The Conclusive Argument — Page 52
52 THE CONCLUSIVE ARGUMENT There are people among this | وفي الأمة قوم يلحقون ummah who are among the elect and their Lord converses with them with love and affection. He becomes the enemy of those who bear enmity towards them and a friend of those who befriend them. He provides them with food and water, stands by them, watches بالأفراد، ويكلمهم ربهم بالمحبة والوداد، ويُعادي من عاداهم ويوالي من والاهم، ويُطعمهم ويسقيهم، ويكون فيهم وعليهم over them, and becomes theirs. | ولهم، ويُحاطون من ربّ They are encompassed by the Lord of the worlds. They receive such secrets from their Lord as are unknown to anyone except them. Their hearts are filled with the love of the Beloved and they attain union with their Besought. Their inner self is illuminated and their outer self is left exposed to the crit- ics. Blessed is the brave youth who adopts their morals, whose every clever scheme is shattered in their presence, and who rides the horse of truth to join the company of the righteous. This is what I have written and composed for you. Write a reply as it reaches you. In short, I العالمين لهم أسرار من ربهم لا يعلمها غيرهم، ويشرب قلبهم هوى المحبوب ويُوصلون إلى المطلوب- ينوّر باطنهم ويترك ظاهرهم في الملومين، فطوبى لفتى يأتم بآدابهم، وتنكسر جبائر مكره في جنابهم، ويسرج جواد الصدق لصحبة الصادقين هذا ما كتبنا وألفنا لك الكتاب، فإذا وصلك فأمل