Hallmarks of the Saints — Page 3
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS من غَلَلٍ إلى غَمْرٍ هو تحته، وأذابَ فَهُمَه ورَعْبَل وجوده، وتجنب الصلال وما قنع على ممكل وما هابَ شَزَنًا، وما لغب في ابتغاء ماء معين، فيشاهد صدق ما ادعيتُ، ويرى ما رأيتُ، ويكون من المستيقنين. وإني أنا المسيح الموعود، وأنا الذي يدفو ويجود ، ويستقري التقي الذي يبغي الحق ويرود، فبشرى للمتقين. إن التقات ليس بمين، ووالله إنها تُضاهي الحين. ومن أثر الثقات، فهو ظَأْبُ رجل آثر الممات. وهي عقبةٌ كَنُودٌ أيها الفتيان، وهي الموت المحرق بالنيران، ثم هي الطرف الموصل إلى الجنان. أتحسب كم أَمْتُ بينها وبين حمام الإنسان. إذا بلغت منتهاها 3 him, dissolving his own comprehension, and obliterating his self, and abstains from drylands-failing to remain content with an insignificant pool of water and remaining undaunted by the harsh terrain, while tiring not in the quest for sweet flowing waters- such a person will thereafter witness the truth of my claim, will see what I have seen, and will be counted among those who have attained certainty. I am, indeed, the Promised Messiah and I am the very one who was destined to finish off [disbelief] and gen- erously distribute [spiritual treasures]. I am that man who is on a quest to find the righteous seeker after truth-wherefore glad tidings be for the righteous! Without a doubt, righteousness is not easy; for, by Allah, it surely resembles death, because the one who chooses righteousness is-so to speak akin to the one who chooses death. O brave young people! Among the signs of righteousness is that it is a very steep ascent that is difficult to surmount. It is a death which consumes in different kinds of fire. But, then again, it is a magnificent steed that carries one to the gardens of Paradise.