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یوسف و موسی ز حق بردند نور ** در رخ و رخسار و در ذات الصدور
- Joseph and Moses fetched light from God into their cheeks and countenances and into their inmost bosoms.
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روی موسی بارقی انگیخته ** پیش رو او توبره آویخته
- The face of Moses shot forth a flashing beam: he hung a veil in front of his face.
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نور رویش آنچنان بردی بصر ** که زمرد از دو دیدهی مار کر 3060
- The splendour of his face would have dazzled (men's) eyes as the emerald (blinds) the eyes of the deaf adder.
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او ز حق در خواسته تا توبره ** گردد آن نور قوی را ساتره
- He besought God that the veil might become a covering for that powerful Light.
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توبره گفت از گلیمت ساز هین ** کان لباس عارفی آمد امین
- He (God) said, “Hark, make a veil of thy felt raiment, for the garment of gnosis can be trusted (to keep it safe),
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کان کسا از نور صبری یافتست ** نور جان در تار و پودش تافتست
- Because that robe has become inured to the Light: the Light of the Spirit shines through its warp and woof.
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جز چنین خرقه نخواهد شد صوان ** نور ما را بر نتابد غیر آن
- Nothing will be a (safe) repository (for it) except a mantle like this: nothing else can endure Our Light.
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کوه قاف ار پیش آید بهرسد ** همچو کوه طور نورش بر درد 3065
- If Mt Qáf should come forward as a barrier (to it), the Light would rend it asunder like Mt Sinai.”
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از کمال قدرت ابدان رجال ** یافت اندر نور بیچون احتمال
- Through the (Divine) omnipotence the bodies of (holy) men have gained ability to support the unconditioned Light.
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آنچ طورش بر نتابد ذرهای ** قدرتش جا سازد از قارورهای
- His (God's) power makes a glass vessel the dwelling-place of that (Light) of which Sinai cannot bear (even) a mote.