بخش 102 - مشورت کردن فرعون با ایسیه در ایمان آوردن به موسی علیه‌السلام

He related these words (of Moses) to Ésiya. She said, “Offer up thy soul to this, O black-hearted one,

At the back of this speech (of Moses) are many (Divine) favours: enjoy (them) quickly, O virtuous king!

The hour of sowing is come: bravo, (what) a profitable sowing!” She said this and wept and became hot (in urging him).

She sprang up from her place and said, “Blessed art thou! A sun has become a tiara for thee, O poor bald man.

A cap in sooth covers the defect of the baldpate, especially when the cap is the sun and moon.

In that very chamber where thou heardest this (speech), how didst not thou say ‘Yes’ and (utter) a hundred expressions of praise?

If these words (of Moses) had entered into the ear of the sun, it (the sun) would have come down headlong in hope of this.

Dost thou understand at all what the promise is and what the gift is? God is showing solicitude for Iblís.

When that gracious One called thee back so kindly, oh, ’tis a wonder how thy heart remained unmoved,

(And how) thy heart was not burst, so that, by means of that (burst) heart of thine, there might accrue to thee the portion (of felicity) in the two worlds.

The heart that is burst for the sake of God's portion eats fruit from (enjoys felicity in) the two worlds, as the martyrs (do).

True, (this) heedlessness and this blindness is (a manifestation of) Divine Wisdom, in order that he (the heedless man) may endure; but why (be heedless) to such an extent as this?

True, heedlessness is (a manifestation of) Divine Wisdom and Bounty, in order that (his) stock- in-trade may not suddenly fly out of (his) hand;

But not (heedlessness) so great that it becomes an incurable sore and a poison to the spirit and intellect of one who is sick.

Who, really, can find bazaars like this where with a single rose thou art buying (whole) roseries;

(Where) a hundred groves come (are offered) to thee in exchange for one seed, a hundred mines in exchange for one groat?

Kána lilláh is the giving of that groat, in order that kána ’lláh lahú may come into (thy) hand;

For this weak unstable hú (personality) was brought into being by the steadfast (permanent) hú of the Lord.

When the hú that passes away has surrendered itself to Him, it becomes everlasting and never dies.

(’Tis) like a drop of water (which is) afraid of wind (air) and earth; for by means of these twain it is made to pass away (and perish.

When it has leaped (thrown itself) into the sea, which was its source, it is delivered from the heat of the sun and from wind and earth.

Its outward form has disappeared in the sea, but its essence is inviolate and permanent and goodly.

Hark, O (thou who art like a) drop, give thyself up without repenting, that in recompense for the drop thou mayst gain the Ocean.

Hark, O drop, bestow on thyself this honour, and in the hand of the Sea become safe from destruction.

Whom indeed should fortune like this befall? A Sea has become the suitor for a drop.

In God's name, in God's name, sell and buy at once! Give a drop, and take (in return) the Sea which is full of pearls.

In God's name, in God's name, do not make any postponement, for these words (of Moses) come from the Sea of Grace.

(All other) grace is lost (vanishes away) in (comparison with) this grace, that one of the lowest is going up to the Seventh Heaven.

Hark, for a marvellous falcon has fallen to thee: no seeker will find it in (his) search.”

He (Pharaoh) said, “I will tell Hámán, O veiled (modest) one: the counsel of the vizier is necessary to the king.”

She said, “Do not tell Hámán this secret: what should a blind decrepit old woman know about a falcon?”