Hallmarks of the Saints — Page 25
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS الجنان، فتنير بنير التقوى بإذن الله الرحمان، وتهبرُ هَبْرة زائدة من الشهوات عُمْيِ مستهترين يُبصرون ويُهذَّبون ويمحو كلّ ما يُؤبَشُ من العصيان. وكم من بهم، فإذا هم من أهل التقاة والعرفان فويل للذين يضحكون عليهم كامرأة هار زوجها، ولا يعلمون أنهم بطلاق يهلكون. فإنّ الله علق نجاة الناس بحبهم وعنايتهم، فقد هلك من قطع العُلَقَ منهم بما ترك قوما يحرسون. ولا تُصيب ذلك عجلة ونخوة، وليس من الذين تلك الشقوة إلا رجلا في فطرته هزيرة، ومع يخافون الله ويتدبّرون. وكلّ ذلك تتولّد مِن وَضَرِ الدنيا، فويل للذين بها يتسخون. 25 their sins is removed. Through them, many blind and ignorant persons begin to see and are educated and transformed into men of piety and learning. Woe betide those who mock such persons just like a shrew who barks at her husband. They know not that they will be ruined by divorce, because Allah has attached the salvation of people to their love and grace. Thus, whoever parts ways with them perishes because he has turned his back on those who were his guardians. This misfortune is the lot of the one who is, by nature, extremely lazy, reckless, and arrogant, and is not among those who fear Allah and reflect. All this springs from the filth of the world, so woe to those who are polluted by it. They spurn and ridicule the men of God and strive to do them harm, thinking they are doing some- thing good. The most unjust among the worldly at this time is the one who is bent upon doing harm to me. He is wicked and arrogant like