بخش 223 - داد خواستن پشه از باد به حضرت سلیمان علیه السلام

The gnat came from the garden and the grass, and the gnat began to demand justice from Solomon,

Saying, “O Solomon, thou dealest out justice to the devils and the children of men and the Jinn.

Bird and fish are under the protection of thy justice: who is the lost one whom thy bounty hath not sought out?

Give justice to us, for we are very miserable: we are deprived of the orchard and the rose- garden.

The difficulties of every weakling are solved by thee: the gnat in sooth is the (proverbial) similitude for weakness.

We are celebrated for weakness and frailty: thou art celebrated for kindness and care of the lowly.

O thou who hast reached the limit in (traversing) the stages of Power, (while) we have reached the limit in failure and aberration,

Do justice, relieve us from this sorrow, take our hand (to help us), O thou whose hand is the hand of God.”

Then Solomon said, “O seeker of equity, tell (me), against whom art thou demanding justice and equity?

Who is the oppressor that in (his) insolence has done thee injury and scratched thy face?

Oh, wonderful! Where, in Our epoch, is the oppressor that is not in Our prison and chains?

When We were born, on that day Injustice died: who, then, hath produced (committed) in Our epoch an act of injustice?

When the light dawned, the darkness vanished: darkness is the origin and support of injustice.

Look, (some of) the devils are doing work and service; the others are bound in shackles and bonds.

The origin of the injustice of the oppressors was from the devil: the devil is in bondage: how did violence appear?

(The Divine Will uttered in) ‘Be, and it was’ hath bestowed the kingdom on Us, that the people may not cry out in lament to Heaven;

That burning sighs may not soar upward; that the sky and the stars may not be shaken;

That the empyrean may not tremble at the orphan's wail; that no (living) soul may be marred by violence.

We established a law (of justice) throughout the kingdoms (of the earth), to the end that no (cry of) ‘O Lord!’ should go up to the skies.

O oppressed one, do not look to Heaven, for thou hast a heavenly king in the temporal world.”

The gnat said, “My appeal is against the hand (might) of the Wind, for he opened the two hands of oppression against us.

Through his oppression we are in sore straits: with closed lips we are drinking blood (suffering torment) from him.”