Seerat-i-Tayyiba — Page 14
14 Again, in a fervor of the same Love, calling for a verdict between himself and his opponents and putting all his worldly connections, his dignity and honor, and all his material interests at stake, he addresses himself to God, and says with intense feelings and emotions: “O Thou, the most powerful, Thou creator of the earth And the heavens; O Thou, the most merciful, The most compassionate, And O Thou that leadest Thy people to the right path; O Thou whose eyes penetrates To the innermost recesses Of the human heart; O Thou from whom there is nothing At all concealed: If Thou seest That I am full of falsehood And mischief, and evil; If Thou findest that by nature I am vitiated and bad, Smash to pieces the evil Self that is me, and make The whole lot of my opponents Happy and glad. Rain down fire Upon the doors and walls Of my house; be Thou my enemy, And utterly annihilate All my works and endeavors. But if Thou findest That I be but a humble Slave of Thine Own; If Thou findest my Qiblah Is none other Than Thine Own threshold; If in my heart Thou hast seen A love from the world