یشهد الله و الملک و اهل العلوم ** إنه لا رب إلا من یدوم‌‌

یشهد الله و الملک و اهل العلوم ** إنه لا رب إلا من یدوم‌‌ 3645

God and the angels and those learned in the sciences (of divinity) bear witness that there is no Lord except Him who endureth for ever.”

چون گواهی داد حق که بود ملک ** تا شود اندر گواهی مشترک‌‌

Since God hath given testimony, who are the angels, that they should be associated in the testimony?

ز آن که شعشاع حضور آفتاب ** بر نتابد چشم و دلهای خراب‌‌

(They are associated) because unsound (weak) eyes and hearts cannot support the radiance and presence of the Sun,

چون خفاشی کاو تف خورشید را ** بر نتابد بگسلد اومید را

Like a bat, which cannot bear the glow of the sun and abandons hope.

پس ملایک را چو ما هم یار دان ** جلوه گر خورشید را بر آسمان‌‌

Know, then, that the angels, as we also, are helpers (co-witnesses)—displayers of the sun in heaven—

کاین ضیا ما ز آفتابی یافتیم ** چون خلیفه بر ضعیفان تافتیم‌‌ 3650

Who say, “We have derived (our) light from a Sun, we have shone upon the weak, like vicegerents (of a mighty King).”

چون مه نو یا سه روزه یا که بدر ** مرتبه‌‌ی هر یک ملک در نور و قدر

Like the new moon or the moon three days old or the full moon, every angel has (a particular) perfection and light and (spiritual) worth.

ز اجنحه‌‌ی نور ثلاث او رباع ** بر مراتب هر ملک را آن شعاع‌‌

Every angel, according to their (different) degrees, has (a portion of) that radiance, consisting of three or four (pairs of) luminous wings,

همچو پرهای عقول انسیان ** که بسی فرق است شان اندر میان‌‌

Just as the wings of human intellects, amongst which there is great difference (in quality).

پس قرین هر بشر در نیک و بد ** آن ملک باشد که مانندش بود

Hence the associate of every human being in good and evil is that angel who resembles him or her.