disappears entirely from the world. It is better to leave the land untilled and bare, Than sowing the seed of thorns and prickly herbs.