The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 90
90 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD فَمَالَكَ لَا تَدْعُوْهُ وَالْخَصْمُ يَحْصُرُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ بِعِلْمٍ حُسَيْنُكُمْ If your [champion] Muhammad Husain is really somebody who can be relied upon, Why do you not call him to your help and tell him that the enemy is getting hard on you? وَنَحْسَبُهُ كَالْحُوْتِ فَأْتِ بِنَظْمِهِ مَتَى حَلَّ بَحْرًا نَقْتَنِصْهُ وَنَأْسِرُ I consider Muhammad Husain to be an easy prey, like when one hunts a fish. Hence, you ought to produce a poeт сот- posed by him; Mark! No sooner does he enter the ocean of poetry's metres than I shall hunt him down and overpower him. وَإِنْ يَأْتِنِي أَصْبَحْهُ كَأْسًا مِنَ الْهُدَى فَأَحْضِرْهُ لِلْإِمْلَاءِ إِنْ كَانَ يَقْدِرُ If he came out to me, I would give to him the cup of guidance to drink the same morning he approaches me; So convince him to compose [the qasidah] if he is really capable. بِلَائِلَ قَالُوا مُكْرَمُ وَمُعَزَّرُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ اللَّهُ بِالْأَرْضِ سُخْطَةً When, as a Sign of displeasure towards him, God gave him a piece of land in Lyallpur, My opponents said it was an honour bestowed upon him. وَبُعْدٍ مِّنَ الدُّنْيَا وَقَلْبٍ مُّطَهَّرُ وَمَا الْعِزُّ إِلَّا بِالتَّوَرُّعِ وَالتَّقَى Honour is due only for self-denial and righteousness, And renunciation of the world, and purification of the heart.