Precious Pearls — Page 85
87 But he received the punishment for his evil deed; In addition, he got labelled as a liar. His name, as a “liar”, remains in all the offices; The one proud of his craftiness went down the drain. O people with sense and wisdom! It is time to heed! Guile is base; the deeds are made of virtue. (215) For a God-fearing person, God Himself is his Helper; The end of evildoers is a blazing chastisement. God-fearing is the root of all goodness and virtue; Whosoever keeps this root, his deeds are preserved. At the end, only the righteous ones gain the victory; This is what you will find in the Word of God. Pray show us now any pretender in the world Upon whom are such bounties, blessings and graces? The punishment of such evil deed is death, not love, So how did God come to like this state of affairs? (220) Could such treatment be the punishment for pretending? Is this the promise made with respect to a pretender? Why is He such a Friend of a pretender? Or is He unaware of the weaknesses and is deceived? After all, there’s a reason that He became a Friend Since no one has any love for an evildoer! You got apprehended after making us appear bad; These, too, are the Signs that have now come to view. As well, there are other Signs that are with us; we now Write this fearlessly with the grace of God. (225) For the heart in which His name is seeped with love, He himself is a Sign and all his deeds are Signs as well. What sort of names have we been called by the world, From men and from the faction of ignorant women! In their mind we became evil and are ruined; In their view we are a disbeliever and the Antichrist; In their sight we became a pretender; we became Faithless and turned riotous on the path of Faith. But our life be sacrificed for such “disbelief” that yields The God of the world and of the people. (230) Such faith be cursed that is even less than such disbelief; A hundred thanks that we became a friend of the Subduer. Through this path does the Creator come to the help; How can he appreciate it he who is caught in legends? We gain the revelation of God through this blessed path; We show the coquetry of the Belovèd through this way! O plaintiff! God Almighty is not on your side This “disbelief” is a thousand times better than your faith!