- Externally the branch is the origin of the fruit; intrinsically the branch came into existence for the sake of the fruit.
- ظاهر آن شاخ اصل میوه است ** باطنا بهر ثمر شد شاخ هست
- If there had not been desire and hope of the fruit, how should the gardener have planted the root of the tree?
- گر نبودی میل و اومید ثمر ** کی نشاندی باغبان بیخ شجر
- Therefore in reality the tree was born of the fruit, (even) if in appearance it (the fruit) was generated by the tree.
- پس به معنی آن شجر از میوه زاد ** گر به صورت از شجر بودش ولاد
- Hence Mustafá (Mohammed) said, “Adam and the (other) prophets are (following) behind me under (my) banner.” 525
- مصطفی زین گفت که آدم و انبیا ** خلف من باشند در زیر لوا
- For this reason that master of (all) sorts of knowledge has uttered the allegorical saying, “We are the last and the foremost.”
- بهر این فرموده است آن ذو فنون ** رمز نحن اخرون السابقون
- (That is to say), “If in appearance I am born of Adam, in reality I am the forefather of (every) forefather,
- گر بصورت من ز آدم زاده‌ام ** من به معنی جد جد افتاده‌ام
- Since the worship of the angels was (rendered) to him for my sake, and he ascended to the Seventh Heaven on my account.
- کز برای من بدش سجده‌ی ملک ** وز پی من رفت بر هفتم فلک
- Therefore in reality the Father (Adam) was born of me, therefore in reality the tree was born of the fruit.”
- پس ز من زایید در معنی پدر ** پس ز میوه زاد در معنی شجر
- The thought (idea), which is first, comes last into actuality, in particular the thought that is eternal. 530
- اول فکر آخر آمد در عمل ** خاصه فکری کو بود وصف ازل
- To sum up, in a single moment the caravan is going from Heaven and coming here.
- حاصل اندر یک زمان از آسمان ** می‌رود می‌آید ایدر کاروان