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دفتر ششم - بخش ۳۲ - قصهٔ هلال کی بندهٔ مخلص بود خدای را صاحب بصیرت بی‌تقلید پنهان شده در بندگی مخلوقان جهت مصلحت نه از عجز چنانک لقمان و یوسف از روی ظاهر و غیر ایشان بندهٔ سایس بود امیری را و آن امیر مسلمان بود اما چشم بسته داند اعمی که مادری دارد لیک چونی بوهم در نارد اگر با این دانش تعظیم این مادر کند ممکن بود کی از عمی خلاص یابد کی اذا اراد الله به عبد خیرا فتح عینی قلبه لیبصره بهما الغیب این راه ز زندگی دل حاصل کن کین زندگی تن صفت حیوانست / Book Six - Section 32 - The Tale of Hilal, who was a sincere servant of God, possessed of insight without imitation, hidden in servitude to creatures for expediency rather than incapacity, just as Luqman and Joseph and others were ostensibly servants; he was a groom to an Amir, and that Amir was a Muslim but blind to his true state. A blind man knows he has a mother but cannot conceive of her form; yet if he honors her with this knowledge, he may be freed from blindness, for 'When God wills good for a servant, He opens the eyes of his heart to see the unseen with them.' Acquire this path from the life of the heart, for the life of the body is merely an animal attribute

Original content

چون شنیدی بعضی اوصاف بلال
بشنو اکنون قصهٔ ضعف هلال

از بلال او بیش بود اندر روش
خوی بد را بیش کرده بد کشش

نه چو تو پس رو که هر دم پس تری
سوی سنگی می روی از گوهری

آن چنان کان خواجه را مهمان رسید
خواجه از ایام و سالش بر رسید

گفت عمرت چند سالست ای پسر
بازگو و در مدزد و بر شمر

گفت هجده هفده یا خود شانزده
یا که پانزده ای برادرخوانده

گفت واپس واپس ای خیره سرت
باز می رو تا بکس مادرت

English translation

Since you have heard some of the attributes of Bilal, Listen now to the tale of the frailty of Hilal. He was ahead of Bilal in the spiritual path; The pull of evil disposition had afflicted him more. Not like you, going backwards, so that you are further back every moment, Moving towards being a mere stone, away from being a jewel. Just as a guest arrived for that master, And the master asked him about his days and years. He said, 'How many years old are you, O boy? Tell me, do not conceal it, and count them.' He replied, 'Eighteen, seventeen, or perhaps sixteen, Or maybe fifteen, O adopted brother!' He said, 'Backwards, backwards, O stubborn one! Go backward until you return to your mother's womb!'

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