بخش 173 - آداب المستمعین والمریدین عند فیض الحکمة من لسان الشیخ

To the weary this is (only) repetition, (but) in my eyes it is the bringing of repeated life.

The candle goes upward (burns higher) from repeated flashes (of flame); earth becomes gold in consequence of repeated heat.

If there are thousands of (eager) seekers (of knowledge) and a single weary (disgusted) one, the Messenger will refrain from delivering his message.

These mystery-telling Messengers of the hidden Mind require a hearer who has the nature of Isráfíl.

They have a haughtiness and pride like (that of) kings: they require service from the people of the world.

Until you perform the observances due to them, how will you gain profit from their message?

How will they deliver that deposit to you till you are bowed double before them?

How is every (kind of) observance acceptable to them?—for they have come from the Sublime Palace.

They are not beggars, that they should be grateful to you, O impostor, for every service.

But, O (thou who art the) inmost consciousness (of God), notwithstanding (their) lack of desire (to hear thy message), scatter the (Divine) Sultan's charity: do not withhold it!

O heavenly Messenger, do not regard the disgusted ones and let thy horse bound onward!

Blest is the Turcoman who lays contention aside and whose horse gallops into the moat of fire—

(Who) makes his horse so hot (in the race) that it seeks to mount to the zenith of the sky;

(Who) has shut his eyes to other (than God) and to jealousy; (who), like fire, has consumed (both) dry and wet.

If repentance find fault with him, he first sets fire to repentance.

Verily, repentance does not spring forth from non-existence (does not show itself at all), when it sees the ardour of him whose presence brings fortune.