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  • گر بگویی چون ندانم کان قمر ** هست از خورشید و مه مشهورتر
  • And if you reply, “How should not I know (him)? for that (spiritual) Moon is more celebrated than the sun and moon:

  • کودکان خرد در کتابها ** و آن امامان جمله در محرابها
  • The little children at school and all the Imáms in the mosques

  • نام او خوانند در قرآن صریح ** قصه‌اش گویند از ماضی فصیح 3645
  • Recite his name distinctly in the Qur’án and tell plainly his story (as it has come down) from the past”—

  • راست‌گو دانیش تو از روی وصف ** گرچه ماهیت نشد از نوح کشف
  • You, veracious man, know him by way of description, though the quiddity of Noah has not been revealed (to you).

  • ور بگویی من چه دانم نوح را ** همچو اویی داند او را ای فتی
  • And if you reply, “How should I know Noah? (Only) one like him can know him, O youth.

  • مور لنگم من چه دانم فیل را ** پشه‌ای کی داند اسرافیل را
  • I am a lame ant. How should I know the elephant? How should a gnat know Isráfíl?”—

  • این سخن هم راستست از روی آن ** که بماهیت ندانیش ای فلان
  • This saying (answer) is also true in regard to the fact that you do not know him in his quiddity, O so-and-so.

  • عجز از ادراک ماهیت عمو ** حالت عامه بود مطلق مگو 3650
  • To be unable to perceive the quiddity, uncle, is the condition of common men: do not say it absolutely,

  • زانک ماهیات و سر سر آن ** پیش چشم کاملان باشد عیان
  • Inasmuch as quiddities and their inmost secret are clearly visible to the eyes of the Perfect.

  • در وجود از سر حق و ذات او ** دورتر از فهم و استبصار کو
  • Where in existence is (anything) more remote from understanding and mental perception than the consciousness and essence of God?