Hallmarks of the Saints — Page 7
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 7 from everything that displeases their Lord and remain steadfast in truth. Even if they were to be burnt alive, they would never speak a lie. They do not conceal the truth even if they are torn into pieces. They never frown at the hardships that befall them and always place their trust in Allah. They regard the world as worth- less, so they never incline towards it. Among their signs is that they are informed of [their future] prestige even before the appearance of its physical means. They are granted glad tidings of Allah’s help in times of despair, gen- eral disregard of the people, and lack of the mundane means in this worthless world, so much so that fools ridicule them upon their disclosure of these prophecies and consider them mad, blab- bers, and impostors who chase their own selfish desires. They [i. e. their opponents] do everything in their power to annihilate them and reduce them to dust. At such a time the command of Allah descends from heaven and they are taken into the lap of the Lord of Grandeur’s favour and the whole web [of schemes] spun by ُّم وعلى احلق يثبتون. ولو أُحرقوا ال هب ا ال يرضى به ر م يرطُنون. ويُكْفِئون نفوسهم َقِلون، وال يكفرون ابحلق ولو يُبزَّلون. وال يتبسّل ُ وجوههم مبا أصابتهم مَكاره رب ُ يـ كّلون، وحيسبون الدنيا كَحَسْكَل ٍ فال يتوجّهون. ٍ وعلى هللا يتو م قبل وجود األسباب املادّية، ويبشّرون بنصر ل ّم ينبئون إبقبا هن ومن عالماهتم أ من هللا يف أايم اليأس وإعراض الناس وفقدان الوسائل املعتادة يف هذه الدنيا الدنيّة، حىت إن السفهاء يضحكون عليهم عند إظهار تلك األنباء، وحيسبوهنم جمانني هاذرين أو مفرتين لتحصيل األهواء، ويسعون كل السعي ليعدموهم وجيعلوهم