Precious Pearls — Page 106
108 All your pretences are erased; no room is left for any objection; Pray tell now, O deniers, as to who is the one accursed. I am a servant in God’s Court my job is to worship; I have No concern with victory or fear of defeat in heart. (410) Don’t babble so much He keeps an eye on the hearts; He looks at the heart’s purity, not at the art of speech. Alas! How your intellect is totally stoned The Faith is in the wolf’s mouth and you help the wolf. Axes are falling from everywhere upon the Faith of Ahmad; Don’t you see the nations and how they assail? What eyes are that that weep not after seeing this! What hearts are those that are not restless with this grief! The Faith is getting slapped by the nations today The high minaret of Islam is overtaken by a quake. (415) Has this calamity not reached the Throne of God? Would this sun of all religions now fall into an abyss? Now there’s a spiritual war between this servant and the Satan; The heart is sinking, Lord, this battles is very hard. Every prophet of his time had informed of this war They had all prayed with their two tearful eyes. O God! Pray grant me victory over Satan with Thy grace; He is gathering together his countless forces. This battle is greater than the battle of Russia and Japan; I am weak and the opponent is a noted enemy. (420) Thinking of this difficulty, the heart gets out of control; O the Refuge of my soul! Pray send a force of Angels. What bed of comfort is there during these distressing days? With grief, each day is getting worse than the darkest night. The world has come under siege by the forces of Satan; The situation is tough pray show Thy might, O my Dear. It is now useless to ask for help from the progeny of man; Now we send up a petition in Thy Court, O Lord. Why would they help? What interest have they in helping? We’re a disbeliever in their eyes, time and again. (425) But I am constantly amazed at our people Why don’t they see what is becoming evident? Thank God, my sighs have not been wasted after all Some took the form of plague and some the shape of quakes. On one side, the deadly plague is devastating the land A hundred thousand men are falling victim to it On the other side, such an earthquake came on Tuesday That created a scene of Doomsday with screams and wails. In an instant, thousands were dispatched from this world How can I count all the houses that were razed? (430)