Hallmarks of the Saints — Page 29
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 29 long will you continue to call me a liar and not fear the Lord of Reckoning? Among their signs is that they seek Paradise in their aspira- tion to meet God rather than to eat grapes and the meat of birds. You will find that their primary aim is to hasten towards the com- mandments of the Lord of both worlds with outstretched hands. They lifted the veils of human nature and burst asunder, with their truthfulness, that which had been inaccessible of divine nature. This was the result of God sending down a host of manifestations upon them by which they demolished the very foundation of their being and ceased to be moved by their self, and entered under the protection of God against the snakes. They entered gardens and their faces were illuminated like a flash of lightning. They found the worldly people dark-faced, so they strove to brighten them and set about to reform them akin to a hen that incubates its eggs. كذلك قال النبيّون أيّها الفتيان، فإِالم َ تكذّبون األلف السابع يف هذا األوان، و ّن؟ اي ِ وال تتّقون الد ّم يرُودون اجلنّة َ ابتغاء لقاء احلضرة، ال للحم ِ الطري ِ وعني هن َ ومن عالماهتم أ البقرةِ، وجتد عُرْضتَهم ابسطة َ اليدين، لتلقُّف أوامر رب ّ الكونني. عَلْهَضُوا قارورة حُجب ِ الناسوت، وفتَقوا بصدقهم رَتْق َ الالهوت، وذلك أبن هللا قَض َّ عليهم خيل التجلّيات، فقوّضوا بناء وجودهم وما بقي نَضْنضة ُ النفس ِ ودخلوا يف أمان هللا من ضَ. ووجدوا وجوه أهل ن احلَيَوات، ودخلوا الرايضَ، وهتلّلت وجوههم كربق إذا