Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 77
77 FOOTNOTE NUMBER ELEVEN FIRST OBJECTION ایں چنیں دل کم بود در سینه کان بود پاک از غرور و کینه Rare is the bosom that contains a heart, That is free from pride and malice. در حقیقت مردم معنی کم اند گو همه از روئے صورت مردم اند In reality, there are few who recognize the truth, Although they are all human as far as appearances go. ہوش کن ای در غیر محدودی از دست خود در داده چھے افتادہ عقل و دین از Beware! O you who are lying in the bottom of a pit, And have lost both reason and faith; محدودی مجو کار نور محض از دودی مجو Do not seek the Infinite [i. e. , God] with the finite [i. e. , reason], Do not make use of smoke in place of clear light. آنچه باید جست با عجز و نیاز تو مجو با کبر و خود بینی و ناز That which should be sought with humility and prayers, Should not be sought with arrogance and pride. وه چه خوب است این اصول رہروی یادگار مولوی در مثنوی What a beautiful principle this is, for the followers of the right path, A legacy of Maulavi [Rūmī], stated in his Mathnawi: زیر کی ضد شکست است و نیاز زانکه طفل خورد را مادر بهار زیر کی بگذار و با گولی بساز دست و پا باشد نهاده در کنار Cunningness is contrary to humility and meekness; Give up cunningness and adopt humility, As a distressed, hungry, and thirsty mother, Wanders, carrying her young child in her lap.