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  • راست‌گو دانیش تو از روی وصف ** گرچه ماهیت نشد از نوح کشف
  • You, veracious man, know him by way of description, though the quiddity of Noah has not been revealed (to you).
  • ور بگویی من چه دانم نوح را ** همچو اویی داند او را ای فتی
  • And if you reply, “How should I know Noah? (Only) one like him can know him, O youth.
  • مور لنگم من چه دانم فیل را ** پشه‌ای کی داند اسرافیل را
  • I am a lame ant. How should I know the elephant? How should a gnat know Isráfíl?”—
  • این سخن هم راستست از روی آن ** که بماهیت ندانیش ای فلان
  • This saying (answer) is also true in regard to the fact that you do not know him in his quiddity, O so-and-so.
  • عجز از ادراک ماهیت عمو ** حالت عامه بود مطلق مگو 3650
  • To be unable to perceive the quiddity, uncle, is the condition of common men: do not say it absolutely,
  • زانک ماهیات و سر سر آن ** پیش چشم کاملان باشد عیان
  • Inasmuch as quiddities and their inmost secret are clearly visible to the eyes of the Perfect.
  • در وجود از سر حق و ذات او ** دورتر از فهم و استبصار کو
  • Where in existence is (anything) more remote from understanding and mental perception than the consciousness and essence of God?
  • چونک آن مخفی نماند از محرمان ** ذات و وصفی چیست کان ماند نهان
  • Since that does not remain hidden from (His) familiars, what is the essence and attribute that should remain concealed?
  • عقل بحثی گوید این دورست و گو ** بی ز تاویل محالی کم شنو
  • The intellect of the scholastic theologian says, “This is far (from reasonable) and deeply involved (in error): do not listen to an absurdity without some explanation.”
  • قطب گوید مر ترا ای سست‌حال ** آنچ فوق حال تست آید محال 3655
  • The Qutb (the Head of the Saints) replies, “To thee, O infirm one, that which is above thy (spiritual) state seems absurd.”