1Cademy - بخش ۸۱ - در بیان آنکه مراد به انسان کمل افراد انسان است نه اناسی حیوانی که اولئک کالانعام بل هم اضل در شأن ایشان است / Section 81 - Explaining that the True Meaning of Human Refers to Perfected Individuals, Not to Animalistic Humans Concerning Whom It Is Said They are like cattle, nay, they are even more astray

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بخش ۸۱ - در بیان آنکه مراد به انسان کمل افراد انسان است نه اناسی حیوانی که اولئک کالانعام بل هم اضل در شأن ایشان است / Section 81 - Explaining that the True Meaning of 'Human' Refers to Perfected Individuals, Not to Animalistic Humans Concerning Whom It Is Said 'They are like cattle, nay, they are even more astray'

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حد انسان به مذهب عامه
حیوانیست مستوی القامه

پهن ناخن برهنه پوست ز موی
به دو پا رهسپر به خانه و کوی

هر که را بنگرند کاینسان است
می برندش گمان که انسان است

وان که خود را گمان برد ز خواص
می فزاید بر این معانی خاص

شیخ خود بین برد ز نادانی
ظن که آن شد کمال انسانی

که کند خانقاه و صومعه جای
واکشد پا ز باغ و راغ و سرای

کند اسباب شیخی آماده
بنشیند به روی سجاده

ابلهی چند گرد او گردند
تابع کرد و ورد او گردند

بر خلایق مقدمش دارند
هر چه گوید مسلمش دارند

صد کرامت به نام او سازند
تا سلیمی به دامش اندازند

مقتدای زمانه خواجه فقیه
با درون خبیث و نفس سفیه

حفظ کرده ست چند مسئله ای
در پی افکنده از خران گله ای

سینه پر کینه دل پر از وسواس
کرده ضایع به گفت و گوی انفاس

عمر خود کرده در خلاف و مرا
صرف حیض و نفاس و بیع و شرا

گشته مشعوف لایجوز و یجوز
مانده عاجز به کار دین چو عجوز

با چنین کار و بار کرده قیاس
خویشتن را که هست اکمل ناس

همچنین تا به درزی و جولاه
همه زین گونه اند روی به راه

هر کسی را به خود گمان آنست
که همین اوست آن که انسانست

جنبش هر کسی ز جای وی است
روی هر کس به فکر و رای وی است

English translation

The definition of human according to the common folk Is an animal of upright stature, With broad nails, bare skin free of hair, Walking on two feet through house and alleyway. Whomever they see who is like this, They assume that he is a human. And he who considers himself among the elite Adds special meanings to this definition. The self-centered Sheikh, out of ignorance, Assumes that this constitutes human perfection: That he makes the Sufi convent and monastery his abode, And withdraws his feet from garden, meadow, and palace, Prepares the tools of a spiritual guide, And sits upon the prayer rug. A few fools gather around him, Becoming followers of his actions and litanies. They place him ahead of the common people, And accept whatever he says as absolute truth. They attribute a hundred miracles to his name, To trap a simple-hearted soul in his snare. The leader of the age, the master jurist, With a corrupt inner self and a foolish soul, Has memorized a few legal issues, And has driven a herd of asses behind him. His chest is full of malice, his heart full of obsessive doubts, Having wasted his breath in useless debates. He has spent his life in disputes and controversies, Wasting it on matters of menstruation, lochia, buying, and selling. He has become delighted with 'forbidden' and 'permissible', While remaining as helpless as an old woman in the true matters of religion. With such deeds and business, he has judged Himself to be the most perfect of people. Likewise, down to the tailor and the weaver, All are setting off on this path. Everyone has the presumption about themselves That they alone are the true human. Every person's movement is from their own station, Every person's face is turned toward their own thoughts and opinions.

Updated 2026-07-06

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