Favours of the Gracious God — Page 47
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS فُقِدَتْ مُرَادَاتِي بِزَمُنِ لَذَاذَةٍ فَوَجَدْتُهَا فِي فُرْقَةٍ وَصِلَاءِ My desires, at the age of pleasure, became extinct; Thus, I regained those in the times of separation and burning. لَوْلَا مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ مِصْبَاحُ الْهُدَى كَانَتْ زُجَاجَتُنَا بِغَيْرِ صَفَاءِ Had there not been from the Gracious, the lamp of guidance. Our glass would have remained without being cleaned. إِنِّي أَرَى فَضْلَ الْكَرِيمِ أَحَاطَنِي فِي النَّشْأَ ةِ الْأُخْرَى وَفِي الْإِبْدَاءِ I observe that the munificence of God the Bounteous has covered me; In the Hereafter, as well as in this life. اللَّهُ أَعْطَانِي حَدَائِقَ عِلْمِهِ لَوْلَا الْعِنَايَةُ كُنْتُ كَالسُّفَهَاءِ Allah has granted me gardens of His Knowledge; Were it not for this favour, I would be like the foolish. وَقَدِ اقْتَضَتْ زَفَرَاتُ مَرْضَى مَقْدَمِي فَحَضَرْتُ حَمَّالًا كُنُوسَ شِفَاءِ It is the sighs [of longing] of the [spiritually] sick, which has demanded my advent; Thus, I appeared holding goblets filled with remedy. 47