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  • My being single or wedded is not on account of sensual desire: my spirit is like a die in the hand of God.
  • فردی ما جفتی ما نه از هواست  ** جان ما چون مهره در دست خداست 

  • I endure the disdain of that foolish (woman) and a hundred like her, neither from love of colour nor passion for scent.
  • ناز آن ابله کشیم و صد چو او  ** نه ز عشق رنگ و نه سودای بو 

  • This much, indeed, is (only) the lesson learned by my disciples; (but) unto what place (attains) the forward and backward movement of my battle!
  • این قدر خود درس شاگردان ماست  ** کر و فر ملحمه‌ی ما تا کجاست 

  • Unto what place? Unto the place where Place (itself) finds no admittance, and where nothing exists save the lightning-flash of the Moon of Allah. 2145
  • تا کجا آنجا که جا را راه نیست  ** جز سنابرق مه الله نیست 

  • (’Tis) far beyond all conceptions and imaginations, (’tis) the Light of light of light of light of light of light.”
  • از همه اوهام و تصویرات دور  ** نور نور نور نور نور نور 

  • If I have made my discourse low for your sake, (it is) in order that you may put up with an ill-natured companion,
  • بهر تو ار پست کردم گفت و گو  ** تا بسازی با رفیق زشت‌خو 

  • And smilingly and cheerfully bear the burden of distress, because patience is the key to relief from pain.
  • تا کشی خندان و خوش بار حرج  ** از پی الصبر مفتاح الفرج 

  • When you put up with the vileness of these vile folk you will attain unto the light of the (Prophetic) sunnas (ways and practices);
  • چون بسازی با خسی این خسان  ** گردی اندر نور سنتها رسان 

  • For the prophets have often suffered affliction from the vile: often have they writhed in anguish on account of such snakes. 2150
  • که انبیا رنج خسان بس دیده‌اند  ** از چنین ماران بسی پیچیده‌اند 

  • Since in eternity it was the will and decree of God, the Forgiver, to reveal and manifest Himself,
  • چون مراد و حکم یزدان غفور  ** بود در قدمت تجلی و ظهور 

  • (This involves contrariety, for) nothing can be shown without a contrary; and there was no contrary to that incomparable King.
  • بی ز ضدی ضد را نتوان نمود  ** وان شه بی‌مثل را ضدی نبود 

  • The (Divine) purpose in (saying), “Lo, I will place a viceroy in the earth.”
  • حکمت در انی جاعل فی الارض خلیفة 

  • Therefore He made a viceroy, one having a heart, to the end that he might be a mirror for His sovereignty;
  • پس خلیفه ساخت صاحب‌سینه‌ای  ** تا بود شاهیش را آیینه‌ای 

  • So He endowed him with infinite purity (spiritual light), and then set up against him a contrary (in the form) of darkness.
  • بس صفای بی‌حدودش داد او  ** وانگه از ظلمت ضدش بنهاد او 

  • He made two banners, white and black: one (was) Adam, the other (was) the Iblís (Devil) of the Way (to Him). 2155
  • دو علم بر ساخت اسپید و سیاه  ** آن یکی آدم دگر ابلیس راه 

  • Between those two mighty camps (there was) combat and strife, and there came to pass what came to pass.
  • در میان آن دو لشکرگاه زفت  ** چالش و پیکار آنچ رفت رفت 

  • Likewise in the second period Hábíl (Abel) arose, and Qábíl (Cain) became the antagonist of his pure light.
  • هم‌چنان دور دوم هابیل شد  ** ضد نور پاک او قابیل شد 

  • Even so (were) these two banners of justice and iniquity (continuing to be raised) till in the course of time the period of Nimrod arrived.
  • هم‌چنان این دو علم از عدل و جور  ** تا به نمرود آمد اندر دور دور 

  • He became the antagonist and adversary of Abraham, and those two armies waged war (against each other) and sought battle.
  • ضد ابراهیم گشت و خصم او  ** وآن دو لشکر کین‌گزار و جنگ‌جو 

  • (At last) when He was displeased with the prolongation of the strife, His fire became the (means of) decision between the twain. 2160
  • چون درازی جنگ آمد ناخوشش  ** فیصل آن هر دو آمد آتشش 

  • So He caused a fire to be His arbiter and servant, in order that the difficulty (controversy) of those two persons might be solved.
  • پس حکم کرد آتشی را و نکر  ** تا شود حل مشکل آن دو نفر 

  • These two (contrary) parties (carried on the struggle) from period to period and from generation to generation, down to (the time of) Pharaoh and God-fearing Moses,
  • دور دور و قرن قرن این دو فریق  ** تا به فرعون و به موسی شفیق 

  • Between whom there was war for (many) years. When it passed (all) bounds and was causing excessive weariness,
  • سالها اندر میانشان حرب بود  ** چون ز حد رفت و ملولی می‌فزود 

  • God made the water of the sea His arbiter, that it might be left (to the sea to decide) which of these two should prevail.
  • آب دریا را حکم سازید حق  ** تا که ماند کی برد زین دو سبق 

  • So (it went on) till the period and time of Mustafá (Mohammed), (who contended) with Abú Jahl, the general of the army of iniquity. 2165
  • هم‌چنان تا دور و طور مصطفی  ** با ابوجهل آن سپهدار جفا 

  • Moreover He (God) appointed a servant for (the destruction of) Thamúd, (namely), the (awful) Cry that took away their lives.
  • هم نکر سازید از بهر ثمود  ** صیحه‌ای که جانشان را در ربود