Hallmarks of the Saints — Page 23
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 23 of Allah and are not like miserly people. They yield fruit like a long fresh branch so the poor and needy seek shelter under them. Without any toil and insistence on their part, they are provided with sustenance from Allah who protects the righteous. Among their signs is that God Almighty inspires them with extreme thirst for perfect knowledge; their chests are opened and all human impurities are removed from them so that they are filled with the love of Allah, and, for His sake, they slaughter their own selves like a cow. They pile up the provision of right- eousness and spend out of it at every moment as needed. They turn away from every ignorant person, repel evil with good, and live like a dishevelled and dusty person, out of humility for God. Likewise, they consummate their spiritual journey the way that bread is baked over hot coals. Despite having many brothers and ٍ َع ْ، وال يكونون كرجل ٍ جَعْد ِ اليدين، ويثمرون كغُصْن ٍ سَرَعْر ني م من العَ ل ما كان غَزِيدٍ، فتأوي إليهم املساكني، ويُرزَقون مِن غري الكَد ِّ واإلحلاح يف احملاولة ِ من هللا الذي يتوىل الصاحلني. ًَا للمعرفة التامّة، وتُضرَح ُ صدورُهم جم َ ومن عالماهتم أن ّ هللا خيلق يف نفوسهم أ َُون مِن ْ حُب ّ هللا ويذحبون له أل ْ ُرَج ُ منها كل ّ ما كان من الغوائل اإلنسيّة، فيُم خت و َ أنفسهم كاجلَلْمَدة، ويرضُدون متاع التقوى وينفقونه يف كل ساعة بقدر الضرورة، ويُعرِضون عن كل صِلْغَدٍّ، ويدفعون السيئات ِ ابحلسنة، ويعيشون كأَشْعَث َ أَغْبـَر