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H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 25 their sins is removed. Through them, many blind and ignorant persons begin to see and are educated and transformed into men of piety and learning. Woe betide those who mock such persons just like a shrew who barks at her husband. They know not that they will be ruined by divorce, because Allah has attached the salvation of people to their love and grace. Thus, whoever parts ways with them perishes because he has turned his back on those who were his guardians. This misfortune is the lot of the one who is, by nature, extremely lazy, reckless, and arrogant, and is not among those who fear Allah and reflect. All this springs from the filth of the world, so woe to those who are polluted by it. They spurn and ridicule the men of God and strive to do them harm, thinking they are doing some- thing good. The most unjust among the worldly at this time is the one who is bent upon doing harm to me. He is wicked and arrogant like ْة ٌ زائدة ٌ من الشهوات رب َ اجلَنان، فتُنيـَّر ُ بِنِري ِ التقوى إبذن هللا الرمحان، وتـُهْبـَر ُ ه كم من عُمْي ٍ مستهرتين يُبصرون ويُهذَّبون حو كل ّ ما يُؤبَش ُ من العصيان. و ي ٍ و هبم، فإذا هم من أهل التقاة والعرفان. فويل ٌ للذين يضحكون عليهم كامرأة ُار ُّ زوجَها، وال يعلمون أهنم بطالق ٍ يهلكون. فإِن ّ هللا علّق جناة الناس حبُبّهم هت ُ وعنايتهم، فقد هلك مَن قطع العُلَق َ منهم مبا ترك قومًا حيرُسون. وال تُصيب تلك الشِّقوة ُ إال رجال يف فطرته هُزَيْرةٌ، ومع ذلك عجلة ٌ وخنوةٌ، وليس من الذين كل ّ ذلك تتولّد مِن وَضَر ِ الدنيا، فويل ٌ للذين هبا يتّسخون. خيافون هللا ويتدبّرون. و