Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God — Page 5
2 1 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ * نَحْمَدُهُ وَنُصَلَّى عَلَى رَسُوْلِهِ الْكَرِيمِ THE PLAGUE چو آمد از خدا طاعول به بیش از چشم اکرامش تو خود ملعونی اے فاسق چرا ملعوں نہی نامش When it is God who has sent the plague, look towards it with a sense of reverence; O transgressor! Think not that it is accursed. Nay, it is you who are damned. زمان تو به و وقت صلاح و ترک خبث است ایں کسے کو بر بدی چسپد نہ بینم نیک انجامش Now is the time to repent, seek reformation, and abandon sin; I perceive a terrible end for him who continues to embrace evil. People hold diverse opinions about the dreadful disease, which con- tinues to spread throughout the country. Medical doctors, whose opinions are limited merely to physical remedies, stress that it is due 1. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. [Publisher] 2. We praise Him and invoke blessings on His Noble Messengersaw. [Publisher]