بخش 103 - انکار کردن آن جماعت بر دعا و شفاعت دقوقی و پریدن ایشان و ناپیدا شدن در پردهٔ غیب و حیران شدن دقوقی کی در هوا رفتند یا در زمین

“When the ship was saved and (the voyagers) attained to their desire, simultaneously the (ritual) prayer of that company was finished.

They began to murmur to one another, saying, ‘O father, which of us is this (interfering) busybody?’

Each one spoke in secret to the other, (whilst they were) concealed (from view) behind Daqúqí's back,

And each one said, ‘I did not make this invocation just now, either externally or internally.’

He (one of the company) said, ‘It would seem that this Imám of ours, (moved) by grief, has meddlesomely offered an orison.’

Said the other, ‘O thou who art familiar with (intuitive) certainty, so it appears to me too.

He has been meddlesome: (prompted) by distress he has interfered with Him who chooseth (as He pleaseth), the Absolute One.’

When I looked behind (me) to see what those noble ones were saying,

I did not see one of them in their place: they had all gone from their place.

(They were) neither on the left nor on the right nor above nor below: my keen eye was unable to find the company (anywhere).

You might say that they were pearls (which) had become water: there was neither footprint nor any dust (to show where they had gone) in the desert.

At that moment they all (had) entered into the tents of God: into what garden had the troop (of them) gone?

I remained in amazement as to how God caused this company to be concealed from mine eye.”

In such wise did they vanish from his eye, like the plunge of fishes into the water of a stream.

During (many) years he continued to grieve for (the loss of) them; during (many) lifetimes he shed tears in longing for them.

You may say, “How should a man of God bring into view the thought of (take any thought of) human beings beside God?”

You are in a hole here, O so-and-so, because you have regarded them as flesh, not as spirit.

You have come to ruin, O foolish man, because like the vulgar you regarded these (persons) as human beings.

You have regarded (them) in the same way as the accursed Iblís (regarded Adam): he said, “I am of fire, (while) Adam is of earth.”

Bandage your Satanic eye for one moment: how long, pray, will you regard the (external) form? How long, how long?

O Daqúqí with (thy) streaming eyes, come, do not abandon hope: seek them!

Come, seek (them), for search is the pillar (foundation) of fortune: every success consists in (depends on) fixing the heart (upon the object of desire).

Unconcerned with all the business of the world, keep saying with (all) thy soul kú, kú, like the dove.

Consider this well, O thou who art veiled (by worldliness), that God hath tied “invocation” to “I will answer.”

Whosoever's heart is purged of infirmity, his invocation will go unto the Lord of glory.