Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 25
25 PArT oNE Be my Beloved, win my heart and soul, And with a single look, do away with all my tribulations. You alone are dear to me in both the worlds. All I desire from You is You. Worthy of infinite praise and adoration is the Mighty Lord who demonstrated His great power by creating all souls and bodies through His command and decree, without any preexisting mat- ter or substance and who manifested the sign of His eternal grace by imparting knowledge to, and perfecting the morals of, all the noble Prophets as without the agency of a teacher or mentor. Holy is Allah! the Gracious and Beneficent, who gave us poor mortals, without any merit of our own, all that we needed. For our physical sustenance, He appointed the sun, the moon, the clouds and the winds. And to satisfy our spiritual needs, He sent down the Torah, the Gospels, the Quran and all other heavenly Books at their appropriate times. Countless thanks be to You, O Allah, for guiding us to the path that leads to You, and for saving us from errors of thought and reason by sending down Your Holy Books. We invoke blessings on the Chief of Prophets, Hadrat Muhammad Mu st af a sa [the Chosen One], on his progeny and on his Companions. Through him God guided an entire world that had lost its way to the right path. He was the teacher and the benefactor who led misguided people back to the right path;