Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 88
88 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA مرا مقصود و مطلوب و تمنا خدمت خلق است ہمیں کارم ہمیں بارم ہمیں رسم ہمیں راہم My purpose, yearning, and heartfelt desire is to serve humanity; This is my job, this is my faith, this is my habit and this is my way of life. نه من از خود نهم در کوچه پند و نصیحت پا که همدردی برد آنجا به جبر و زور و اکراهم I do not venture into this path of admonition and good counsel on my own will; Goodwill for humanity keeps pulling me forward. م خلق خدا صرف از زبان خوردن چه کارست این گرش صد جان به پاریزم هنوزش عذر میخواهم غم What is the worth of empty words in the spirit of human sympathy; Were I to offer a hundred lives in ransom, I would feel inadequate and apologetic. چوشام پر غبار و تیره حال عالمی بینم خدا بروے فرود آرد دعا ہائے سحر گاہم Finding the world in darkness, I pray to my Lord: May He grant my prayers of the small hours of the night. I appeal to all truthful and righteous people to consider my hum- ble self their true well-wisher and sympathizer and to give this book the same close attention as they would to the counsel of a friend-to which they listen attentively, and as far as possible, accept without suspicion, putting aside their own reservations and even feeling grateful to the friend who advised them with sin- cerity and uprightness and informed them of what was beneficial to him. This is what I expect from the elders and learned scholars of all faiths. If they find the arguments I have given in favour of