Hallmarks of the Saints — Page 13
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 13 befalls them, they stand upright and to God alone do they turn. They liberally spend whatever they possess for the sake of God and they never show miserliness. They distance themselves far from the pit of the world—they neither stand on its edge nor come close to it. In fact, they are God’s lions and lie concealed in the lair of the unseen. There is no ferocious lion or hawk like them. They pounce on their enemies and destroy them. They are the branches of the Holy Tree and whosoever dares to crush them is himself crushed by the Almighty. Those who besiege them are themselves afflicted with painful suffocation. No one torments them except the ignorant one who is like the purslane that is carried away by the floodwater, or the one who is more vicious than a snake. They are the people for whose sake God Himself fights. Their enemies never succeed against them even if they run so fast that their feet ache, for they have chosen to fight the One from whom the trans- gressors are not hidden. ٌ وينــزحون مـا عندهـم هلل وال يبخلـون. جيتنبـون دَحْلـة َ الدنيـا وال يقومـون علـى َـة ِ الغيـب يُكتَمـون. ليـس هَصـور مج َ ّـم رايبيـل ُ هللا ِ ويف أ هن حُفْرهتـا وال يقربـون. وإ ّـم أغصـان شـجرة هن تشـقون. وإ ي كمثلهـم وال ابزي، يصولـون علـى العـدا و القـدس، فمَـن هَصَرَهـم يكسـره هللا، والذيـن حيصروهنـم فهـم يف غَتْـم ٍ يَضجَـرون. ّـم قـوم ٌ حيـارب هن وال يؤذيهـم إال مَـن كان أمحـق مِـن رِجْلـة ٍ وأخْنَـس َ مِـن حيّـةٍ، فإ يرهتشـوا، فإهنـم عارضـوا الـذي ال ـىت ـم، وال تفلـح عِداهـم، وإن يفـرّوا ح ل ُ هللا ختفـى منـه اجملرمـون.