بخش 129 - در تفسیر این خبر کی مصطفی صلوات‌الله علیه فرمود من کنت مولاه فعلی مولاه تا منافقان طعنه زدند کی بس نبودش کی ما مطیعی و چاکری نمودیم او را چاکری کودکی خلم آلودمان هم می‌فرماید الی آخره

For this reason the Prophet, who laboured with the utmost zeal (in devotion), applied the name “protector” (mawlá) to himself and to ‘Alí.

He said, “My cousin ‘Alí is the protector and friend of every one who is under my protection.”

Who is the “protector”? He that sets you free and removes the fetters of servitude from your feet.

Since prophethood is the guide to freedom, freedom is bestowed on true believers by the prophets.

Rejoice, O community of true believers: show yourselves to be “free” (pure and noble) as the cypress and the lily;

But do ye, like the gay-coloured garden, at every moment give unspoken thanks to the Water.

The cypresses and the green orchard mutely thank the water (that nourishes them) and show (silent) gratitude for the justice of Spring:

Clad in (fresh) robes and trailing their skirts, drunken and dancing and jubilant and scattering perfume;

Every part (of them) impregnated by royal Spring, their bodies as caskets filled with pearly fruit;

(Like) Maries, having no husband, yet big with a Messiah; silent ones, wordless and devoid of articulate expression,

(Saying implicitly), “Our Moon hath shone brightly (upon us) without speech: every tongue hath derived its speech from our beauty.”

The speech of Jesus is (derived) from the (spiritual) beauty of Mary; the speech of Adam is a ray (reflexion) of the (Divine) Breath.

(This thanksgiving of the orchard is a lesson to you) in order that from (your) thanksgiving, O men of trust, increase (of spiritual glory) may accrue; (and if ye give thanks) then other plants are (springing up) amidst the herbage.

Here the reverse (of the well-known Tradition) is (applicable), (for) he that is content (with a modicum of thanksgiving) shall be abased; (and similarly), in this case, he that covets (excess of thanksgiving) shall be exalted.

Do not go so much into the sack of thy fleshly soul, do not be (so) forgetful of thy purchasers (redeemers).