Favours of the Gracious God — Page 52
FAVOURS OF THE GRACIOUS GOD إِنَّ اللَّنَامَ يُكَفِّرُونَ وَذَمُّهُمُ مَا زَادَنِي إِلَّا مَقَامَ سَنَاءِ The malicious among the people declare me a disbeliever; This increases me not, but in rank and superiority. نَضَّوا السِّيَابَ ثِيَابَ تَقْوَى كُلُّهُمُ مَا بَقِيَ إِلَّا لِبُسَةَ الْإِغْوَاءِ They all have shed their garments of righteousness; Now they are left with nothing except the outward gear of misguidance. مَا إِنْ أَرَى غَيْرَ الْعَمَائِمِ وَاللُّحَى اَوْ أنُفَا زَاغَتْ بِفَرْطِ مِرَاءِ I see nothing but turbans and beards, Or such noses which have become crooked due to excessive indulgence in stubborn argumentation. وَأَرَى تَغَيُّظَهُمْ يَفُورُ كَلُجَّةٍ مَوْجٌ كَمَوْجِ الْبَحْرِ فِي الْغَلْوَاءِ And I observe their anger leaping as if it is the sea; Their waves of misguidance are like the waves of a stormy ocean. كَلِمُ اللَّامِ اَسِنَّةٌ مَذْرُوبَةٌ أَعْرَى بَوَاطِنَهُمْ لِبَاسُ عُوَاءِ The words of the mean are like sharpened lances; Their garments of barking have laid bare [the reality of] their inner-selves. 52