The Guide For The Youth | The Second Station of the 17th Word * | 97
(95-147)
[The Old Said spoke this with the tongue of the New Said under the blessed mulberry tree.]
The one I’m addressing isn’t Ziya Pasha, it’s those enamoured of Europe.
The one speaking isn’t my soul, it’s my heart in the name of the students of the Qur’an.
The previous words are all truth; beware, don’t lose course, don’t exceed their bounds!
Don’t heed the ideas of Europe and deviate, or they’ll make you regret it!
You see the most enlightened of them, in brilliance their standard-bearer,
Exclaim in bewilderment: Of whom, to whom can I complain?
The Qur’an says, and I say too - I won’t hold back:
I lodge my complaint with Him. I’m not confused, like you.
I cry out to the True Allah; I don’t slip away, like you.
I shout my cause from the ground to the skies; I don’t flee, like you.
No Voice