باب
دفتر چهارم
نظمیں
بخش 1سر آغاز
IN THE NAME OF GOD THE MERCIFUL, THE COMPASSIONATE
بخش 2تمامی حکایت آن عاشق که از عسس گریخت در باغی مجهول خود معشوق را در باغ یافت و عسس را از شادی دعای خیر میکرد و میگفت کی عَسی أَنْ تَکْرَهوا شَیْئاً وَ هُوَ خَیْرٌ لَکُمْ
Conclusion of the story of the lover who fled from the night-patrol into an orchard unknown to him, and for joy at finding his beloved in the orchard called down blessings on the night-patrol and said, “It may be that ye loathe a thing although it is better for you.”
بخش 3حکایت آن واعظ کی هر آغاز تذکیر دعای ظالمان و سختدلان و بیاعتقادان کردی
Story of the preacher who at the beginning of every exhortation used to pray for the unjust and hard-hearted and irreligious.
بخش 4سؤال کردن از عیسی علیهالسلام کی در وجود از همهٔ صعبها صعبتر چیست
How they asked Jesus, on whom be peace, saying, “O Spirit of God, what is the hardest thing to bear of all the hard things in existence?”
بخش 5قصد خیانت کردن عاشق و بانگ بر زدن معشوق بر وی
The lover’s attempted perfidy, and how the beloved scolded him.
بخش 6قصهٔ آن صوفی کی زن خود را بیگانهای بگرفت
Story of the Súfí who caught his wife with a strange man.
بخش 7معشوق را زیر چادر پنهان کردن جهت تلبیس و بهانه گفتن زن کی ان کید کن عظیم
How the wife, for the sake of imposition, hid the beloved one under her chádar and offered a false excuse, “for verily, great is the cunning of you (women).”
بخش 8گفتن زن کی او در بند جهاز نیست مراد او ستر و صلاحست و جواب گفتن صوفی این را سرپوشیده
How the wife said that she (the lady) was not bent upon household goods, and that what she wanted was modesty and virtue; and how the Súfí answered her (his wife) cryptically.
بخش 9غرض از سمیع و بصیر گفتن خدا را
The purpose for which God is called Samí‘ (Hearing) and Basír (Seeing).
بخش 10مثال دنیا چون گولخن و تقوی چون حمام
Comparison of this world to a bath-stove and of piety to the bath.
بخش 11قصهٔ آن دباغ کی در بازار عطاران از بوی عطر و مشک بیهوش و رنجور شد
Story of the tanner who fainted and sickened on smelling otto and musk in the bazaar of the perfumers.
بخش 12معالجه کردن برادر دباغ دباغ را به خفیه به بوی سرگین
How the tanner’s brother sought to cure him secretly with the smell of dung.
بخش 13عذر خواستن آن عاشق از گناه خویش به تلبیس و روی پوش و فهم کردن معشوق آن را نیز
بخش 14رد کردن معشوقه عذر عاشق را و تلبیس او را در روی او مالیدن
How the beloved rejected the excuses of the lover and rubbed h duplicity into him
بخش 15گفتن آن جهود علی را کرم الله وجهه کی اگر اعتماد داری بر حافظی حق از سر این کوشک خود را در انداز و جواب گفتن امیرالمؤمنین او را
How the Jew said to ‘Alí, may God honour his person, “If thou hast confidence in God's protection, cast thyself down from the top of this kiosk”; and how the Prince of the Faithful answered him.
بخش 16قصهٔ مسجد اقصی و خروب و عزم کردن داود علیهالسلام پیش از سلیمان علیهالسلام بر بنای آن مسجد
Story of the Farther Mosque and the carob and how, before (the reign of) Solomon, on whom be peace, David, on whom be peace, resolved on building that Mosque.
بخش 17شرح انما المؤمنون اخوة والعلماء کنفس واحدة خاصه اتحاد داود و سلیمان و سایر انبیا علیهمالسلام کی اگر یکی ازیشان را منکر شوی ایمان به هیچ نبی درست نباشد و این علامت اتحادست کی یک خانه از هزاران خانه ویران کنی آن همه ویران شود و یک دیوار قایم نماند کی لانفرق بین احد منهم و العاقل یکفیه الاشارة این خود از اشارت گذشت
Explanation of “Verily, the Faithful are brothers, and the ‘ulamá (divines) are as one soul”; in particular, the oneness of David, Solomon, and all the other prophets, on whom be peace: if you disbelieve in one of them, (your) faith in any prophet will not be perfect; and this is the sign of (their) oneness, that if you destroy a single one of those thousands of houses, all the rest will be destroyed, and not a single wall will be left standing; for “We make no distinction between any of them (the prophets).” Indication is sufficient for him that hath intelligence: this goes even beyond indication.
بخش 18بقیهٔ قصهٔ بنای مسجد اقصی
The rest of the Story of the building of the Farther Mosque.
بخش 19قصهٔ آغاز خلافت عثمان رضی الله عنه و خطبهٔ وی در بیان آنک ناصح فعال به فعل به از ناصح قوال به قول
Story of the beginning of the Caliphate of ‘Uthmán, may God be well-pleased with him, and his sermon expounding that the doer who exhorts by deeds is better than the speaker who exhorts by words.
بخش 20در بیان آنک حکما گویند آدمی عالم صغریست و حکمای اللهی گویند آدمی عالم کبریست زیرا آن علم حکما بر صورت آدمی مقصور بود و علم این حکما در حقیقت حقیقت آدمی موصول بود
Explaining that (while) philosophers say that Man is the microcosm, theosophists say that Man is the macrocosm, the reason being that philosophy is confined to the phenomenal form of Man, whereas theosophy is connected with the essential truth of his true nature.
بخش 21تفسیر این حدیث کی مثل امتی کمثل سفینة نوح من تمسک بها نجا و من تخلف عنها غرق
Exposition of the Hadíth, “The parable of my community is the parable of the Ship (Ark) of Noah: whoso shall cleave to it is saved, and whoso shall hold back from it is drowned.”
بخش 22قصهٔ هدیه فرستادن بلقیس از شهر سبا سوی سلیمان علیهالسلام
Story of Bilqís' sending a gift from the city of Sabá to Solomon, on whom be peace.
بخش 23کرامات و نور شیخ عبدالله مغربی قدس الله سره
The miraculous gifts and illumination of Shaykh ‘Abdullah Maghribi, may God sanctify his spirit.
بخش 24بازگردانیدن سلیمان علیهالسلام رسولان بلقیس را به آن هدیهها کی آورده بودند سوی بلقیس و دعوت کردن بلقیس را به ایمان و ترک آفتابپرستی
How Solomon, on whom be peace, bade the envoys of Bilqis ret urn to her with the gifts which they had brought; and how he called Bilqis to (accept) the Faith and to abandon sun-worship.
بخش 25قصهٔ عطاری کی سنگ ترازوی او گل سرشوی بود و دزدیدن مشتری گل خوار از آن گل هنگام سنجیدن شکر دزدیده و پنهان
Story of the druggist whose balance-weight was clay for washing the head; and how a customer, who was a clay-eater, stole some of that clay covertly and secretly, whilst sugar was being weighed.
بخش 26دلداری کردن و نواختن سلیمان علیهالسلام مر آن رسولان را و دفع وحشت و آزار از دل ایشان و عذر قبول ناکردن هدیه شرح کردن با ایشان
How Solomon, on whom be peace, showed affection and kindness to the envoys and removed (feelings of) resentment and injury from their hearts and explained to them the reason for declining the gift.
بخش 27دیدن 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
How a dervish saw in dream a company of Shaykhs and begged for a daily portion of lawful food (which he should receive) without being occupied with earning (it) and being (thereby) incapacitated from devotional service; and how they directed him, and how the sour and bitter mountain-fruit became sweet to him through the bounty of those Shaykhs.
بخش 28نیت کردن او کی این زر بدهم بدان هیزمکش چون من روزی یافتم به کرامات مشایخ و رنجیدن آن هیزمکش از ضمیر و نیت او
How he formed an intention, saying, ‘I will give this money to that carrier of firewood, since I have obtained daily provision through the miraculous gifts of the Shaykhs’; and how the carrier of firewood was offended by his secret thought and intention.
بخش 29تحریض سلیمان علیهالسلام مر رسولان را بر تعجیل به هجرت بلقیس بهر ایمان
[How Solomon, on whom be peace, urged the envoys to hasten the emigration of Bilqis (from her kingdom) for the Faith’s sake.]
بخش 30سبب هجرت ابراهیم ادهم قدس الله سره و ترک ملک خراسان
The cause of the emigration of (Ibráhím son of) Adham, may God sanctify his spirit, and his abandoning the kingdom of Khurásán.
بخش 31حکایت آن مرد تشنه کی از سر جوز بن جوز میریخت در جوی آب کی در گو بود و به آب نمیرسید تا به افتادن جوز بانگ آب# بشنود و او را چو سماع خوش بانگ آب اندر طرب میآورد
Story of the thirsty man who dropped walnuts from the top of a walnut-tree into the water-brook that was in the hollow, without reaching the water (himself), in order that he might hear the sound made by the walnuts falling on the water, which thrilled him with joy as (though it were) sweet music.
بخش 32تهدید فرستادن سلیمان علیهالسلام پیش بلقیس کی اصرار میندیش بر شرک و تاخیر مکن
How Solomon, on whom be peace, sent a threatening message to Bilqis, saying, “Do not think to persist in polytheism and do not make delay.”
بخش 33پیدا کردن سلیمان علیهالسلام کی مرا خالصا لامر الله جهدست در ایمان تو یک ذره غرضی نیست مرا نه در نفس تو و حسن تو و نه در ملک تو خود بینی چون چشم جان باز شود به نورالله
How Solomon, on whom be peace, explained (to Bilqis), saying, “My labour in (bringing about) thy (conversion to the) Faith is purely for God’s sake: I have not one atom of self-interest, either as regards thy person or thy beauty or thy kingdom. Thou thyself wilt see (this) when the eye of thy spirit is opened by the light of God.”
بخش 34باقی قصهٔ ابراهیم ادهم قدسالله سره
The remainder of the story of Ibrahim son of Adham, may God sanctify his spirit.
بخش 35بقیهٔ قصهٔ اهل سبا و نصیحت و ارشاد سلیمان علیهالسلام آل بلقیس را هر یکی را اندر خور خود و مشکلات دین و دل او و صید کردن هر جنس مرغ ضمیری به صفیر آن جنس مرغ و طعمهٔ او
The rest of the story of the people of Saba, and of the admonition and guidance given by Solomon, on whom be peace, to the kinsfolk of Bilqis—to every one (the particular guidance) suitable to his religious and spiritual difficulties; and how he caught (decoyed) each sort of conceptional bird with the whistle and bait proper for that sort of bird.
بخش 36آزاد شدن بلقیس از ملک و مست شدن او از شوق ایمان و التفات همت او از همهٔ ملک منقطع شدن وقت هجرت الا از تخت
How Bilqis was freed from her kingdom and was intoxicated with longing for the Faith, and how at the moment of her (spiritual) emigration the regard of her desire became severed from the whole of her kingdom except from her throne.
بخش 37چاره کردن سلیمان علیهالسلام در احضار تخت بلقیس از سبا
How Solomon, on whom be peace, devised a plan for bringing the throne of Bilqis from Saba.
بخش 38قصهٔ یاری خواستن حلیمه از بتان چون عقیب فطام مصطفی را علیهالسلام گم کرد و لرزیدن و سجدهٔ بتان و گواهی دادن ایشان بر عظمت کار مصطفی صلیالله علیه و سلم
Story of Halíma's asking help of the idols when she lost Mustafá (Mohammed)—on whom be peace—after he was weaned, and how the idols trembled and prostrated themselves and bore witness to the grandeur of Mohammed's estate—may God bless and save him!
بخش 39حکایت آن پیر عرب کی دلالت کرد حلیمه را به استعانت به بتان
Story of the old Arab who directed Halíma to seek help from the idols.
بخش 40خبر یافتن جد مصطفی عبدالمطلب از گم کردن حلیمه محمد را علیهالسلام و طالب شدن او گرد شهر و نالیدن او بر در کعبه و از حق درخواستن و یافتن او محمد را علیهالسلام
How ‘Abdu ’l-Muttalib, the grandfather of Mustafá (Mohammed), got news of Halíma's having lost Mohammed, on whom be peace, and searched for him round the city and made lamentation at the door of the Ka‘ba and besought God and found him (Mohammed), on whom be peace.
بخش 41نشان خواستن عبدالمطلب از موضع محمد علیهالسلام کی کجاش یابم و جواب آمدن از اندرون کعبه و نشان یافتن
How ‘Abdu ’l-Muttalib asked for a clue to the place where Mohammed was—peace be upon him!—saying, “Where shall I find him?” and how he was answered from within the Ka‘ba and obtained the clue.
بخش 42بقیهٔ قصهٔ دعوت رحمت بلقیس را
The rest of the story of (the Divine) Mercy’s calling Bilqis.
بخش 43مثل قانع شدن آدمی به دنیا و حرص او در طلب دنیا و غفلت او از دولت روحانیان کی ابنای جنس ویاند و نعرهزنان کی یا لَیْتَ قَوْمي یَعْلَمونَ
Parable of Man's being contented with (the goods of) this world, and his greed in seeking (them) and his indifference to the high and blessed estate of the spiritual who are his congeners (and are) crying, “Oh, would that my people might know!”
بخش 44بقیهٔ عمارت کردن سلیمان علیهالسلام مسجد اقصی را به تعلیم و وحی خدا جهت حکمتهایی کی او داند و معاونت ملایکه و دیو و پری و آدمی آشکارا
The rest of the story of Solomon, on whom be peace: how he built the Farther Mosque (the Temple of Solomon) by instruction and inspiration from God, (given to him) for wise purposes which He (only) knows; and how angels, demons, genies, and men lent visible aid.
بخش 45قصهٔ شاعر و صله دادن شاه و مضاعف کردن آن وزیر بوالحسن نام
Story of the poet and how the king gave him a reward and how the vizier, whose name was Bu ’l-Hasan, made it many times greater.
بخش 46باز آمدن آن شاعر بعد چند سال به امید همان صله و هزار دینار فرمودن بر قاعدهٔ خویش و گفتن وزیر نو هم حسن نام شاه را کی این سخت بسیارست و ما را خرجهاست و خزینه خالیست و من او را بده یک آن خشنود کنم
How after several years the poet came back in the hope of (receiving) the same reward, and how the king according to his custom ordered a thousand dinars to be given to him, and how the new vizier, who was also named Hasan, said to the king, “This is very much: we have (great) expenses and the treasury is empty, and I will satisfy him with a tenth of that (sum).”
بخش 47مانستن بدرایی این وزیر دون در افساد مروت شاه به وزیر فرعون یعنی هامان در افساد قابلیت فرعون
The resemblance of the bad judgement of this base vizier in corrupting the king's generosity to (that of) the vizier of Pharaoh, namely, Hámán, in corrupting the readiness of Pharaoh to receive (the true Faith).
بخش 48نشستن دیو بر مقام سلیمان علیهالسلام و تشبه کردن او به کارهای سلیمان علیهالسلام و فرق ظاهر میان هر دو سلیمان و دیو خویشتن را سلیمان بن داود نام کردن
How the Demon sat on the place (throne) of Solomon, on whom be peace, and imitated his actions; and concerning the manifest difference between the two Solomons, and how the Demon called himself Solomon son of David.
بخش 49درآمدن سلیمان علیهالسلام هر روز در مسجد اقصی بعد از تمام شدن جهت عبادت و ارشاد عابدان و معتکفان و رستن عقاقیر در مسجد
How Solomon, on whom be peace, entered the Farther Mosque daily, after its completion, for the purpose of worshipping and directing the worshippers and devotees; and how medicinal herbs grew in the Mosque.
بخش 50آموختن پیشه گورکنی قابیل از زاغ پیش از آنک در عالم علم گورکنی و گور بود
How Qábíl (Cain) learned the trade of grave-digging from the crow (raven), before knowledge of grave-digging and graves existed in the world.