Precious Pearls — Page 58
60 All the raiment of righteousness, they are now torn All thoughts in the heart are now corrupted. The few righteous men that were, they turned to dust The rest became savage and reprobate. You have now invited the wrath of God by yourself; By the curse of the sins, you separated from that Dear. What is the purpose now of fighting with the strangers? You yourself became strangers to deserve this sentence. Tell the truth: where is the trustworthiness in you now? Where is that truth, that faith and that honesty now? (40) Then, when you yourself do not possess that faith Or that light of the faithful or that knowledge of God Then, O people, take account of your own evildoing Remember the verse: “Be heedful of your own selves” 72. Such a supposition that a bloody Mahdi 73 shall come And will advance the Faith by killing the disbelievers, O heedless ones! Such statements are absolute lies They are baseless, slanderous, and of no use. Friends! The man who was to come, has come already The sun and moon 74 informed you of this secret, too. (45) Now seventeen more years have passed from the century 75 ; Ah! Where have the thinkers gone from amongst you? The signs shown to you were not just a few What pure secrets were they that were conveyed to you! But you did not benefit from them even a bit You turned away your face from this table-of-food 76. Will you ever restrain yourself from stinginess, friends? Will you ever cleanse and purify your traits? Will you remove your heart’s inclination to falsehood? Will you ever incline yourself unto the Truth? (50) What is the excuse now would you say something? Would you state what is hidden in your heart? Will you not eventually return unto God? Will you not show Him your face at that time? Whosoever amongst you loves the Faith and honesty, It is his duty now that, bracing his heart, He should tell the people: “It is the time for the Messiah “Now war and fighting are forbidden and despised. ” We’ve now done our duty, friends but if you don’t Get it even now, then God shall make you understand. (55)