The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 21
20 Ā'ĪNA-E-KAMĀLĀT-E-ISLĀM―DĀFI‘UL-WASĀWIS Glad tidings for every humble and meek one. Glad tidings for the one whose heart has been adorned with love for the Noble Lord. O my people! The enemies from among the human worshippers and the priests have landed in our courtyard and have rained stones of satanic mud upon us. They deemed pure gold as dirt, life as death, light as fire, and good as evil. Their trickery dispersed and their prop- aganda proliferated. They created tumult against Islam and brought about great disorders. Their sorcery pervaded every stone and tree, and every town was made rotten by their breath. They present their bitter and curdled milk as being fresh. They pounce on the truthful with their misguided hearts. So, a legion of anguish anticipated their assault and a battalion of our sorrow faced it, and we became tired of absorbing the multitude of their attacks. Finally, our sufferings began to be published in the press like tales. This state of fear extinguished the comfort of our lives. We became saddened when we felt the fire of these days. The night grew dark over us on account of our sorrow and anxiety, and we found ourselves stuck in an inescapable predicament, with our circum- stances taking an evil turn. O my people! These are a people who gave the lie to our religion, led astray our youth, and accused our Messenger of fabrication. We entered dire straits with their arrival, we were afflicted with incapacity during their ascent, and we were utterly humiliated with their insults and rid- icule. Now the time has come for us to beseech before the Gracious Lord, to cry before Him like a mother who lost her child, to knock at His door like a person afflicted with pain, and to beg Him to remove this affliction and deliver us from punishment; so that Allah's shin- ing mercy may be stirred, this clamour may subside, and—after severe travails a day of comfort may arrive; that the fragrance of happiness may emanate from the Most Merciful God; and that the heart's com- fort and the eye's delight may descend after we have suffered extreme exhaustion, which has brought us to the brink of death. O my people! Muster your courage before it departs and please your Lord before He becomes displeased and wroth. Do not be the