The Commentary of Al-Qasidah

by Jalal-ud-Din Shams

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The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 187

The commentary of al-Qa si dah 187 became fragrant therewith. The same night I saw in a dream that people were carrying into my house water-skins filled with divine light in the form of water and one of them said that these are the blessings that you sent on Muhammad sa , may peace and blessings of All a h be upon him. ( Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya , part 4, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 1, p. 597–598, Sub-footnote no. 3) COUPLET 64 O my master, as I am oppressed, I have come to your door to seek redress , These people slander and torment me by calling me K a fir–a non-believer. Imagine what would be the condition of a person who not only once but hundreds of times admits that whatever he has acquired is because of the blessings of following the Holy Prophet sa , who believes that the Holy Prophet sa is a living prophet and proves that Islam is a living religion and the Qur’ a n is a living book, and who spends all of his life in the service of Islam and in providing proofs of its superiority over all other religions, but he becomes rejected by the same people who claim themselves to be the followers the Holy Prophet sa. He gets cursed by them, is called a liar, non-believer, and