Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 69
FOOTNOTE NUMBER ELEVEN FIRST OBJECTION تا بفضل او غذائے خود خوریم زنده مانیم و تن خود پروریم So that, by His grace, we may eat our food, And remain alive and nourish ourselves. آنکه بر تن کرد ایں لُطفِ اتم کے کند محروم جاں را از کرم He who has bestowed so much of His favours on our bodies, How can He deprive our souls? تا برندت از خودی در بے خودی وحی فرقان ست جذب ایزدی The Quranic revelation is the divine force of attraction, Which draws you away from your self-conceit and towards spirituality. هست قرآن دافع شرک نہاں تا مراد راہم از و یابی نشان The Quran cleanses you of hidden traces of polytheism, So that you may witness God's sign from Him directly, تا رہی از کبر و خود بینی و ناز تاشوی ممنون فضل کارساز So that you may be rid of arrogance, self-conceit, and pride, And you may be grateful to Allah the Almighty for His favours. دور شو از کبر تا رحم آیدش بندگی کن بندگی ے بایدش Refrain from arrogance so that He may show you mercy, Submit to Him, for submission is what He requires. زندگی در مردن عجز و بکاست هر که افتادست او آخر بخاست [True] life is in dying [to yourself], in meekness and in crying [before God]; Those who die in the path of God, they alone will have [spiritual] life. هست جام نیستی آب حیات ہر کہ نوشید ست او ر ست از ممات The cup of self-negation is in fact the water of life; Whoever drinks from it is delivered from death. 69