Precious Pearls — Page 65
67 What can one do if this is the directive? Until there are eleven boys, such a custom is acceptable. The Vedas give strange traits of God, O dear ones, “He has no graciousness”, this is what we have heard. “After forgiveness and salvation, He takes it all away”; How gracious can He be if such is His benevolence? He is God only in name; He has not created anything: “All souls are from the beginning”, then why is He God? Were the souls not there, God could not do anything; This is the basis of all His sovereignty. (50) He would have looked at their faces, all the time As if they are the king and He is their beggar. In short, this is the God of the Vedas of the Aryas, The one that they rely upon is this helpless one. O Aryas! Pray speak now are such the traits of God? Is this , pray tell, in whom you pride so much? Out of shame, you very much concealed the Vedas At last, the hidden secret is now revealed to be this. That God is worthless who has no might! Is this the champion against the Faith of Truth? (55) This God of the Hindus is no less than their idols If you ask me the truth, by God he is the second idol. We have not made up these things by our self This is what we have found from the Vedas, O dear ones. The nature of every being would loathe such a thing Then why have the Aryas taken this thing to their heart? Their behaviour reflects the commandments of the Vedas; This is exactly what the Aryas have gained from them. All dishonourable people act happily upon it This is the entire basis 95 for all the Niyogis. (60) Then how can they accept the pure teaching of the Quran, While this 96 remains the guide and leader for their hearts? Being accused now, they have resorted to vituperation This is the only means of malice in the ignorants’ hands. These brutes don’t refrain from abuses for an instant Day and night, this is their entire sport and vocation. Though they ascribe to the Vedas, their hearts are all dark; Pray remove the veil and see this is all they have 97. They are animals by nature neither dead, nor alive Always foul of language; this is the curse of God 98. (65) They could not do anything against the Faith of God, They all resorted to vituperation; this their hearts urged. They do not have any shame or modesty in their eyes;