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  • At that moment God said to the angels, “So-and-so is suitable for prophethood.”
  • با ملایک گفت یزدان آن زمان  ** که نبوت را نمی‌زیبد فلان 
  • Mustafá (Mohammed) himself has said that every prophet herded sheep as a young man or boy,
  • مصطفی فرمود خود که هر نبی  ** کرد چوپانیش برنا یا صبی 
  • (And that) without his having been a shepherd and (having undergone) that trial, God did not bestow on him the leadership of the world.
  • بی‌شبانی کردن و آن امتحان  ** حق ندادش پیشوایی جهان 
  • A questioner said, “Even thou, O man of might?” “I too,” he replied, “was a shepherd for a long while.” 3290
  • گفت سایل هم تو نیز ای پهلوان  ** گفت من هم بوده‌ام دهری شبان 
  • In order that their (the prophets') calmness and fortitude should be displayed, God made them shepherds before (investing them with) prophethood.
  • تا شود پیدا وقار و صبرشان  ** کردشان پیش از نبوت حق شبان 
  • Every prince who performs the task of shepherding mankind in such wise that he obeys the Commandments (of God),
  • هر امیری کو شبانی بشر  ** آن‌چنان آرد که باشد متمر 
  • (And) in tending them with foresight and understanding shows a forbearance like that of Moses,
  • حلم موسی‌وار اندر رعی خود  ** او به جا آرد به تدبیر و خرد 
  • Inevitably God will bestow on him a spiritual shepherd's office (exalted) above the sphere of the moon,
  • لاجرم حقش دهد چوپانیی  ** بر فراز چرخ مه روحانیی 
  • Even as He raised the prophets from this herding (of sheep) and gave them the task of tending the righteous. 3295
  • آنچنان که انبیا را زین رعا  ** بر کشید و داد رعی اصفیا 
  • “Thou, in short, O Khwája, hast performed in thy shepherding (of the poor) that which causes him that hates thee to become blind (utterly confounded).
  • خواجه باری تو درین چوپانیت  ** کردی آنچ کور گردد شانیت