The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 129
THE MIRACLE OF AHMAD كَمِثْلِ بَصِيْرٍ أَوْ عَلَى الظَّنِّ تَعْمُرُ أَلَا لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ رَأَيْتَ مَقَامَهُ If only you had been wise enough! Are you personally a wit- ness to his elevated station, Or is the whole basis [of your belief] based on imagination? أَتُعْلِيْهِ إِطْرَاءً وَكِذْبًا وَفِرْيَةً أَتَسْقِيْهِ كَأْسًا مَا سَقَاهُ الْمُقَدِّرُ Do you want to raise this edifice merely on falsehood and imposture? Would you make him drink from the goblet that God has not offered to him? تَكَادُ السَّمْوَاتُ العُلى مِنْ كَلَامِكُمْ تَفَطَّرْنَ لَوْلَا وَقْتُهَا مُتَقَرِّرُ Indeed, the heavens may well-nigh rend asunder because of what you proclaim, Even though the appointed time of their rending asunder may not have come. أَكَانَ حُسَيْنٌ أَفْضَلَ الرُّسُلِ كُلِّهِمْ أَكَانَ شَفِيْعَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَمُؤْثَرُ Was Husain better than all the Prophets? Was he an intercessor for the Prophets and more pious than all of them? يَمِينُ بِإِطْرَاءٍ وَلَا يَتَبَصَّرُ أَلَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ الْغَيُورِ عَلَى الَّذِي Be on your guard! For Almighty God invokes His curse on the person, Who tells lies by making exaggerated statements and utilizes not the insight granted to him. 129