The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 117
117 َرْض ِ رَاغِمًا ْأ ْن َ کَالْمَرْضٰی عَلَی ال ِّی أَرٰی الد ُ َتَبَخْتَر ی الْھَوٰی ٍ فِي ُّ جَھُوْل کُل َ و I find the Faith lying on the ground like a sick person, And every ignorant person walking by it amusing himself with his pride and vanity. ْ ِّ نُفُوْسِھِم َّ لِحَظ ْ إِل ھَمُّھُم مَا َ و ُ َوَفَّر ی ٍّ َّ لِحَظ ْ إِل جُھْدُھُم مَا َ و All their resolve is confined to seeking selfish pleasures, And all their efforts are confined to seeking an abundance of carnal delight. ً غَفْلَة َّ و ِ خُبْثًا ّٰ ِ الل ْن ی ِ َ د نَهْج نَسُوْا ُ مَيْسِر َّ ٌ و فِسْق َّ ٌ و ْر ك ُ ْ س ْ سَرَّھُم قَد َ و They neglected the path of the Faith due to their wickedness and remissness, And preferred to engage themselves in mischief, misconduct, and gambling. ٍ ْعَة ی ِ أَرٰی فِسْقَھُم ْ قَد ْ صَار َ مِثْل َ طَب ُ مَا إِن ْ أَرٰی عَنْهُم ْ شَقَاھُم ْ یُقَشَّر َ و I see sinfulness becoming an essential part of their nature; It seems to me that it is impossible for them to distance them - selves from their wickedness. ِ ْلِه ی ُ بِسَ ْد ی ِ ُ الْمُب الْفِسْق طَغٰی فَلَمَّا ُ ُ الْمُتَبِّر َ الْوَبَاء ْ کَان ُ لَو تَمَنَّيْت Hence, when sinfulness became rife to the extent of a vicious storm, I wished for the plague to spread in the country and destroy it.