Hallmarks of the Saints — Page 4
4 HALLMARKS OF THE SAINTS واستوعبتها فهي الموت عند أهل العرفان. إن التقي لا يخاف لَجَبَ الشيطان، ويحسب انثعاب دمه في الله كشرابٍ مُشَعْشَعٍ بالتَّعْبان. وللأتقياء علامات يُعرفون بها، ولا ولي إلا التقيّ، يا فتيان منهم قوم يُرسلون لإصلاح الناس عند مفاسد الخناس من الله الرحمان. فمن علاماتهم أنهم يُبعثون عند ظلام يحيط الزمان، ويظهرون إذا قل الكرام والكرائم، وتأجلت الخنازير والبهائم، وكثر رجالٌ يُغْسِلون، وقل قوم يتهجدون، وبقي الناس كَحَسْكَل لا يعلمون ولا يعملون، وفسد الزمان Do you realize how close righteousness is to the death of man! When one reaches its apex and fully comprehends it, such indeed is the stage described as death by those who are granted cognition of God. Indeed, a righteous one is not afraid of satanic uproar and he deems the shedding of his blood in the way of Allah to be like a drink mixed with water from a mountain lake. The righteous have distinguishing signs by which they are recognized. O brave young people! There is no walī [i. e. Friend of God] except the righteous. These are the very ones from whom a group is raised by Allah, the Gracious, for the reformation of mankind at the time of satanic mischief. AMONG THEIR SIGNS IS that they are commissioned at the time of darkness which prevails all around. Their advent takes place when noble men and women have become exceedingly rare and the world is brimful of swine-natured and beastly people. There is an abundance of licentious people and a paucity of those who