The Conclusive Argument — Page 52
52 There are people among this 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 over them, and becomes theirs. 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 یلحقون قوم االٔمّة وفي باالٔفراد، ویكلّمهم ر بهم بالمحبّة والوداد، ویُعادي من عاداهم ویوالي من واالهم، ویُطعمهم ّ ویسقیهم، ویكون فیهم وعلیهم رب من ویُحاطون ولهم، العالمین. لهم أسرار من ر بهم ال یعلمها غیرهم، ویشرَب ُ قلبهم هوی المحبوب ویُوصَلون إلی المطلوب. ینوّر باطنهم ویترك ظاهرهم في الملومین، فطوبٰی لفتی یأتم ّ بآدابهم، وتنكسر جبائر مكرِه في جنابهم، ویسرج جواد الصدق لصحبة الصادقین. ِ هذا ما كتبنا وألّفنا لك فأمْل وصلك فإذا الكتاب،