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بخش ۴۴ - ایضاً فی‌التوکّل / Section 44 - Also on Trust

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ربع مسکون چو از طریق شمار
شد به فرسنگ بیست و چار هزار

تو اگر واقفی به صرف و صروف
بدلش کن به بیست و چار حروف

ساعت شب چو ضم کنی با روز
خود بود بیست و چار آدم سوز

قاف قول شهادتین ترا
بی ریا و نفاق و کیف و مرا

از همه عالمت برون آرد
نه به آلت به کاف و نون آرد

از ورای خرد سخن زو گو
وردت این بس که لاهو الا هو

کلمهٔ حق چو در شمار آمد
عدد حرف بیست و چار آمد

نیمی از بحر جان دوازده درج
نیمی از چرخ دین دوازده برج

درجها پر ز در امید است
برجها پر ز ماه و خورشید است

در دریای این جهانی نه
ماه و خورشید آسمانی نه

در دریای عالم جبروت
ماه و خورشید آسمان سکوت

English translation

The inhabited quarter, when counted by way, Became twenty-four thousand leagues. If you are aware of transformations, Exchange it for twenty-four letters. When you add the hours of night to the day, They are twenty-four that consume man. The 'Qaf' of your declaration of the two testimonies, Without hypocrisy, discord, 'how' or 'why', Brings you out from the entire world; Not by tools, but by 'Kaf' and 'Nun'. Speak of Him from beyond the realm of intellect; Let this be your litany: 'There is no He but He'. When the Word of Truth is brought to count, The number of its letters is twenty-four. Half from the sea of soul is twelve grades, Half from the wheel of faith is twelve signs. The grades are full of the pearls of hope; The signs are full of the moon and the sun. Not the pearls of the sea of this world, Nor the moon and sun of the physical sky; But pearls of the sea of the realm of Power, The moon and sun of the sky of Silence.

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