Gleanings — Paragraph 293

Source (Arabic)

مر الله ربّکم وربّ آبائکم الأوّلین ویا قوم لا تنظروا إلی ما عندکم فانظروا بما نزّل من عند الله وإنّه خیر لکم عن کلّ شيء إن أنتم من العارفین ویا قوم فارجعوا البصر إلی ما عندکم من حجّة الله وبرهانه وما نزّل یومئذ لیظهر لکم الحقّ بآیات واضح مبین ویا قوم لا تتّبعوا خطوات الشّیطان أن اتّبعوا ملّة الرّحمن وکونوا من المؤمنین هل بعد ظهور الله ینفع أحدًا شيء لا فونفسي المقتدر العلیم الحکیم کلّما زاد في النّصح زادوا في البغضآء إلی أن قتلوه بالظّلم أَلَا لعنة

Translation

“God,” said He, “is My witness, O people! I am come to you with a Revelation from the Lord, your God, the Lord of your fathers of old. Look not, O people, at the things ye possess. Look rather at the things God hath sent down unto you. This, surely, will be better for you than the whole of creation, could ye but perceive it. Repeat the gaze, O people, and consider the testimony of God and His proof which are in your possession, and compare them unto the Revelation sent down unto you in this Day, that the truth, the infallible truth, may be indubitably manifested unto you. Follow not, O people, the steps of the Evil One; follow ye the Faith of the All-Merciful, and be ye of them that truly believe. What would it profit man, if he were to fail to recognize the Revelation of God? Nothing whatever. To this Mine own Self, the Omnipotent, the Omniscient, the All-Wise, will testify.”