Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 79
FOOTNOTE NUMBER ELEVEN سو گند توان خورد که بویش نشمیده آن دل که بجز از وی گل و گلزار محمد اجست The heart which seeks the flower of the divine garden without it, By God, it has never even smelled its fragrance. با خور ندهم نسبت آں نور که بینم صد خور که به پیرامن او حلقه کشیده I cannot compare the sun with the light that I see, For I behold hundreds of suns humbly orbiting it. بے دولت و بد بخت کسانیکه ازاں نور سر تافته از نخوت و پیوند بریده 79 Impoverished and unfortunate are those Who, out of arrogance, turn their faces away from this light and sever their bond. Of course it is true that reason is not without its use and its benefit, and when have I ever said that it is useless? Nevertheless, how can we escape the obvious fact that through reason and conjecture, alone, we cannot attain the treasure of perfect certainty which can be achieved through the combination of reason and revelation; nor can we escape faltering, making mistakes and errors, misguidance, self-approval, and self-conceit. Nor can our self-conceived ideas prevail against our carnal passions as the forceful, majestic, and awe-striking commandments of God can. Nor can our self-conceived fancies, idle speculations, and base- less superstitions yield the joy, delight, satisfaction, and contentment that are conveyed to us by the delightful Word of the True Beloved. Shall we then, by following reason alone, subject ourselves to all of the losses, disadvantages, misfortunes, and ill-fate, and open the door to thousands of calamities upon us? A wise person can never accept the senseless notion that He who has created the thirst for perfect divine understanding has withheld the brimful cup of complete divine under- standing; and that He who Himself has drawn the hearts toward Him has kept the doors of true cognition closed, and has confined all stages