The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 115
THE MIRACLE OF AHMAD بِعَضْبٍ رَّقِيقِ الشَّفْرَتَيْنِ هَزِيمَةٌ إِذَا نَاشَهُ طِفْلُ ضَعِيفٌ مُّحَقَّرُ Even if the edge of the sword is sharp, It will result in defeat if handed over to a weak and frail child. وَأَمَّا إِذَا أَخْذَ الْكَمِيُّ مُفَقِّرًا كَفَى الْعَوْدَ مِنْهُ الْبَدْءُ ضَرْبًا وَيَنْحَرُ But when a brave man holds a sharp sword, his first attack never needs a second, As he would slay his enemy with the first strike. مِنَ الْوَحْيِ كَالسَّلْحِ الَّذِي لَا يُنَوِّرُ إِذَا قَلَّ تَقْوَى الْمَرْءِ قَلَّ اقْتِبَاسُهُ When taqwā in a person diminishes, his ability to infer and deduce, From he Word of God decreases like the last night of the month that has no light. فَيَا أَسَفًا أَيْنَ التَّقَاةُ وَأَرْضُهَا وَإِنِّي أَرَى فِسْقًا عَلَى الْفِسْقِ يَظْهَرُ I can only pity this situation! Where is taqwā and where is the land that will generate it?! I see only sinfulness upon sinfulness being manifested. أَرَى ظُلُمَاتٍ لَّيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَهَا وَذُقْتُ كُنُوسَ الْمَوْتِ أَوْ كُنْتُ أُنْصَرُ I see such overwhelming darkness that I wish I had died before witnessing it, And partaken of the chalice of death; or I had been helped. 115