The Conclusive Argument — Page 83
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 83 المقیِّفین، أو خان َ المدروزین َ والمُشَقۡشِقین. اتقوا الل ّٰ ویوم فات وتغیُّر آ ال االٔهوال، وحلول َ ا الحِمام واذكروا االٔحوال، وفضوح إ عالل، ال ا ومساورۃ خرۃ وسوء المآل. واتركوا آ ال ا الكِبر والعُجب والخیالء، فإنها ال یزیدكم إال الغطاء. وال تصح ّ صفۃ العبودیۃ إال بعد ذوبان جذبات الحیّۃ، أعنی هوی النفس الذی هو علٰی بحر السلوك كزبدٍ، فال تُطیعوا الزبد كعبد، واطلبوا بحر ماء ّ معین. واعلم یا طالِب َ الحق ّأن علماء السوء ما ّ االٔهم یخرجون من الفم هو أضر علی الناس من السمّ، ومِن كل ؔ بالء یوجد علی وجه rage and abstaining from exaggerated tales. You have made Islam a place of assembly for the critics and an abode for the worldly and the boastful. So, fear Allah in these days of horror, calamities, and vicissitudes of cir- cumstances! Remember the assault of death and disease, and beware of the humiliation in the hereafter and of a terrible end. Renounce pride, vanity, and haughtiness, for they will not increase you except in ignorance. The attribute of ‘ub u diyyah [ser- vitude of the Divine] is perfected only after the dissolution of satanic passions; namely, the selfish desires that are like scum on the ocean of sul u k [the spiritual journey]. So, do not yield to this scum like a slave, and seek the ocean of pure, sweet water. O seeker of momentous truth! Remember, the utterances of evil ulema are more harmful to people than poison or any other affliction on the surface of the earth. This is because the toxins cause harm only to bodies, while their words bring harm to souls and ruin the masses. Nay, their harm is greater