Favours of the Gracious God — Page 191
191 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS [ Muthghir : the one whose permanent teeth grew]; and when it attains the age of ten, it is called in Arabic َرَعْرَع م�ُت [ Mutara‘ra‘ : growing child]; and when it reaches the age of seminal emission, it is called ِع ض َا� ی � [ Y a fi‘ : pubescent] and ت مَرَاه�ِ [ Mar a hiq : teenager]; and when it achieves full strength and the peak of youth, it is named ُوْر ض ح�َ [ H az u r : the child who has become stronger], and between the age of thirty and forty years, it is named ج َا� ث � [ Sh a b : youth]; then, up to the age of sixty, it is named كَهْل [ Kahl : middle-aged] and then ض �ْ ی �َ ث � [Sheikh: senior] and then ض َر�ِ ض � [ Kharif : senile]. Similarly, there is a distinct name in the Arabic language for every phase of a person’s life. And when he dies, he is referred to as ّٰى ض �ََو م�ُت [ Mutawaff a : the deceased] – the word regarding which a faction of the ignorant are still engaged in contention. Similarly, there is a unique word in the Arabic language to refer to each physical state of a human being. And you will find at least one word in the Arabic language to describe everything that can be experienced through the senses or the eyes. This quality cannot be found in any other language. What then can be a more conclusive argument, if you are among those who see? Thus, O critic consider this point and search with the lamps of learning and enlightenment.