Rumi's Masnavi - So that I passed through (and beyond) day and night, as the point of the spear passes through the shield;

So that I passed through (and beyond) day and night, as the point of the spear passes through the shield;

تا ز روز و شب گذر کردم چنان ** که از اسپر بگذرد نوک سنان‌‌

For beyond (the realm of contraries) all religion is one: hundreds of thousands of years are the same as a single hour.

که از آن سو جمله‌‌ی ملت یکی ست ** صد هزاران سال و یک ساعت یکی ست‌‌

Eternity and everlastingness are unified (yonder): the understanding hath no way thither by means of inquiry.” 3505

هست ازل را و ابد را اتحاد ** عقل را ره نیست آن سو ز افتقاد

The Prophet said, “Where is the traveller's gift (that thou hast brought home) from this journey? Produce (a gift) suitable to the understanding of (intelligible to) the minds of this country (the phenomenal world).”

گفت از این ره کو رهاوردی بیار ** در خور فهم و عقول این دیار

Zayd said, “When (other) people see the sky, I behold the Empyrean with those who dwell there.

گفت خلقان چون ببینند آسمان ** من ببینم عرش را با عرشیان‌‌

The Eight Paradises and the Seven Hells are as visible to me as the idol to the idolater.

هشت جنت هفت دوزخ پیش من ** هست پیدا همچو بت پیش شمن‌‌

I am distinguishing the people (here), one by one, like wheat from barley in the mill,

یک به یک وامی‌‌شناسم خلق را ** همچو گندم من ز جو در آسیا

So that who is for Paradise and who shall be a stranger (to Paradise) is as clear to me as (the difference between) snake and fish.” 3510

که بهشتی کیست و بیگانه کی است ** پیش من پیدا چو مار و ماهی است‌‌

At the present time there hath been made manifest to this (illumined) class of men (what shall come to pass) on the Day when faces shall become white or black.

این زمان پیدا شده بر این گروه ** یوم تبیض و تسود وجوه‌‌

Before this (birth), however sinful the spirit was, it was in the womb (of the body) and was hidden from the people.

پیش از این هر چند جان پر عیب بود ** در رحم بود و ز خلقان غیب بود