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  • The stone and the iron are indeed causes, but look higher, O good man!
  • سنگ و آهن خود سبب آمد و لیک ** تو به بالاتر نگر ای مرد نیک‌‌

  • For this (external) cause was produced by that (spiritual) cause: when did a cause ever proceed from itself without a cause?
  • کاین سبب را آن سبب آورد پیش ** بی‌‌سبب کی شد سبب هرگز ز خویش‌‌

  • And those causes which guide the prophets on their way are higher than these (external) causes.
  • و آن سببها کانبیا را رهبر است ** آن سببها زین سببها برتر است‌‌

  • That (spiritual) cause makes this (external) cause operative; sometimes, again, it makes it fruitless and ineffectual. 845
  • این سبب را آن سبب عامل کند ** باز گاهی بی‌‌بر و عاطل کند

  • (Ordinary) minds are familiar with this (external) cause, but the prophets are familiar with those (spiritual) causes.
  • این سبب را محرم آمد عقلها ** و آن سببها راست محرم انبیا

  • What is (the meaning of) this (word) “cause” (sabab) in Arabic? Say: “cord” (rasan). This cord came into this well (the world) by (Divine) artifice.
  • این سبب چه بود به تازی گو رسن ** اندر این چه این رسن آمد به فن‌‌

  • The revolution of the water-wheel causes the cord (to move), (but) not to see the mover of the water-wheel is an error.
  • گردش چرخه رسن را علت است ** چرخه گردان را ندیدن زلت است‌‌

  • Beware, beware! Do not regard these cords of causation in the world as (deriving their movement) from the giddy wheel (of heaven),
  • این رسنهای سببها در جهان ** هان و هان زین چرخ سر گردان مدان‌‌

  • Lest you remain empty and giddy like the (celestial) wheel, lest through brainlessness you burn like markh wood. 850
  • تا نمانی صفر و سر گردان چو چرخ ** تا نسوزی تو ز بی‌‌مغزی چو مرخ‌‌

  • By the command of God the wind devours (extinguishes) fire: both are drunken with the wine of God.
  • باد آتش می‌‌خورد از امر حق ** هر دو سر مست آمدند از خمر حق‌‌

  • O son, when you open your eyes you will see that from God too are the water of clemency and the fire of anger.
  • آب حلم و آتش خشم ای پسر ** هم ز حق بینی چو بگشایی بصر

  • Had not the soul of the wind been informed by God, how would it have distinguished (the believers and unbelievers) amongst the people of ‘Ád?
  • گر نبودی واقف از حق جان باد ** فرق کی کردی میان قوم عاد

  • The story of the wind which destroyed the people of ‘Ád in the time of (the prophet) Húd, on whom be peace.
  • قصه‌‌ی باد که در عهد هود علیه السلام قوم عاد را هلاک کرد

  • Húd drew a line round the believers: the wind would become soft (subside) when it reached that place,
  • هود گرد مومنان خطی کشید ** نرم می‌‌شد باد کانجا می‌‌رسید

  • (Although) it was dashing to pieces in the air all who were outside of the line. 855
  • هر که بیرون بود ز آن خط جمله را ** پاره پاره می‌‌گسست اندر هوا

  • Likewise Shaybán the shepherd used to draw a visible line round his flock
  • همچنین شیبان راعی می‌‌کشید ** گرد بر گرد رمه خطی پدید

  • Whenever he went to the Friday service at prayer-time, in order that the wolf might not raid and ravage there:
  • چون به جمعه می‌‌شد او وقت نماز ** تا نیارد گرگ آن جا ترک تاز

  • No wolf would go into that (circle), nor would any sheep stray beyond that mark;
  • هیچ گرگی در نرفتی اندر آن ** گوسفندی هم نگشتی ز آن نشان‌‌

  • The wind of the wolf's and sheeps' concupiscence was barred because of (by) the circle of the man of God.
  • باد حرص گرگ و حرص گوسفند ** دایره‌‌ی مرد خدا را بود بند

  • Even so, to those who know God (‘árifán) the wind of Death is soft and pleasant as the breeze (that wafts the scent) of (loved) ones like Joseph. 860
  • همچنین باد اجل با عارفان ** نرم و خوش همچون نسیم یوسفان‌‌

  • The fire did not set its teeth in Abraham: how should it bite him, since he is the chosen of God?
  • آتش ابراهیم را دندان نزد ** چون گزیده‌‌ی حق بود چونش گزد

  • The religious are not burned by the fire of lust which bore all the rest down to the bottom of the earth.
  • ز آتش شهوت نسوزد اهل دین ** باقیان را برده تا قعر زمین‌‌

  • The waves of the sea, when they charged on by God's command, discriminated the people of Moses from the Egyptians.
  • موج دریا چون به امر حق بتاخت ** اهل موسی را ز قبطی واشناخت‌‌

  • The earth, when the (Divine) command came, drew Qárún (Korah) with his gold and throne into its lowest depth.
  • خاک قارون را چو فرمان در رسید ** با زر و تختش به قعر خود کشید

  • The water and clay, when it fed on the breath of Jesus, spread wings and pinions, became a bird, and flew. 865
  • آب و گل چون از دم عیسی چرید ** بال و پر بگشاد مرغی شد پرید

  • Your glorification (of God) is an exhalation from the water and clay (of your body): it became a bird of Paradise through the breathing (into it) of your heart's sincerity.
  • هست تسبیحت بخار آب و گل ** مرغ جنت شد ز نفخ صدق دل‌‌