Listen dear
people! Without the Quran,
Man never reaches God.
Whoever is
unaware of this light,
Is not fit
for the eyes of the Friend.
The Furqan [the Holy
Quran] has a wonderful effect,
In that it
makes one a lover of the true Beloved.
It gives us
authentic tidings of the One,
Whose name is
the Greatest, the Almighty.
It draws man
towards the abode of the Beloved,
And then it
shows him signs beyond his ken.
It fills the
heart with light divine,
And cleanses
the breast thoroughly.
What more of
its excellences should I describe,
Suffice it to say that it gives a new life to life.
It has shone
forth like the dazzling sun,
How can
anyone dare deny it.
It brought us
to the land of the Beloved,
Having found
it we found the Friend.
The whole
Book is an ocean of wisdom,
It makes us
inebriated with the wine of divine love.
When one is
reminded of its words,
One’s heart
gets emptied of the entire creation.
It imprints
the image of God upon the heart,
And cleanses
it of everything other than Him.
It is the
only remedy for the anguished hearts,
It is the
only guide granted by God that shows the way to God.
It is the
only sun of guidance we have found,
It is the
only beloved we know.
Whatever its
detractors say,
Is nothing
but nonsense.
If only they
would come to me,
And say it
all to my face;
And then
listen to me describe its charms,
And hear
about its splendour and beauty from me.
If they
cannot see, they might be able to hear,
If not even
that, it will at least serve as a test.
----A Poem by Massih-Maoud Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian (1835-1908)