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54. It is an alchemy which shall place. At your feet an incalculable. Quantity of the purest gold!. The Arrow of the Appeal of Love. Never misses its mark:. So, ye Archers in this field,. Take care that you never. Slacken your speed !. Alone it is Ishq. Which enables a man to traverse. All these dangerous jungles. Lying in the way of the Lord;. And it is Ishq, again,. Which invests a man with strength. Enough to place his neck. Under the sharp edge. Of a merciless sword!. The first stage on the pilgrimage. Of Faqr is negation of Self;. Therefore, for the sake. Of the Sweetheart, do not fail. To reduce this rebellious Self,. In any case. . The fruit is always bitter. Before it has properly ripened;. And similar is the case of Eemaan,. Of Belief and Faith in Allah,. Until the love in the heart. Of the devotee becomes. Overwhelmingly complete and full ! (Braaheen-i-Ahmadiyya, Part V) 26. Due to the unparalleled love which the Promised. Messiah had for Allah, and consequently the love which