بخش 50 - سؤال کردن آن صوفی قاضی را

The Súfi said, “Since (all) the gold is from a single Mine, why is this beneficial and that other harmful?

Since the whole (Creation) has come from a single Hand, why tees has this one come sober and that one intoxicated?

Since (all) these rivers flow from a single Sea, why is this one honey and that one poison in the mouth?

Since all lights are (derived) from the everlasting Sun, where fore did the true dawn and the false dawn rise?

Since the blackness of every seeing person’s eye is (derived) from a single Collyrium wherefore did true, sight and strabism come (into being)?

Since God is the Governor of the Mint, how is it that (both) good and spurious coins are struck?

Since God has called the Way ‘My Way,’ wherefore is this, one a trusty escort and that one a brigand?

How can (both) the (noble) freeman and the (base) fool come from a single womb, since it is certain that the son is (the expression of) his father’s inmost nature?

Who (ever) saw a Unity with so many thousand (numbers), (or) a hundred thousand motions (proceeding) from the essence of Rest?”