Where in existence is (anything) more remote from understanding and mental perception than the consciousness and essence of God?
در وجود از سر حق و ذات او ** دورتر از فهم و استبصار کو
Since that does not remain hidden from (His) familiars, what is the essence and attribute that should remain concealed?
چونک آن مخفی نماند از محرمان ** ذات و وصفی چیست کان ماند نهان
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.”
عقل بحثی گوید این دورست و گو ** بی ز تاویل محالی کم شنو
The Qutb (the Head of the Saints) replies, “To thee, O infirm one, that which is above thy (spiritual) state seems absurd.”3655
قطب گوید مر ترا ای سست‌حال ** آنچ فوق حال تست آید محال
The visions which are now revealed to you, is it not the case that at first they seemed absurd to you?
واقعاتی که کنونت بر گشود ** نه که اول هم محالت می‌نمود
Inasmuch as the (Divine) Bounty has released you from ten prisons, do not make the (wide) desert an oppressive prison to yourself.
چون رهانیدت ز ده زندان کرم ** تیه را بر خود مکن حبس ستم
How the negation and affirmation of one (and the same) thing may be combined and reconciled from the standpoint of relativity and difference of aspect.
جمع و توفیق میان نفی و اثبات یک چیز از روی نسبت و اختلاف جهت
It is possible to deny and affirm the same thing: when the point of view is different, the relation is twofold.
نفی آن یک چیز و اثباتش رواست ** چون جهت شد مختلف نسبت دوتاست
(The text) thou didst not throw when thou threwest is relative: it is negation and affirmation: both are authorised.
ما رمیت اذ رمیت از نسبتست ** نفی و اثباتست و هر دو مثبتست
Thou threwest that (gravel), since it was on thy hand; thou didst not throw, for God manifested (His) power.3660
آن تو افکندی چو بر دست تو بود ** تو نه افکندی که قوت حق نمود
The strength of one born of Adam has a limit: how should a handful of earth become (the cause of) the rout of an army?
زور آدم‌زاد را حدی بود ** مشت خاک اشکست لشکر کی شود