The Conclusive Argument

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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The Conclusive Argument — Page 82

82 THE CONCLUSIVE ARGUMENT Did you study the [Islamic[ | أَقَرَأتم العلوم للقرى، وتعلّمتم sciences solely to enjoy feasts, and did you acquire knowledge to live off the loaves of bread of the villagers لرغفان القرى؟ وباعدتم عن الإخلاص الذي هو شعار الأنبياء وحلية الأولياء ترکتم You have departed far from sincerity which is the hallmark of the Prophets and the Auliya' [Friends of Allah]. الشريعة واتبعتم النفس الدنيّة، وصرتم قوما خاسرين You have abandoned the Shariah and أكلتم الدنيا بأنواع الدقاقير ، * وما نجا من فخكم أحد من القبيل والدبير - طورًا تلدغون في حلل العظات followed your baser selves and ended up as the losing people. You swallowed the world through a variety of abomi- nable lies and no one from among the high and the low was saved from your trap. At times, you sting [people] by wearing the garb of admonition and at other times through provocative words. I see in you such characteris- tics as spoil morals, and do not find a trace of charming qualities. We can only say ۖإِنَّا لِلهِ ]inna lillāh] concern- ing the plight of Islam and the bar- وأخرى بالكلم المحفظات وأَجِدُ فيكم ما يسم بالإخلاق، وما أجد شيئا من محاسن الأخلاق فإنا لله على مصيبة الإسلام، وإمحال رياض خير الأنام وإنّا نكتب قصتكم renness of the gardens of the Best of Creation [the Holy Prophetsas]. I am writing your account while repressing متجرعًا بالغصص، ومتورعا من مبالغات القصص 1. A short version of the Arabic phrase إنكم جعلتم الإسلام مصطبة إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُوْنِ ]Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return] from the Holy Quran, which is recit- ed by Muslims to express deep sorrow. [Publisher] هذا سهو الناسخ والصحيح الدقارير“۔ (الناشر)