Selected Persian Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 41
Appeal for Appeal for truthful consideration truthful consideration �یہ � رگ ہن وبدے در اقملب روےئ رکموہ و سک ہچ داےتسن امجل اشدہ افلگم را If there were no ugly and dark face for comparison, How could anyone appreciate the beauty of the beloved? مے اکر در گنج و ربند ص خ ب� � �ادے ت �یف� خ � رگ �ی� ر وخن آاشم را ش س م ش س ےک دشے وجرہ ع�ی�ان If a battle had not been joined against an enemy, How would the skills of a daring swordsman be known? �ی�ریگ ت ی اتس و � �یک روینش را دقر از اتر واز اہجتل اہتس زعو ورق لقع اتم را Light would not be recognized if there was no darkness; Perfect wisdom would go unnoticed in the absence of ignorance. تجح اصدق زضقن و دقح رونش رت وشد � د ازلام را خ م�یک� ذعر انوقعمل اثتب The argument of the truthful becomes clearer after it is countered and criticized; Absurd excuses only prove that the critic is belabouring the point. Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part 2, R uh an i Khaz a’ in, vol. 1, p. 87; see also English translation, Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Parts 1 & 2, p. 105, published by Islam International Publication Ltd. 2012