The Conclusive Argument — Page 85
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 85 ّ مثله أحد ٌ من العقالء. فال یُنكرهم مس من بقیّۃ فیه الذی إال الشیطان، وأثر ٌ من آثار الجانّ، وال یكفّرهم إال االٔعمی الذی لیس همّه إال تكفیر الصالحین. ّ أال إن لل ّٰ عبادًا یحبّهم ویحبّونه، آثرَهم ومال ٔ قلوبهم مِن حبّه وحب مرضاته، فنسوا أنفسهم استغراقا فی محبّۃ ذاته وصفاته، فال تُعلِّق تعرفهم ٍ ال قوم بإیذاء همّتك ومنازلهم، وإنّك ال تنظر إلیهم إال كعمین. إنهم خرجوا مِن خلق ٍ كان مشابِه َ خلق ِ وجودِك، وسعوا إلی مقام أعلی وتباعدوا عن حدودك، ووصلوا مكانا ال تصل إلیها أنظارك، وال تدركها أفكارك، ونزلوا بمنـزلۃ ال یعلمها إال رب ّ العالمین. فال and influenced by the jinn. Only the blind one, who concerns him- self with nothing but excommu- nicating the righteous, declares them as disbelievers. Hearken! There are indeed servants of God Almighty whom He loves and who love Him. He has chosen them and filled their hearts with His love and the love of His pleasure. Thus, they have forgotten their selves on account of being immersed in love for His Being and attributes. So, do not seek to hurt those whose knowl- edge and station you know not. You do not look at them except like the blind. They are above the kind of creation that resembles your being. They strove for a sublime station and rose far above your limits and attained a station that can nei- ther be reached by your eyes nor conceived by your thoughts. They are bestowed with such a lofty rank which is known only to Rabbul-‘ a lam i n. So, do not quibble about their sayings like