Hallmarks of the Saints — Page 5
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 5 wake up for Tahajjud [i. e. a supererogatory prayer during the night]. People become so vile that they neither possess virtuous knowledge nor practice good deeds. When the era deteriorates and wipes out the perfect ones and breeds only emaciated chil- dren [i. e. bereft of spirituality], the eye of heaven dries up and sheds no more tears. The earth becomes barren and does not pro- duce vegetation. The people become like the one who possesses a strong camel but cannot mount it, or the one who has kohl but does not apply it to his eyes. They completely depart from truth. The valley is flooded by a torrent [of sins]. They [the saints] arrive at [the time of ] this famine and dispel the evil condition and shoot an arrow through the belly of Satan. They sew together what had been torn apart, and enlighten the era. Among their signs is that they are a people whose hearts are not overawed by anyone’s grandeur. He who neither submits nor drinks even a handful of water from their cloud is not even worth وأهلك َ كُمَّال ً، وما ولد إال زُعْبَالً، ونَزِفت ْ عني السماء وما ازْمَهَلّتْ، وصارت األرض جدبة وما أَبـْقَلت ْ، أو صار الناس كمثل رجُل ٍ له جَعَنْدل ٌ وال أيتبلُ، َ وعنده كحل ٌ وال يكتحلُ، ومالوا عن احلق كل ّ املَيْل، فحفل الوادي ابلسَّيْل. جيايئون اجلَدب، ويزيلون الوَدب، وحيشَئُون الشيطان، ويرفـَئُون ما اخرَوْرَق ويُنوِّرون الزمان. ّم قوم ال جيدون أحدًا أيخذ جاللتُه بقلوهبم، وال يعُدّون هن ومن عالماهتم أ كدودة ٍ مَن مل يتطأطأ ومل يغرتف من شُئـْبُوهبم. ويقعون يف أُلْانيّة الرب ِّ ويؤْثرونه