بخش 27 - دیدن درویش جماعت مشایخ را در خواب و درخواست کردن روزی حلال بی‌مشغول شدن به کسب و از عبادت ماندن و ارشاد ایشان او را و میوه‌های تلخ و ترش کوهی بر وی شیرین شدن به داد آن مشایخ

A certain dervish said in the night-talk, “I saw in dream those (saints who are) connected with Khizr.

I said to them, ‘Whence shall I (get to) eat a daily portion of lawful food that is not pernicious?’

They took me along towards the mountainous country: they were shaking down the fruit from (the trees in) the forest,

Saying, ‘God hath made the fruit (to taste) sweet in thy mouth because of our benedictions.

Come, eat (food that is) clean and lawful, and free of reckoning, without trouble and change of place and (going) up and down.’

Then from that daily provision there appeared in me a (gift of) speech: (the spiritual) savour of my words was transporting (the people's) minds.

I said, ‘This is a temptation: O Lord of the world, bestow (on me) a gift hidden from all (Thy) creatures!’

Speech departed from (forsook) me; I gained a joyous heart: I was bursting with rapture, like the pomegranate;

I said, ‘If there be naught in Paradise (for me) but this delight which I have within my nature,

No other blessing will be desired (by me): I will not be diverted from this (delight) by the houris and sugar-cane (of Paradise).’

Of my (former) earnings one or two small pieces (of money) had remained with me, sewn in the sleeve of my jubba.