Selected Persian Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 89
Abandon self-conceit to attain divine Blessings 89 وجم دحمودی ہب دحمودی ر ی ںیہن � وجم دودی از ِ ضحم ِ ونر اکر Do not seek the Infinite [i. e. , God] with the finite [i. e. , reason], Do not make use of smoke in place of clear light. یاز ںیہن � و ابزجع تسج د ی اب� آہچن و انز ںیہن ی کیب وت وجم اب ربک و وخد � That which should be sought with humility and prayers, Should not be sought with arrogance and pride. اوصل ِ ررہوی ںیہن ی وَہ ہچ وخب تس ا� ونثمی در ِ ومولی اداگر ی � What a beautiful principle this is, for the followers of the right path, A legacy of Maulav i [R u m i ], stated in his Mathnaw i : یاز ںیہن � و تس تسکش دض ریک ی ز� یاز ںیہن � و تس تسکش دض ریک ی ز� اسبز ابوگیل و ذگبار ریک ی ز� اسبز ابوگیل و ذگبار ریک ی ز� اہنر امدر را وخرد لفط زاہکن اہنر امدر را وخرد لفط زاہکن درانکر اہندہ ابدش اپ و دتس درانکر اہندہ ابدش اپ و دتس Impoverished and unfortunate are those Who, out of arrogance, turn their faces away from this light and sever their bond. Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part 3, R uh an i Khaz a’ in, vol. 1, p. 171–177, Footnote Number Eleven; see also English translation, Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part 3, p. 60–77, Footnote Number Eleven, published by Islam International Publication Ltd. 2018