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پاسخ بایزید به نکیر و منکر / Bayazid's Answer to Nakir and Munkar

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چون برفت از دار دنیا بایزید
دید در خوابش مگر آن شب مرید

پس سؤالش کرد کای شایسته پیر
چون ز منکر درگذشتی وز نکیر

گفت چون کردند آن دو نامدار
از من مسکین سؤال از کردگار

گفتم ایشان را که نبود زین سؤال
نه شما را نه مرا هرگز کمال

زانک اگر گویم خدایم اوست بس
این سخن گفتن بود از من هوس

لیک اگر زینجا به نزد ذوالجلال
باز گردید و ازو پرسید حال

گر مرا او بنده خواند اینت کار
بنده ای باشم خدا را نامدار

ور مرا از بندگان نشمارد او
بسته ای بند خودم بگذارد او

با کسی آسان چو پیوندش نبود
من اگر خوانم خداوندش چه سود

چون نباشم بنده و بندی او
چون زنم لاف خداوندی او

در خداوندیش سرافکنده ام
لیک او باید که خواند بنده ام

گر ز سوی او درآید عاشقی
تو به عشق او به غایت لایقی

لیک عشقی کان ز سوی تو بود
دان که آن درخورد روی تو بود

او اگر با تو دراندازد خوشی
تو توانی شد ز شادی آتشی

کار آن دارد نه این ای بی خبر
کی خبر یابد ازو هر بی هنر

English translation

When Bayazid departed from the abode of the world, A disciple happened to see him in a dream that night. Then he asked him: 'O worthy master, How did you pass Munkar and Nakir?' He replied: 'When those two renowned ones Asked poor me about the Creator, I told them: "There is no perfection in this question, Neither for you nor for me, ever. Because if I say He is my only God, Speaking these words from me would be mere caprice. But if from here, to the Lord of Majesty, You return and ask Him of the situation, If He calls me His servant, that is the true achievement; I shall be a renowned servant of God. And if He does not count me among His servants, He will leave me bound in my own fetters. Since connection with Him is not easily granted to anyone, What is the use if I call Him Lord? When I am not His servant and His captive, How can I boast that He is my Lord? Before His Lordship, my head is bowed, But He must be the one to call me His servant." If love arrives from His side, You are utterly worthy of His love. But a love that originates from your side, Know that it is only fit for your own self. If He imparts joy to you, You can become a fire out of gladness. The matter rests in That, not this, O unaware one! How can any unskilled person find news of Him?'

Updated 2026-07-02

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