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مثنوی معنوی: دفتر سوم / Masnavi: Book Three
دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۲۱ - آمدن پیغامبران حق به نصیحت اهل سبا / Book Three - Section 121 - The Coming of the Prophets of Truth to Advise the People of Saba

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دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۲۲ - معجزه خواستن قوم از پیغامبران / Book Three - Section 122 - The People Demanding a Miracle from the Prophets

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قوم گفتند ای گروه مدعی
کو گواه علم طب و نافعی

چون شما بسته همین خواب و خورید
همچو ما باشید در ده می چرید

چون شما در دام این آب و گلید
کی شما صیاد سیمرغ دلید

حب جاه و سروری دارد بر آن
که شمارد خویش از پیغامبران

ما نخواهیم این چنین لاف و دروغ
کردن اندر گوش و افتادن بدوغ

انبیا گفتند کین زان علتست
مایهٔ کوری حجاب ریتست

دعوی ما را شنیدیت و شما
می نبینید این گهر در دست ما

امتحانست این گهر مر خلق را
ماش گردانیم گرد چشمها

هر که گوید کو گوا گفتش گواست
کو نمی بیند گهر حبس عماست

آفتابی در سخن آمد که خیز
که بر آمد روز بر جه کم ستیز

تو بگویی آفتابا کو گواه
گویدت ای کور از حق دیده خواه

روز روشن هر که او جوید چراغ
عین جستن کوریش دارد بلاغ

ور نمی بینی گمانی برده ای
که صباحست و تو اندر پرده ای

کوری خود را مکن زین گفت فاش
خامش و در انتظار فضل باش

در میان روز گفتن روز کو
خویش رسوا کردنست ای روزجو

صبر و خاموشی جذوب رحمتست
وین نشان جستن نشان علتست

انصتوا بپذیر تا بر جان تو
آید از جانان جزای انصتوا

گر نخواهی نکس پیش این طبیب
بر زمین زن زر و سر را ای لبیب

گفت افزون را تو بفروش و بخر
بذل جان و بذل جاه و بذل زر

تا ثنای تو بگوید فضل هو
که حسد آرد فلک بر جاه تو

چون طبیبان را نگه دارید دل
خود ببینید و شوید ازخود خجل

دفع این کوری بدست خلق نیست
لیک اکرام طبیبان از هدیست

این طبیبان را به جان بنده شوید
تا به مشک و عنبر آکنده شوید

English translation

The people said: “O band of claimants, where is the proof of your healing knowledge and usefulness? Since you are bound to this same sleeping and eating, you are like us, grazing in the village. Since you are trapped in this water and clay, how can you be hunters of the Simorgh of the heart? Love of rank and lordship belongs to whoever counts himself among the prophets. We do not want this sort of boast and lie poured into our ears, nor to be taken in by deceit.” The prophets said: “This is because of that illness; the cause of blindness is the veil of your own opinion or doubt. You have heard our claim, yet you do not see this jewel in our hand. This jewel is a trial for creatures; we turn it around before their eyes. Whoever says, ‘Where is the witness?’ that very saying is his witness: that he does not see the jewel is captivity in blindness. A sun has come into speech, saying, ‘Rise, for day has risen; jump up and quarrel less.’ You say, ‘O sun, where is the witness?’ It says to you, ‘Blind one, ask God for eyes.’ Whoever seeks a lamp in broad daylight, the very seeking plainly reports his blindness. If you do not see, you have only guessed that morning has come while you are behind a veil. Do not make your own blindness public with this speech; be silent and wait for grace. To say at midday, ‘Where is the day?’ is to disgrace yourself, O seeker of day. Patience and silence draw mercy, and this seeking of signs is a sign of illness. Accept ‘listen in silence,’ so that from the Beloved the reward of ‘listen in silence’ may come upon your soul. If you do not want a relapse before this physician, throw gold and head to the ground, O intelligent one. Sell the surplus and purchase the offering of soul, the offering of rank, and the offering of gold, so that His grace may praise you and the heavens envy your station. When you keep your hearts with the physicians, you will see yourselves and become ashamed of yourselves. The removal of this blindness is not in the hands of creatures, but honoring the physicians comes from guidance. Become servants in soul to these physicians, so that you may be filled with musk and ambergris.”

Updated 2026-06-30

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