The Shining Lamp — Page 118
118 the manner of death was also foretold, as to whether he would die ُ ْد ُ اَقْرَب ي ِ ْد ِ وَالْع ي ِ َـوْم َ الْع ي ُ سَتَعْرِف ُ ْد ُ اَقْرَب ي ِ ْد ِ وَالْع ي ِ َـوْم َ الْع ي ُ سَتَعْرِف [You will recognize this event on the day of eid (joy), and Eid [Festival] will be close to it. ] The couplet preceding this is: ٌ غالب حرب کل فی انّنی اَل ا ٌ غالب حرب کل فی انّنی اَل ا غلب ي فالحق بمازوّرت دنی ك ف غلب ي فالحق بمازوّرت دنی ك ف Meaning: I am victorious in every battle, so connive in fabricat- ing lies in whichever way you wish, but the truth will come to prevail. And then, in the second couplet, this is explained as to why the truth will come to prevail, and that couplet is: مبشّرا قال و ربی بشّرنی و مبشّرا قال و ربی بشّرنی و د اقرب ي د والع ي وم الع ي ستعرف د اقرب ي د والع ي وم الع ي ستعرف Meaning: My Lord gave me the good news and having given the good news said that you will recognize the day of joy which will be closest to the day of the customary Eid; meaning that will be the day of the prevalence of the truth. Thus, this will be the Eid of the believers and the ordinary Eid will be closest to it and the explanation of this couplet is written on the last page of this very book Kar a m a tu s - Sa diq i n. This same word ی ربّ ی بشّرن which is at the head of this couplet is present there as well, and it is: ْن. ي ِ َۃ لِلطَّالِب ي َٰاَل َ سَنَۃ ٍ اِن َّ فِی ْ ذٰلِك ِّ ی ْ بِمَوْتِہ ٖ فِی ْ سِت ِّ وَبَشَّرَنِی ْ رَب Meaning: God Almighty has given me the good news that Lekh Ram will die within the period of six years. And it is to this same good news that those couplets point, that were written addressing Sheikh Muhammad Husain Batalavi in the Qasidah of Anj a m-e-Atham in the month of September 1896. And just as the word ُ تَعْرِف [know] is present in the couplet ِ ْد ي ِ َـوْم َ الْع ي ُ سَتَعْرِف [You will recog- nize this event on the day of eid (joy)], it is also present in this qa si dah also addressing Muhammad H usain. And just as that qa si dah in which there is this ilh a m, namely: