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124 Barahin-e-ahmadiyya
nested—and their enemies were totally defeated. Although the
ill-wishers tried everything in their power and employed every
trick and machination and deceit, they ended up frustrated like
a caged bird. When physical hostility could do no harm to these
holy men, what harm can vituperation do to them? The Prophets
were the exalted people whose high standing has been well-established
in their own times. Their honour could not be stopped
either by the opposition of the idolaters or by the barriers laid in
their way by nature-worshippers. Sharpness of the swords could
never dull their grandeur, nor could the piercing arrows do it any
harm. Their grandeur was so dazzling that its jealousy drained the
blood of many a heart, an arrow that was launched to pierce many
a liver to death, the divine millstone that crushed whomsoever it
landed on, and whoever fell upon it was himself shattered to bits.
To the holy men of God, succour comes from God
Himself,
And when it comes, it shows mankind a world new and
miraculous.
At times it becomes wind, blowing away every obstacle
in their path;
At times it becomes fire, reducing their opponents
to ashes.
At times it becomes dust, and falls upon the enemy;
At times it becomes water, and brings a deluge
upon them.