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3512-3536

  • 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

  • The damned are they that are damned in the mother's womb: their state is known from the bodily marks.
  • الشقی من شقی فی بطن الام ** من سمات الجسم یعرف حالهم‌‌

  • The body, like a mother, is big with the spirit-child: death is the pangs and throes of birth.
  • تن چو مادر طفل جان را حامله ** مرگ درد زادن است و زلزله‌‌

  • All the spirits that have passed over (to the next life) are waiting to see in what state that proud spirit shall be born. 3515
  • جمله جانهای گذشته منتظر ** تا چگونه زاید آن جان بطر

  • The Ethiopians (the damned spirits) say, “It belongs to us”; the Anatolians (the blessed spirits) say, “It is very comely.”
  • زنگیان گویند خود از ماست او ** رومیان گویند بس زیباست او

  • As soon as it is born into the world of spirit and (Divine) grace, there is no further difference (of opinion) between the whites (the blessed) and the blacks (the damned).
  • چون بزاید در جهان جان و جود ** پس نماند اختلاف بیض و سود

  • If it is an Ethiopian (a damned spirit), the Ethiopians carry it off; and if it is an Anatolian (a blessed spirit), the Anatolians lead it away.
  • گر بود زنگی برندش زنگیان ** روم را رومی برد هم از میان‌‌

  • Until it is born (into the next life), it is a riddle for (all) the world: few are they that know (the destiny of) the unborn.
  • تا نزاد او مشکلات عالم است ** آن که نازاده شناسد او کم است‌‌

  • Such a one surely is seeing by the light of God, for he has the way (the means of knowing what is hidden) within the skin. 3520
  • او مگر ینظر بنور الله بود ** کاندرون پوست او را ره بود

  • Principium aquae seminis candidum est et pulchrum, but the reflexion of the spirit, (whether the spirit be) Anatolian or Ethiopian, [The original (nature of) seminal fluid is white and fair, but the reflexion of the spirit, (whether the spirit be) Anatolian or Ethiopian,]
  • اصل آب نطفه اسپید است و خوش ** لیک عکس جان رومی و حبش‌‌

  • Is giving colour (glory) to those (the Anatolians) who are most excellent in their (original) constitution, (while) it is bearing this (other) half (i.e. the Ethiopians) down to the lowest depth.
  • می‌‌دهد رنگ احسن التقویم را ** تا به اسفل می‌‌برد این نیم را

  • This discourse hath no end. Hasten back, that we may not be left behind by the caravan's file of camels.
  • این سخن پایان ندارد باز ران ** تا نمانیم از قطار کاروان‌‌

  • On the Day when faces shall become white or black, Turk and Hindi shall become manifest (shall be clearly discerned) from among that company.
  • یوم تبیض و تسود وجوه ** ترک و هندو شهره گردد ز آن گروه‌‌

  • In the womb (of this world) Hindoo and Turk are not distinguishable, (but) when each is born (into the next world) he (the seer) sees that each is miserable or glorious (according to his spiritual nature). 3525
  • در رحم پیدا نباشد هند و ترک ** چون که زاید بیندش زار و سترگ‌‌

  • “I am seeing them all plainly and with ocular vision, as (they shall be) on the Day of Resurrection, men and women.
  • جمله را چون روز رستاخیز من ** فاش می‌‌بینم عیان از مرد و زن‌‌

  • Hark, shall I tell or should I stop my breath (keep solence)?" Mustafá (Mohammad) bit his lip (in displeasure) at him (Zayd), as though to say, "Enough!"
  • هین بگویم یا فرو بندم نفس ** لب گزیدش مصطفی یعنی که بس‌‌

  • “O Messenger of Allah, shall I tell the mystery of the Gathering (on the Day of Judgement), shall I make the Resurrection manifest in the world to-day?
  • یا رسول الله بگویم سر حشر ** در جهان پیدا کنم امروز نشر

  • Let me be, that I may rend the curtains asunder, that my (spiritual) substance may shine forth like a sun;
  • هل مرا تا پرده‌‌ها را بر درم ** تا چو خورشیدی بتابد گوهرم‌‌

  • That the sun may be eclipsed by me, that I may show (the difference between) the (fruitful) date-palm and the (barren) willow. 3530
  • تا کسوف آید ز من خورشید را ** تا نمایم نخل را و بید را

  • I will show forth the mystery of Resurrection, the sterling coin and the coin mixed with alloy,
  • وا نمایم راز رستاخیز را ** نقد را و نقد قلب آمیز را

  • The people of the left with their hands cut off; I will show forth the colour of infidelity and the colour of the (Prophet's) folk.
  • دستها ببریده اصحاب شمال ** وانمایم رنگ کفر و رنگ آل‌‌

  • I will lay bare the seven rifts (sins) of hypocrisy in the light of the moon that suffers no eclipse or waning.
  • واگشایم هفت سوراخ نفاق ** در ضیای ماه بی‌‌خسف و محاق‌‌

  • I will display the woollen frocks of the damned, I will cause the drums and kettledrums of the prophets to be heard.
  • وانمایم من پلاس اشقیا ** بشنوانم طبل و کوس انبیا

  • Hell and the Gardens (of Paradise) and the intermediate state I will bring clearly before the eyes of the infidels. 3535
  • دوزخ و جنات و برزخ در میان ** پیش چشم کافران آرم عیان‌‌

  • I will display the pond of Kawthar heaving (with waves), which dashes water on their (the blessed ones') faces, (while) its sound (rings) in their ears;
  • وانمایم حوض کوثر را به جوش ** کآب بر روشان زند بانگش به گوش‌‌