Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 258
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 258 and which is incontrovertible for all Islamic sects, is objectionable in your estimation. How sad! Are these the people who want to become the leaders of Islam who are not even aware of the teachings of God and the doctrines of Islam? ِّٰ وَاِنَّا اِلَیْہ ِ رَاجِعُوْن. لل اِنَّا [To Allah we belong and to Him shall we return]. O cruel critic! Is this the wherewithal that prompted you to take up the pen? Though you suffer the fervour of prejudice, was it necessary to advertise your ignorance? Every statement, a rank lie; every doubt, sim- ply satanic suspicion! With this knowledge and understanding, what tickled your fancy to criticise the holy revelation of God? It would have been better had you remained silent. You have earned sin for nothing and you have exposed everyone to your [heretofore] concealed igno- rance with your tongue, defaming yourself in public and meriting the application—to your plight—of the parable of Shaikh Sa‘d i , may God have mercy on him, that is contained in Bost a n which is as follows: وبد وپش َق َل � � و قلخ ی � � ی � وبد اخومش دنچ ی � رصم در ہک There was a good and well-renowned fellow in Egypt Who never opened his mouth in speech. عمج دصق از وبد ربو اہجےن عمش رگد ِ بش وتق اہ رپواہن وچ A host of people congregated around him in all sincerity Like moths converging upon a lamp at night. رکد ہ ش ادن�ی� ش ی وخ� دِل در ےبش رَمد اتس زابن ز ی ز� ی دہ ش س وپ ہک One night he said to himself: ‘There is a [wise] man concealed beneath my silent tongue; رسم در اہنن ق � � فط� امدن ارگ وَرم داشن ہک رمدم دادنن ہچ Should my cleverness remain hidden within my head, How would people know that I am a man of intellect?’