javaab-e shikvah
stanzas 11 through 15 (*text with stanza numbers*; *serial
glossary*)
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11) |
==Compare Shikvah, stanza 13. | |
| "Who, with their
foreheads, established my Ka'bah? Who pressed my Qur'an to their breast? |
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| "They were your
fathers, of course-- but what are you? With hands folded together, you wait for tomorrow! |
==That is, your ancestors
were active, while you are merely passive. |
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12)
"What did you say? That for the Muslims there's only the promise of a Houri? If someone would make even an inappropriate complaint, it's necessary to have awareness! |
==Compare Shikvah, stanza 16. | |
| "Justice is, from the
eternity before time, the custom of the Creator of
Existence; If a Muslim would by law become an infidel, then Houris and palaces would be available. |
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| "Among you, there's
not even any desirer of Houris. The glory/appearance of Tur is present-- there's not even any Moses. |
==Tur is where Hazrat Musa experienced the presence of God. | |
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13)
"The benefit of this community is one; its harm too is one. Everyone's Prophet is one, religion is one, faith too is one. |
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| "The Pure Sanctuary
[=Ka'bah] too, Allah too, the Qur'an too is one, It was a rather important matter, that the Muslims too used to be one. |
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| "Somewhere there is
factionalism, somewhere else there's individualism! Are these the ways to flourish in the age? |
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14)
"Who is a renouncer of the laws of the authoritative Prophet? The counsel of the time is the touchstone of whose action? |
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| "In whose eyes are
gathered the practices of others? Whose gaze has become disaffected with the style of the ancestors? |
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| "No burning in the
heart, no feeling in the spirit-- For the message of Muhammad, you have no respect at all! |
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15)
"If people go and form lines [for prayer] in the mosques, then it's the poor. If people are inclined to take the trouble of fasting, then it's the poor. |
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| "If someone takes our
name, then it's a poor person. If someone maintains your honor, then it's a poor person. |
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| "The rich, in the
intoxication of wealth, are heedless of us, The pure community is alive through the poor. |
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