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814-823

  • When from the soul (interior) of the jar a channel is made to the Sea, the jar will overwhelm the Jayhún (Oxus).
  • چون به دریا راه شد از جان خم  ** خم با جیحون برآرد اشتلم 
  • For that reason whatsoever the speech (voice) of Ahmad (Mohammed) may utter, the words are (really) uttered by the Sea. 815
  • زان سبب قل گفته‌ی دریا بود  ** هرچه نطق احمدی گویا بود 
  • All his words were pearls of the Sea, for his heart had a passage into the Sea.
  • گفته‌ی او جمله در بحر بود  ** که دلش را بود در دریا نفوذ 
  • Since the bounty of the Sea is (poured) through our jar, what wonder (that) the Sea (itself) should be (contained) in a Fish?
  • داد دریا چون ز خم ما بود  ** چه عجب در ماهیی دریا بود 
  • The sensual eye is fixed on the form of the thoroughfare: thou art regarding it as a thoroughfare, but he (the Perfect Man) as a permanent abode.
  • چشم حس افسرد بر نقش ممر  ** تش ممر می‌بینی و او مستقر 
  • This dualism is characteristic of the eye that sees double; but (in reality) the first is the last and the last is the first.
  • این دوی اوصاف دید احولست  ** ورنه اول آخر آخر اولست 
  • Hark, by what means is this made known (to thee)? By means of the (spiritual) resurrection. Seek to experience (that) resurrection: do not dispute concerning (that) resurrection. 820
  • هی ز چه معلوم گردد این ز بعث  ** بعث را جو کم کن اندر بعث بحث 
  • The (necessary) condition of (experiencing) the Day of Resurrection is to die first, for (the word) ba‘th (resurrection) is (signifies) “to raise to life from the dead.”
  • شرط روز بعث اول مردنست  ** زانک بعث از مرده زنده کردنست 
  • Hence all the world have taken the wrong way, for they are afraid of nonexistence, though it is (really) the refuge (in which they find salvation).
  • جمله عالم زین غلط کردند راه  ** کز عدم ترسند و آن آمد پناه 
  • Whence shall we seek (true knowledge? From renouncing (our false) knowledge. Whence shall we seek (true) peace? From renouncing peace (with our carnal selves).
  • از کجا جوییم علم از ترک علم  ** از کجا جوییم سلم از ترک سلم