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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.
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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,
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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).
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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.
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چشم اعمش چون که خور را بر نتافت ** اختر او را شمع شد تا ره بیافت 3655
- Since the eye of the dim-sighted man could not bear the sunlight, the star became a candle to him, that he might find the way.
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گفتن پیغامبر علیه السلام مر زید را که این سر را فاش تر از این مگو و متابعت نگاه دار
- How the Prophet, on whom be peace, said to Zayd, “Do not tell this mystery more plainly than this, and take care to comply (with the religious law).”
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گفت پیغمبر که اصحابی نجوم ** رهروان را شمع و شیطان را رجوم
- The Prophet said, “My Companions are (like) the stars, a candle to travellers (on the Way), and meteors to be cast at the devils.”
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هر کسی را گر بدی آن چشم و زور ** کاو گرفتی ز آفتاب چرخ نور
- If every one had the eye and the strength to receive light from the sun of heaven,
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کی ستاره حاجت استی ای ذلیل ** که بدی بر نور خورشید او دلیل
- O base man, how would the star be needed to demonstrate the (existence of) sunlight?
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ماه میگوید به خاک و ابر و فی ** من بشر بودم ولی یوحی الی
- The Moon (the Prophet) is saying to earth and cloud and shadow, “I was a man, but it is revealed to me (that your God is one God).
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چون شما تاریک بودم در نهاد ** وحی خورشیدم چنین نوری بداد 3660
- Like you, I was dark in my nature: the Sun's revelation gave me such a light as this.