Faith
Divine manifestations have filled this world,
Translated from Uzbek · Original text
Divine manifestations have filled this world,It is the servant’s duty to plead and to beseech.If your heart can see, it will confess and affirm —It will inscribe on its tablet the praise of the Truth’s mercy and justice.If God suddenly sends you ten calamities,He will send twenty helps along with them — be aware!If He gives one illness, there will be two cures,After a stifling night comes the clearness of dawn.If you fall into sin, He hides it, He keeps it secret,Calling out at every moment, He waits for you to ask forgiveness.Even punishment does not come suddenly; first comes its wind,That is, it says: “Repent, O servant, this is your state!”However far you go beyond all limits, He does not hasten, is not harsh,Perhaps you will repent — this is mercy from the Truth.And one day your face will be exposed before the people,You will be disgraced, and friend and foe will flee from you.Still, this is not a brand — one condemned to hell,God’s judgment is not known to any servant!That is, the door of repentance is still open, wide open,O servant, find salvation by fleeing to the feet of God!The nafs will rage, never sated with pleasure and comfort,Satan will never let you come near excuse and pardon.Satan always wants you to despair,Satan always wants you to die without faith.If God sends one affliction, His protection will be a thousand,If you say the earth is narrow, His gardens of paradise are wide.This is God’s justice — every lock has a key,He finds the key for you, and He Himself is again your Helper!This is God’s mercy — for one trial, a thousand rewards,The darker the night, the brighter the dawn that follows it.It is God who cast you into so many pits,It is God who tempered and ripened you in calamities.A thorn at every step, yet holding out ten roses,He purifies you and calls you to eternal life.God’s mercy and justice, His wisdom, are light, O friend,The one who understands this is free and unbound, O friend.Akrom MALIK
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