Precious Pearls — Page 84
86 I was accused of murder this was serious thing; This was an accusation from a priest. All the witnesses that were, they were against me; There was a Muslim cleric who also made this boast: “Look! This person will finally get his punishment now; “Now he cannot escape without severe chastening; “There are so many testimonies; his crime is evident; “It’s either imprisonment or hanging, one thing is certain. ” Some diligently praying against me; praying so much That their noses wore out in prostrations! (195) In short, there was no limit to their striving: Guile on one hand, prostration and prayer on the other. Finally, God rescued me from this fire; He did not show any attention unto all the enemies. What a grace it was that was displayed by Him! Even He became a helper of the pretender! It was His duty that remembering His covenant, He should have struck off the head of the evil liar. If He did not wish to show His own Hand, at least It was easy for Him to have given you a hand. (200) What happened then that He stayed away from you? He neither helped you nor listened to your prayers. The one who was a pretender, He set him free And destroyed all the effort of His own people. All the struggle and striving amounted to naught; All the effort that was done was totally wasted. Does God not promise the “Victory of Truth”? Pray open and see the Word of the Pure and the Great. Then why did this thing get turned around in my case? Or is it that your own mantle of virtue is torn? (205) Is it not strange that while you are His beloved, The entire affairs are being carried out to my favour? Then not only this that it has happened once, I see the bounties of God at each step. Look at that man from Bheen whose named Karam Din, Who even sacrificed his sleep for the sake of conflict, For whose help there was fervour among the people and Whose weaknesses were hidden by every enemy of truth, Whose friend was every aggressor and strayed person, For whose help came the Muslim clerics, (210) Some among them who came forth very earnestly And showed great dexterity when giving their statements, The claimant also showed all their craftiness And said a hundred things that did not happen,