The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 115
115 ٌ ْمَة ی ِ ِ ھَز ْن ی ِ الشَّفْرَتَ ْق ی ِرَّق ٍ بِعَضْب ُ ٌ مُّحَقَّر ْف ی ِ ٌ ضَع ُ طِفْل نَاشَه إِذَا Even if the edge of the sword is sharp, It will result in defeat if handed over to a weak and frail child. رًا ِّ ُّ مُفَق َمِي ك ْ َ ال أَخْذ إِذَا أَمَّا َ و ُ َنْحَر ی َّ کَفَی الْعَوْد َ مِنْه ُ الْبَدْء ُ ضَرْبًا و But when a brave man holds a sharp sword, his first attack never needs a second, As he would slay his enemy with the first strike. ُ إِذَا قَل َّ تَقْوَی الْمَرْء ِ قَل َّ اقْتِبَاسُه ُ مِن َ الْوَحْي ِ کَالسَّلْخ ِ الَّذِي ْ ل َ یُنَوِّر When taqw a in a person diminishes, his ability to infer and deduce, From he Word of God decreases like the last night of the month that has no light. أَرْضُھَا َ ُ و َ التُّقَاۃ ْن ی أَ أَسَفَا َا ی فَ ُ َظْھَر ی ِ وَإِنِّي ْ أَرٰی فِسْقًا عَلَی الْفِسْق I can only pity this situation! Where is taqw a and where is the land that will generate it?! I see only sinfulness upon sinfulness being manifested. ُّ قَبْلَھَا ْ مِت ْتَنِي ی َّ ٍ ل ظُلُمَات أَرٰی ُ ذُقْت ُ کُئُوْس َ الْمَوْت ِ أَو ْ کُنْت ُ أُنْصَر َ و I see such overwhelming darkness that I wish I had died before witnessing it, And partaken of the chalice of death; or I had been helped.