Favours of the Gracious God — Page 59
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS مَا فَارَقُوا سُبُلَ الهُدى وَتَخَيَّرُوا جَوْرَ الْعِدَا وَبَوَائِقَ الْهَيْجَاءِ They strayed not from the paths of guidance and they accepted; The tyranny of their enemies and the hardships of many a wilderness. هذَا رَسُولٌ قَدْاً تَيْنَا بَابَهُ بِمَحَبَّةٍ وَإِطَاعَةٍ وَرِضَاءِ This is the Prophet at whose door we have arrived today; In a spirit of love, obedience and contentment. يَا لَيْتَ شُقَّ جَنَانِيَ الْمُتَمَوِّجُ لِأَرِى الْخَلَائِقَ بَحْرَهَا كَالْمَاءِ I wish that my heart with its waves could have been cut open; So that I could show the people, how its ocean is full of water. إِنَّا قَصَدْنَا ظِلَّهُ بِهَوَاجِرٍ كَالطَّيْرِ إِذْ يَأْوِي إِلَى الدَّفُوَاءِ We have moved towards his shadow, in the scorching heat- Like a bird when it takes refuge under the shade of a giant tree. يَامَنُ يُكَذِّبُ دِينَنَا وَنَبِيَّنَا وَتَسُبُّ وَجْدَ الْمُصْطَفَى بِجَفَاءِ O you who rejects our Faith and our Prophet; And rudely abuses the countenance of the Chosen Onesas! 59