1Cademy - بخش ۲ - اندر ستایش عقل و عاقل و معقول / Section 2 - In Praise of Intellect, the Intelligent, and the Intelligible

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حدیقة الحقیقه و شریعة الطریقه / Hadiqat al-Haqiqah (The Walled Garden of Truth)
بخش ۱ - فی صفة العقل واحواله وافعاله و غایة عنایته و سبب وجوده / Section 1 - On the Attributes of the Intellect, Its States, Its Actions, the Ultimate Goal of Its Providence, and the Reason for Its Existence
باب چهارم: اندر عقل / Chapter Four: On the Intellect

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بخش ۲ - اندر ستایش عقل و عاقل و معقول / Section 2 - In Praise of Intellect, the Intelligent, and the Intelligible

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هرچه در زیر چرخ نیک و بدند	خوشه چینان خرمن خردند
Whatever good and bad exists under the wheel of heaven, Are gleaners of the harvest of intellect.
چون درآمد ز بارگاه ازل	شد بدو راست کار علم و عمل
When it arrived from the court of eternity, The work of knowledge and action was set right by it.
هم کلید امور در دستش	هم ره امر بسته در هستش
Both the key to affairs is in its hand, And the path of the command is bound in its existence.
مایهٔ نیک و سایهٔ بد اوست	سبب بود و هست و باشد اوست
It is the essence of good and the shadow of bad, It is the cause of what was, is, and will be.
در حروفی که پردهٔ نقلست	آخر شرع اول عقلست
In the letters that are the veil of tradition, The end of religious law is the beginning of intellect.
از برای صلاح دولت و دین	چشم عقل اولیست آخر بین
For the betterment of state and religion, The eye of intellect is foremost in seeing the end.
مر ترا عقل جمله بنماید	آنچه رفت آنچه هست و آنچ آید
Intellect will reveal everything to you: What has passed, what is, and what will come.
سخن عقل صوت و حرفی نیست	زآنکه تاریکی از شگرفی نیست
The speech of intellect is not of sound and letter, Because darkness is not from greatness.
هرکجا نطق عقل بر زد دم	حرف و آواز در خزد به عدم
Wherever the speech of intellect breathes forth, Letter and sound creep away into non-existence.
عقل هم گوهر است و هم کانست	هم رسولست و هم نگهبانست
Intellect is both the jewel and the mine, It is both the messenger and the guardian.
خشک بندی ندید نیکوتر	هیچ خاموش ازو سخن گوتر
A better dry block was never seen, No silent one is more eloquent than it.
جسم را جان و بردباری ده	نفس را علم بخش و یاری ده
It gives life and patience to the body, It gives knowledge and assistance to the soul.
نه ز روی فسون و افسانه	سخنی گویمت حکیمانه
Not by way of magic and fable, I tell you a wise word:
مشرق و مغربی که عقل تراست	فوق نی تحت نی و نی چپ و راست
The East and West that your intellect has, Are neither above, nor below, nor left, nor right.
مشرق آفتاب عقل ازل	مغرب او خدای عز وجل
The East of the sun of intellect is pre-eternity, Its West is God, the Glorious and Exalted.
دور بینی شناسد این معنی	کز خرد همچو جهل بر در نی
A far-sighted person recognizes this meaning, That one should not be at the door of intellect as of ignorance.
کاندرین منزل فریب و هوس	هست بهر شکست بند و قفس
For in this station of deceit and desire, It exists to break the bonds and the cage.
عقل در منزل ازل ز اول	آخرش اولست همچو ازل
Intellect in the station of pre-eternity from the beginning, Its end is its beginning, just like pre-eternity.
که برین روی پشت دین آمد	آن چنان بود وین چنین آمد
That on this face the back of religion came, That was such, and this became such.
زان درین بارگاه انده و غم	از پی شادی بنی آدم
Thus in this court of sorrow and grief, For the sake of the joy of the children of Adam.
علت فهم و وهم و هوش آمد	که برهنه برهنه پوش آمد
It became the cause of understanding, imagination, and intelligence, That the naked one became the coverer of the naked.
غیب را بهر دولت دو سرای	گاه پوشیده گه صریح نمای
The unseen, for the fortune of both realms, Sometimes it conceals, sometimes it reveals clearly.
شده بی هیچ عیب و ریب و شکی	عقل و معقول و عاقل این سه یکی
Becoming without any flaw, doubt, and uncertainty, The intellect, the intelligible, and the intelligent—these three are one.
عقل در راه حق دلیل تو بس	عقل هر جایگه خلیل تو بس
Intellect in the path of truth is sufficient as your guide, Intellect in every place is sufficient as your intimate friend.
چنگ در زن به عقل تا برهی	ورنه گردی به هر رهی چو رهی
Grasp onto intellect so that you may be saved, Otherwise, you will wander in every path like a slave.
کن مکن در پذیرد از فرمان	پس به جان گوید این بکن مکن آن
It accepts the 'do' and 'do not' from the command, Then it tells the soul: 'Do this, do not do that.'
خوانده از قدر صایبان عرب	ذات او را مدبر الاقرب
The Sabeans of the Arabs, out of respect, have called Its essence 'the Closest Manager'.
عقل فعال نام او کرده	پنج حس را غلام او کرده
They named it the Active Intellect, Making the five senses its slaves.
حس و اطباع خوانده او را میر	نفس کلی ورا بسان وزیر
Sense and nature have called it the prince, The Universal Soul is like a minister to it.
فیض او نقشهای جافی شوی	فعل او نفسهای صافی جوی
Its grace washes away harsh forms, Its action seeks pure souls.
فیض او در صفا سکینهٔ روح	فضل او در وفا سفینهٔ نوح
Its grace in purity is the tranquility of the spirit, Its bounty in faithfulness is the Ark of Noah.
از پی مصلحت نه بهر هوس	بیشتر میل او بود به دو کس
For the sake of expedience, not out of desire, Its inclination is mostly toward two people:
یا به تأیید خسرو عادل	یا به توحید عالم عامل
Either to the support of the just king, Or to the monotheism of the practicing scholar.
ارچه او جوهر این دو کس عرضند	لیکن او را متابع غرضند
Although it is a substance and these two are accidents, Yet they are followers of its purpose.
بر مجرد رعایتش بیش است	بر خلیفت عنایتش بیش است
Its observance of the immaterial is greater, Its favor towards the caliph is greater.
زانکه بی این دو ملک و دین نبود	هرکجا آن نباشد این نبود
Because without these two, state and religion would not exist, Wherever that is not, this will not be.
انس دارد همیشه با زهاد	زانکه زهاد برتر از عباد
It always has intimacy with the ascetics, Because the ascetics are higher than the worshippers.
جوهری همچو عقل باید و بس	کز پی نفس کم زند چو نفس
A substance like intellect is needed and that is all, That goes after the ego less, like breath.
وارث رسم شرع و دین باشد	از ازل تا ابد چنین باشد
It is the heir of the custom of religious law and faith, From pre-eternity to post-eternity it is so.
زیرکان را در این سرای کهن	هیچ غمخواره ای مدان چو سخن
For the clever ones in this ancient house, Know no sympathizer like speech.
عقل را گر سوی تو هست قرار	جان حکمت فزای را مگذار
If intellect has a dwelling towards you, Do not forsake the wisdom-increasing soul.
از جهالت ترا رهاند عقل	به حقیقت ترا رساند عقل
Intellect saves you from ignorance, Intellect brings you to the truth.
مر ترا عقل دستگیر بس است	عقل راه ترا خفیر بس است
Intellect is sufficient as your helper, Intellect is sufficient as the guard of your path.
عقل مر نفس را دهد پیغام	کای ز من مر ترا درود و سلام
Intellect gives a message to the soul: 'O you, from me greetings and peace be upon you.'
هرکه مر عقل را بینبوید	از حدیثش همه نکت روید
Whoever seeks the fragrance of intellect, From his speech, all subtle points grow.
مرد عاقل همیشه تندارست	مرد جاهل ذلیل و غمخوارست
The intelligent man is always healthy, The ignorant man is abject and sorrowful.
دل جاهل ز طمع باشد پر	طمع از مال خلق جمله ببر
The heart of the ignorant is full of greed, Cut off all greed from the wealth of people.
آز خود را به زیر پای درآر	عقل را جوی و جهل را بگذار
Bring your greed under your feet, Seek intellect and abandon ignorance.
آز چون اژدهاست مردم خوار	تا نداری تو آز خود را خوار
Greed is like a man-eating dragon, As long as you do not hold your greed in contempt.
آز مانند خوک و خرس شناس	آز بگذار و از کسی مهراس
Recognize greed as like a pig and a bear, Abandon greed and do not fear anyone.
سینهٔ تو درین هوس دایم	چون سرابست و وهم ازو هایم
Your chest, in this desire constantly, Is like a mirage, and imagination is wandering from it.

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