(’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
Moreover He appointed a servant for (the destruction of) the people of ‘Ád, one that rises quickly and moves rapidly, that is (to say), the Wind.
هم نکر سازید بهر قوم عاد ** زود خیزی تیزرو یعنی که باد
Moreover He appointed a discerning servant for (the destruction of) Qárún (Korah): He endued the graciousness of the Earth with enmity,
هم نکر سازید بر قارون ز کین ** در حلیمی این زمین پوشید کین
So that the graciousness of the Earth turned entirely to wrath, and she bore Qárún and his treasure down to the abyss.
تا حلیمی زمین شد جمله قهر ** برد قارون را و گنجش را به قعر
In the case of the food that is a pillar (support) for this body, bread is like a breastplate to repel the sword of hunger;2170
لقمهای را که ستون این تنست ** دفع تیغ جوع نان چون جوشنست