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490-499

  • دور عثمان آمد او بالای تخت ** بر شد و بنشست آن محمودبخت 490
  • (When) the reign of ‘Uthmán arrived, he, that man of praised (blessed) fortune, went up on to the top of the throne (pulpit) and seated himself.

  • پس سالش کرد شخصی بوالفضول ** که آن دو ننشستند بر جای رسول
  • Then a person given to idle meddling questioned him, saying, “Those two did not sit in the Prophet's place:

  • پس تو چون جستی ازیشان برتری ** چون برتبت تو ازیشان کمتری
  • How, then, hast thou sought to be higher than they, when thou art inferior to them in rank?”

  • گفت اگر پایه‌ی سوم را بسپرم ** وهم آید که مثال عمرم
  • He replied, “If I tread on the third step, it will be imagined that I resemble ‘Umar;

  • بر دوم پایه شوم من جای‌جو ** گویی بوبکرست و این هم مثل او
  • (And if) I seek a seat on the second step, thou wilt say, ‘’Tis (the seat of) Abú Bakr, and (therefore) this one too is like him.’

  • هست این بالا مقام مصطفی ** وهم مثلی نیست با آن شه مرا 495
  • This top (of the pulpit) is the place of Mustafá (Mohammed): no one will imagine that I am like that (spiritual) King.”

  • بعد از آن بر جای خطبه آن ودود ** تا به قرب عصر لب‌خاموش بود
  • Afterwards, (seated) in the preaching-place, that loving man kept silence till near the (time of the) afternoon-prayer.

  • زهره نه کس را که گوید هین بخوان ** یا برون آید ز مسجد آن زمان
  • None dared to say “Come now, preach!” or to go forth from the mosque during that time.

  • هیبتی بنشسته بد بر خاص و عام ** پر شده نور خدا آن صحن و بام
  • An awe had settled (descended) on high and low (alike): the court and roof (of the mosque) had become filled with the Light of God.

  • هر که بینا ناظر نورش بدی ** کور زان خورشید هم گرم آمدی
  • Whoever possessed vision was beholding His Light; the blind man too was being heated by that Sun.