Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 67
FOOTNOTE NUMBER ELEVEN FIRST OBJECTION هست آن آب بقا بس ناپدید کس بجز مصباح حق راهش ندید That life-giving water lies hidden away; No one has found the path to it without the divine lamp. آں خیالاتی که بینی از خرد پرتو آن هم زوجی حق رسد The ideas you discover through your own reason, Their light too is derived from God's revelation. لیک چشم دیدنت چوں باز نیست زیں دل تو محرم این راز نیست But since your spiritual eye is not open, Your heart is not aware of this secret. سرکشی از حق که من دانا دلم حاجت و حیش ندارم عاقلم You transgress against God thinking that you are wise; You think you do not need His revelation because you have intellect. دے عقل ترا رُسوا کند لغزش تو حاجتے پیدا کند در Your errors will render you needy, And will expose the truth about your intellect in an instant. عقل تو گور مخصص از بروں واند رونش چیست؟ یک لاشے زبوں Your reason is like a mausoleum-elegantly painted white on the outside, But what lies underneath? A rotten corpse! منتہائے عقل تعلیم خداست ہر صداقت را ظهور از انبیاست Only God's teachings lead reason to its perfection; Each and every truth is manifested only through Prophets. ہر کہ علمی یافت از تعلیم یافت تافت آں روئے کزو روئے متافت Whoever achieved any enlightenment achieved it through teaching, And the face that did not turn away from God shone forth brilliantly. 67