Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 245
SUB-FOOTNOTE NUMBER TWO یوسف بقعر چاہے محبوس ماند تنہا وایس یوسفی که تن با از چاه برکشیده Yusuf [Joseph] fell into the well all alone, But this Yusuf [i. e. , the Quran] has rescued countless souls from the pit [of misguidance]. از مشرق معانی صدها دقائق آورد قد هلال نازک زاں ناز کی خمیدہ The Quran has brought with it hundreds of verities from the Source of Truth, The fragile new moon is bowed down to show its respect. کیفیت علومش دانی چه شان دارد شہدیست آسمانی از وحی حق چکیده How would you know the true grandeur of the Quran's teachings, It is the heavenly honey that drips down from Divine Revelation. هر بوم شب پرستی در کنج خود خزیده آن نیز صداقت چوں رو بعالم آورد Ever since this sun of truth rose in the world, The owls who worship darkness hid away in their holes. روئے یقیں نہ بیند ہرگز کسے بدنیا اِلا کسے کہ باشد با رویش آرمیده No one sees the face of certainty, But he who loves the face of the Beloved. آنکس که عالمش شد شد مخزن معارف و آں بے خبر از عالم کیں عالمے ندیدہ He who acquires the knowledge of the Quran, himself becomes a treasury of knowledge, He who has not seen this teacher knows nothing of this world. باران فضل رحمان آمد به مقدم او بد قسمت آنکہ ازوے سوئے دِگر دویده The rain of divine grace comes to guide such a person, But wretched is he who runs away from it. 245