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3511-3520

  • این زمان پیدا شده بر این گروه ** یوم تبیض و تسود وجوه‌‌
  • At the present time there hath been made manifest to this (illumined) class of men (what shall come to pass) on the Day when faces shall become white or black.

  • پیش از این هر چند جان پر عیب بود ** در رحم بود و ز خلقان غیب بود
  • Before this (birth), however sinful the spirit was, it was in the womb (of the body) and was hidden from the people.

  • الشقی من شقی فی بطن الام ** من سمات الجسم یعرف حالهم‌‌
  • The damned are they that are damned in the mother's womb: their state is known from the bodily marks.

  • تن چو مادر طفل جان را حامله ** مرگ درد زادن است و زلزله‌‌
  • The body, like a mother, is big with the spirit-child: death is the pangs and throes of birth.

  • جمله جانهای گذشته منتظر ** تا چگونه زاید آن جان بطر 3515
  • All the spirits that have passed over (to the next life) are waiting to see in what state that proud spirit shall be born.

  • زنگیان گویند خود از ماست او ** رومیان گویند بس زیباست او
  • The Ethiopians (the damned spirits) say, “It belongs to us”; the Anatolians (the blessed spirits) say, “It is very comely.”

  • چون بزاید در جهان جان و جود ** پس نماند اختلاف بیض و سود
  • As soon as it is born into the world of spirit and (Divine) grace, there is no further difference (of opinion) between the whites (the blessed) and the blacks (the damned).

  • گر بود زنگی برندش زنگیان ** روم را رومی برد هم از میان‌‌
  • If it is an Ethiopian (a damned spirit), the Ethiopians carry it off; and if it is an Anatolian (a blessed spirit), the Anatolians lead it away.

  • تا نزاد او مشکلات عالم است ** آن که نازاده شناسد او کم است‌‌
  • Until it is born (into the next life), it is a riddle for (all) the world: few are they that know (the destiny of) the unborn.

  • او مگر ینظر بنور الله بود ** کاندرون پوست او را ره بود 3520
  • Such a one surely is seeing by the light of God, for he has the way (the means of knowing what is hidden) within the skin.