The Conclusive Argument — Page 84
84 ّ االٔرضین، فإن السموم إذا أضرّت فال تضر ّ إال االٔجسام، وأما الكمهم فیضر االٔرواح ویُهلك العوام، بل ضررهم أشد وأكثر من إبلیس اللعین. یلبسون سیوف ویسلّون بالباطل، الحق المكر كالقاتل، ویُصرّون علی كلمات خرجت من أفواههم وإن كانوا علی خطا ٔ مبین. فاستعِذ ۡ بالل ّٰ منهم ومن تهم، وكن كلماتهم، واجتنِبۡهم وجهال مع العلماء الصادقین. وال تضحك علی مواجید االٔولیاء، واالٔسرار التی كُشفت علی تلك االٔصفیاء ، فإنهم مظاهر نور الل ّٰ وینابیع رب ّ العالمین. واعلم أنهم قوم صادقون فی االٔحوال، والمحفوظون فی االٔفعال واالٔعمال، ویُعلَّمون من أشیاء ال یعلمها عقل العلماء ، ویُعطَون من علم ال یُعطَی and deadlier than that of Ibl i s, the accursed. They con- fuse truth with falsehood and draw swords of deceit like a murderer and insist on their own words even if they are in manifest error. Therefore, seek refuge with Allah from them and their words and keep away from them and their igno- rance. And be with the truth- ful ulema. Do not mock the intuitive states of the Auliy a ’ and the secrets revealed to the elect, for they are the manifes- tations of divine light and the fountains of Rabbul-‘ a lam i n [the Lord of all the worlds]. Know that they are truthful in every circumstance and pro- tected [from sin] in all actions and deeds. They are bestowed with such knowledge of things as cannot be comprehended by the intellect of the ulema. They are granted such knowl- edge as is not granted to any intellectual. Only he rejects them who is touched by Satan