بخش 94 - باز گفتن موسی علیه‌السلام اسرار فرعون را و واقعات او را ظهر الغیب تا به خبیری حق ایمان آورد یا گمان برد

From the dark iron (of thy nature) He, by His power, was showing forth the visions that should come to pass in the end,

In order that thou might’st lessen (refrain from) that injustice and wickedness: thou wert seeing those (visions) and becoming more wicked.

He was showing unto thee hideous forms in dream: thou wert shrinking back from them, and (in reality) they were thy (own) form;

Like the Ethiopian (negro) who saw in the mirror that his face was ugly, et in speculum cacavit,

Saying, ‘How ugly thou art! Thou art deserving only of this.’ (The mirror replies), ‘My ugliness belongs to thee, O vile blind one.

Thou art putting this filth on thy ugly face: it is not on me, for I have splendour.’

At one time thou wert seeing (in vision) thy raiment burnt; at another time thy mouth and eyes stitched up;

Now a (rapacious) animal seeking thy blood; now thy head in the teeth of a wild beast;

Now (in thy dream thou wert) upside down in the midst of a latrine; now sunk in a fierce blood-dyed torrent;

Now from this pure heaven came to thee a voice crying, ‘Thou art damned, thou art damned, damned’;

Now from the mountains came to thee a voice, (saying) plainly, ‘Begone! Thou art one of the people of the left hand’;

Now from every inanimate thing was coming to thee a voice (which cried), ‘Pharaoh is fallen into Hell for evermore’;

(And thou sawest) worse things than these, which from shame I will not tell, lest thy perverted nature become hot (with anger).

I have told thee a little, O thou who wilt not accept (my warning): from a little thou mayst know that I am acquainted (with the whole).

Thou wert making thyself blind and dead, that thou might’st not bethink thee of the dreams and visions.

How long wilt thou flee? Lo, it is come to thee in despite of thy guile-meditating perception.