Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 162
162 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART FOUR Himself support the weak. Is it possible that God, being All-Powerful, Mighty, Merciful, Benevolent, Self-Subsisting, and All-Sustaining, remains perpetually silent on His part while the servant, being igno- rant and blind, continues to wander aimlessly in search of Him? تواں تا نشاں یابند خود زاں بے نشاں نا تواناں را کجا تاب و How can the weak have the strength and ability To find, on their own, a trace of the Transcendent One's existence? رهبری از دانش کورال مخواه عقل کو راں رہنما جوید براہ The intellect of the blind itself seeks a guide to find the way, Do not seek guidance from the intellect of the blind. عقل ما از بهر زاری و بکاست دفع آزار جهالت از خداست Our intellect is only for wailing and weeping [before God]. Relief from the afflictions of ignorance is from God. عقل طفل است ایں کہ گرید زار زار شیر جو مادر نیاید زینهار A child only has the sense to cry bitterly, But by no means will he have milk except from the mother. So, O readers! Ponder over this discourse honestly. Reflect over it with close attention, delving deep into it. Be on your guard and do not let any deceiver deceive you. Ask your hearts yourselves how much they desire the attainment of certainty. Can your own gloomy thoughts fully satisfy your hearts? Do your souls not desire that you attain the level of perfect certainty in this very world, and that you be delivered from blindness? Tell me honestly, do you not wish to remove your darkness and confusion, and to clear the doubts concealed within your bosoms, which you cannot even disclose? So, if you possess any zeal for divine cognizance, then know for certain that the divine law of nature govern- ing this world is only this: He has appointed one instrument or another for acquiring or searching for everything. The only function of reason