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  • آنک او از پرده‌ی تقلید جست ** او به نور حق ببیند آنچ هست
  • He who has escaped from the purdah of blind imitation sees by the light of God that which (really) is.

  • نور پاکش بی‌دلیل و بی‌بیان ** پوست بشکافد در آید در میان 2170
  • Without proof and without exposition the pure Light cleaves its (the object’s) skin and enters into the middle (the core).

  • پیش ظاهربین چه قلب و چه سره ** او چه داند چیست اندر قوصره
  • To one who regards (only) the appearance, what is (the difference between) the adulterated and genuine coin? How should he know what is in the date-basket?

  • ای بسا زر سیه کرده بدود ** تا رهد از دست هر دزدی حسود
  • Oh, there is much gold made black with smoke, that it may be saved from (falling into) the hands of every envious thief.

  • ای بسا مس زر اندوده به زر ** تا فروشد آن به عقل مختصر
  • Oh, there is much copper gilded with gold, that he (the counterfeiter) may sell it to (those of) small understanding.

  • ما که باطن‌بین جمله‌ی کشوریم ** دل ببینیم و به ظاهر ننگریم
  • We, who see the inward (reality) of the whole world, see the heart and look not on the outward form.”

  • قاضیانی که به ظاهر می‌تنند ** حکم بر اشکال ظاهر می‌کنند 2175
  • The cadis who are concerned with the outward form (the letter of the law) give judgement according to outward appearances.

  • چون شهادت گفت و ایمانی نمود ** حکم او مومن کنند این قوم زود
  • When he (the suspected person) has uttered the profession of the Faith and has shown some (formal sign of) true belief, at once these people (the cadis) pronounce him a true believer.

  • بس منافق کاندرین ظاهر گریخت ** خون صد مومن به پنهانی بریخت
  • There is many a hypocrite who has taken refuge in this out ward form and has shed the blood of a hundred true believers in secret.

  • جهد کن تا پیر عقل و دین شوی ** تا چو عقل کل تو باطن‌بین شوی
  • Endeavour to become old in intelligence and religion, that you may become, like the Universal Intelligence, a seer of the in ward (reality).