The Descent of the Messiah — Page 115
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS از پی خلق و ننگ و نام و رسوم تافتی رو ز حضرت قیوم For the sake of society's customs, traditions, and honour, you have turned your face away from the presence of the Self-Subsisting One. رو بدو کن که رو رخ یار است همه روها فدای دلدار است Turn your face toward Him, for His is the true face, and all faces are to be sacrificed before the beloved. وحی حق را چو بشنوی از ما این مگو ما نیافتیم چرا When you hear God's revelation from me, do not ask why it was تا نه کار دلت به جان برسد given to me. چون پیامت ز دلستان برسد؟ How can the message of the beloved reach you until you have surrendered your whole heart? تا نه از خودروی جدا گردی تا نه قربان آشنا گردی Until you are separated from egotism and devoted in love to the beloved, تا نیایی ز نفس خود بیرون تا نگردی به روی او مجنون Until you have stepped away from your haughty pride and be- come infatuated with His countenance, تا نه خاکت شود بسان غبار تا نگردد غبار تو خونبار Until your very essence has become like dust, and the dust bleeds; 115