The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 81
THE MIRACLE OF AHMAD تَرَى كَيْفَ أَغْبَرَتِ السَّمَاءُ بِآيِهَا إِذَا الْقَوْمُ آذَوْنِي وَعَابُوا وَغَيَّرُوا You can see how the heavens poured down signs like a heavy rain, When the people wronged me, criticized me, and slandered me. فَلَا تَتَخَيَّرُ سُبْلَ غَيٌّ وَشَقْوَةٍ وَلَا تَبْخَلَنْ بَعْدَ النَّوَالِ وَفَكِّرُ So, adopt not the path of misguidance and wickedness, And act not miserly after being so generous—and reflect. وَلَحْمِي بِوَجْهِ الْحِبِّ سَمَّ مُدَمِّرُ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا لَحْمِي بِسَبٌ وَّغِيْبَةٍ And do not eat my flesh by way of vituperation and back-biting against me; And I swear by the blessed countenance of my Beloved that speaking ill of me behind my back is to eat a fatal poison. بِمَا قُدِّمَتْ مِنْكُمْ عَطَايَا فَنَحْضُرُ بِأَجْنِحَةِ الْأَشْوَاقِ جِئْنَا فِنَاءَكُمْ We have come to your town in all keenness; We have come to you solely because of your favours upon us. وَإِنْ كُنْتَ قَدْ سَاءَتْكَ أَمْرُ خِلَافَتِي فَسَلْ مُرْسِلِي مَا سَاءَ قَلْبَكَ وَاحْصُرُ If you are resentful of my Khilafat, You may pray fervently to the One who has sent me and ask Him why He has done so! أَتَلْعَنُ مَنْ هُوَ مِثْلَ بَدْرٍ مُّنَوَّرُ أَتُنْكِرُنِي وَاللَّهُ نَوَّرَ دَعْوَتِي Do you reject me while God has made my claim manifest? Would you curse the one who shines forth like the moon? 81