Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 141
FOOTNOTE NUMBER ELEVEN آن خدا را کزوست منت با بشمری زیر منت عقلاء Do you believe that God, the Fountainhead of all grace, Has been granted favours by wise men? این خدائی عجیب در دل تست که چنین است زار و مانده و شست The strange god that has found a place in your heart Is so weak, helpless, and lazy, نتوانست سوئے خلق شافت That he could not approach creation Until he was helped by the wise. تانه از عاقلال مدد با یافت کے پسند و خرد کہ آل اکبر شهرت یافت از طفیل بشر How can reason accept that God, the Greatest, Gained all of His renown through the efforts of man? چوں بخوابی بغفلت اے ناداں شب تارست و دشت و بیم دوال Dark is the night, frightening are the woodlands and the wide wilderness! O ignorant ones! Why do you sleep in oblivion? خیز و بر حال خود نگاه بکن خطر راه به بین و آه بکن Wake up and reflect upon your condition! See the dangers of the way, and heave sighs. خیز و از نفس خود بپرس نشان که چه خواہد مراتب عرفاں Rise and ask your own self, What ranks of cognition it craves for. 141