Rumi's Masnavi - And that the desert skirting the mountain was filled from end to end with people resembling Moses in (the illumination of) their faces.

And that the desert skirting the mountain was filled from end to end with people resembling Moses in (the illumination of) their faces.

وآن بیابان سر به سر در ذیل کوه ** پر خلایق شکل موسی در وجوه

Their (staves and) mantles were like his staff and mantle: all (of them) were speeding joyously towards Sinai.

چون عصا و خرقه‌ی او خرقه‌شان ** جمله سوی طور خوش دامن کشان

All had lifted their hands in prayer and struck up together the tune of let me see (Thee). 2445

جمله کفها در دعا افراخته ** نغمه‌ی ارنی به هم در ساخته

Again, as soon as the trance departed from me, the form of each one seemed to me to be diverse.

باز آن غشیان چو از من رفت زود ** صورت هر یک دگرگونم نمود

They were the prophets endowed with love (of God): (thus) the (spiritual) unity of the prophets was (clearly) apprehended by me.

انبیا بودند ایشان اهل ود ** اتحاد انبیاام فهم شد

Again, I beheld some mighty angels: their outward form was (composed) of bodies of snow;

باز املاکی همی دیدم شگرف ** صورت ایشان بد از اجرام برف

And (I saw) another circle of angels asking help (of God): their outward form was wholly of fire.”

حلقه‌ی دیگر ملایک مستعین ** صورت ایشان به جمله آتشین

On this wise did the Jew tell (his dream): there is many a Jew whose end was praiseworthy. 2450

زین نسق می‌گفت آن شخص جهود ** بس جهودی که آخرش محمود بود

Do not regard any infidel with contempt, for there may be hope of his dying a Moslem.

هیچ کافر را به خواری منگرید ** که مسلمان مردنش باشد امید

What knowledge have you of the close of his life that you should once (and for all) avert your face from him?

چه خبر داری ز ختم عمر او ** تا بگردانی ازو یک‌باره رو