The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 164
164 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD وَأَيْنَ عَفَتْ مِنْكُمْ طَلَاقَةُ أَلْسُنٍ سِلَاطٍ عَلَيْنَا مِثْلَ سَيْفٍ يُشَهَّرُ Where has gone the sharpness of the tongues, The tongues that were drawn against me like a sword? وَفِي خَمْسَةٍ قَدْ تَمَّ نَظْمُ قَصِيدَتِي بَلِ الْوَقْتُ خَالِصَةً أَقَلُّ وَأَقْصَرُ I finished my qaşīdah in five days; In fact, the actual time is less than that [i. e. three days]. فَفَكِّرْ بِجُهْدِكَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً وَنَادِ حُسَيْنًا أَوْ ظَفَرْ أَوْ أَصْغَرُ You may, however, try for fifteen nights, And call to your assistance Muhammad Husain, Qādī Zafruddin, and Asghar Ali. وَهُذَا مِنَ الْآيَاتِ يَا أَكْبَرَ الْعِدَا فَهَلْ أَنْتَ تَنْسِجْ مِثْلَهَا يَا مُخَسَّرُ This is a Sign of God-O my mortal enemy! Do you think you will be able to produce one like mine O you who are constrained? عَلَى مَوْطِنٍ يَخْشَى الْجَبَانُ نُجَمِّرُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَيْءٍ فَبَادِرُ وَنَبْدِرُ Where the cowardly cannot stay, I am standing steadfastly; If you amount to anything, then come forward to confront me. I surely will meet you head-on. سَيُظْهِرُ رَبِّي كُلَّمَا كُنْتَ تَسْتُرُ أَتَسْتُرُ بَغْيًا بَرْقَ آيَاتِ رَبِّنَا Do you transgress and thus seek to hide the brilliance of the Signs of our Lord? Indeed, God my Lord will make manifest all that you hide.