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بخش ۱۵ - فصل اندر تقدیس / Section 15 - Chapter on Sanctification

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

کاف و نون نیست جز نبشتهٔ ماچیست کن سرعت نفوذ قضا
Kaf and Nun (the creative command 'Kun' / 'Be') are nothing but our writing;
What is 'Kun' but the speed of the execution of Divine Decree?
نه ز عجز است دیری و زودیشنه ز طبع است خشم و خشنودیش
Its delay or speed is not out of weakness,
Nor are His wrath and pleasure out of temperament or nature.
علتش را نه کفر دان و نه دینصفتش را نه آن شناس و نه این
Consider its cause as neither disbelief nor religion,
Identify His attribute as neither that nor this.
پاک زانها که غافلان گفتندپاکتر زانکه عاقلان گفتند
He is pure from what the heedless have said,
And purer than what the wise have said.
وهم و خاطر دلیل نیکو نیستهرکجا وهم و خاطر است او نیست
Imagination and mind are not good guides,
Wherever imagination and mind exist, He is not there.
وهم و خاطر نو آفریدهٔ اوستآدم وعقل نورسیدهٔ اوست
Imagination and mind are His newly created things,
Adam and intellect are His newly arrived creations.
ذات او فارغست از چونیزشت و نیکو درون و بیرونی
His Essence is free from 'how-ness',
From ugly and beautiful, inner and outer.
زانک اثبات هست او بر نیستهمچو اثبات مادر اعمیست
For proving His existence over non-existence,
Is like the proof of a mother to a blind person.
داند اعمی که مادری داردلیک چونی به وهم در نارد
The blind person knows that he has a mother,
Yet he cannot bring her 'how-ness' (appearance) into his imagination.
در چنین عالمی که رویش دوزشت باشد تو او بوی او تو
In such a world of two faces,
It is ugly for you to be Him, or Him to be you.
گر نگویی بد و نکو نبودور بگویی تو باشی او نبود
If you do not speak, there is no bad or good,
And if you speak, it is you who exists, not He.
گر نگویی ز دین تهی باشیور بگویی مشبهی باشی
If you do not speak, you are devoid of religion,
And if you speak, you will be an anthropomorphist (one who likens God to creation).
با تو چون رخ در آینهٔ مصقولنز ره اتحاد و روی حلول
He is with you like a face in a polished mirror,
Not by way of union or incarnation.
چون برون از کجا و کی بود اوگوشهٔ خاطر تو کی شود او
Since He is outside of 'where' and 'when',
How can He fit into the corner of your mind?
عامه چون نزد حضرتش پویندآنک آنک به هرزه می گویند
When the common folk run towards His presence,
They say 'Lo! Lo!' (He is there! He is there!) in vain.
باز مردان چو فاخته در کویطاق در گردنند کوکو گوی
On the other hand, the true men, like ringdoves in the street,
With collars around their necks, cry 'Where? Where?' ('Koo-Koo').
فاخته غایبست گوید کوتو اگر حاضری چه گویی هو
The ringdove is absent from its beloved, hence it says 'where?';
If you are present, why do you cry 'He' ('Hu')?
خواه اومید گیر و خواهی بیمهیچ بر هرزه نافرید حکیم
Whether you choose hope or fear,
The Wise One created nothing in vain.
عالمست او به هرچه کرد و کندتو ندانی بدانت درد کند
He is all-knowing of whatever He has done and will do,
You do not know, and your ignorance pains you.
به ز تسلیم نیست در علمشتا بدانی حکیمی و حلمش
There is nothing better than submission to His knowledge,
So that you may know His wisdom and His forbearance.
خلق را داده از حکیمی خویشهرکرا بیش حاجت، آلت بیش
Out of His wisdom, He has granted to the creation;
Whoever has more need, is given more tools.
همه را داده آلتی در خوراز پی جر نفع و دفع ضرر
He has given everyone a suitable tool,
For drawing benefit and repelling harm.
در جهان آنچه رفت و آنچ آیدوآنچه هست آن چنان همی باید
Whatever has passed in the world, and whatever shall come,
And whatever exists, must be exactly as it should be.
تو مگو هیچ در میانه فضولراندهٔ او به دیده کن تو قبول
Do not speak any meddlesome words in between;
Accept His decree with your very eyes (with full submission).

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