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566-575

  • (Thy) life has gone (to waste) in (the consideration of logical) predicate and subject: (thy) life, devoid of (spiritual) insight, has gone in (study of) what has been received by hearsay.
  • عمر در محمول و در موضوع رفت  ** بی‌بصیرت عمر در مسموع رفت 

  • Every proof (that is) without (a spiritual) result and effect is vain: consider the (final) result of thyself!
  • هر دلیلی بی‌نتیجه و بی‌اثر  ** باطل آمد در نتیجه‌ی خود نگر 

  • Thou hast never perceived a Maker except by means of a thing made: thou art content with a syllogism.
  • جز به مصنوعی ندیدی صانعی  ** بر قیاس اقترانی قانعی 

  • The philosopher multiplies links (consisting) of (logical) proofs; on the other hand, the elect (the mystic) is contrary to him (in this respect).
  • می‌فزاید در وسایط فلسفی  ** از دلایل باز برعکسش صفی 

  • The latter flees from the proof and from the veil (between himself and God): he has sunk his head in his bosom for the sake of (contemplating) the Object of the proof. 570
  • این گریزد از دلیل و از حجاب  ** از پی مدلول سر برده به جیب 

  • If to him (the philosopher) the smoke is a proof of the fire, to us (mystics) ’tis sweet (to be) in the fire without the smoke,
  • گر دخان او را دلیل آتشست  ** بی‌دخان ما را در آن آتش خوشست 

  • Especially this Fire which, through (our) nighness and fealty (to God), is nearer to us than the smoke.
  • خاصه این آتش که از قرب ولا  ** از دخان نزدیک‌تر آمد به ما 

  • Therefore ’tis black villainy to go (turn away) from the Soul (Reality) towards the smoke for the sake of (indulging) the phantasies (illusions) of the (animal) soul.
  • پس سیه‌کاری بود رفتن ز جان  ** بهر تخییلات جان سوی دخان 

  • In explanation of the saying of the Prophet, on whom be peace, “There is no monkery in Islam.”
  • در بیان قول رسول علیه‌السلام لا رهبانیة فی‌الاسلام 

  • “Do not tear out thy feathers, but detach thy heart from (desire for) them, because (the existence of) the enemy is the necessary condition for (waging) this Holy War.
  • بر مکن پر را و دل بر کن ازو  ** زانک شرط این جهاد آمد عدو 

  • When there is no enemy, the Holy War is inconceivable; (if) thou hast no lust, there can be no obedience (to the Divine command). 575
  • چون عدو نبود جهاد آمد محال  ** شهوتت نبود نباشد امتثال