The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 157
157 ْن ِ جَائِزًا ی وَإِن ْ کَان َ ھٰذَا الشِّرْك ُ فِي الدِّ ِ فِي النَّاس ِ بُعْثِرُوْا ّٰ فَبِاللَّغْو ِ رُسْل ُ الل If the Faith were to warrant idolatry, 1 Then the Messengers of Almighty God were sent to the people without purpose. ِّنَا ي ِ َ نَب َ جُنْد ٍ سَاق َح ال َص ُّ أَي َ و ْن َ فَدَمَّرُوْا ی ِ إِلٰی حَرْب ِ حِزْب ِ الْمُشْرِک And, what motive did the Holy Prophet have, By going to war with the disbelievers? He simply destroyed them. ٍ بِمَوْطِن ٍّ َّ شَن ْ کُل ْھِم ی عَلَ شَنُّوْا َ و ُ ٌ مُعَصْفَر بَرَاز َ الْقَتْلٰی َ مِن فَصَار Through his efforts, he ruined the disbelievers on the battleground, So much so that the battleground turned red from the blood of the disbelievers’ corpses. مِثْلُھَا َ ْدَت ْ و ی ِ کَم ْ مِّن ْ زِرَاعَات ٍ أُب َ و ُ ٌ مُّصَدِّر طِرْف َّ ٌ و ٌ مَبِيْتَاة بُیُوْت The disbelievers ruined innumerable crops and destroyed so many houses, And killed the horses that could overtake their peers swiftly. 1. Footnote: The meaning of this couplet is that if shirk were to be permis - sible, and the idolaters had started persecuting the Muslims in defence of their idols—who, like Husain, were other than God—then why were Muslims permitted to fight them. Instead, they should have told the idolaters: ‘You are right in your associating partners with Allah, and the Kalimah [declaration of belief in One God] is incorrect. Therefore, please stop your warfare and do not persecute us. We do not fight you, and admit that it is permissible to seek blessings from those other than Allah. We have no objection to it. ’ (Author)