1Cademy - بخش ۸۶ - در بیان معنی استعاذت و حقیقت آن و بیان آنکه شیطان مظهر اسم مضل است پس استعاذت از وی به اسم هادی و مظاهر آن باید کرد / Section 86 - In Explanation of the Meaning of Seeking Refuge (Istiadhah) and Its Reality, and Clarifying That Satan Is the Manifestation of the Name The Misleader (Al-Mudill), Thus Seeking Refuge from Him Must Be Done Through the Name The Guide (Al-Hadi) and Its Manifestations

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بخش ۸۶ - در بیان معنی استعاذت و حقیقت آن و بیان آنکه شیطان مظهر اسم مضل است پس استعاذت از وی به اسم هادی و مظاهر آن باید کرد / Section 86 - In Explanation of the Meaning of Seeking Refuge (Isti'adhah) and Its Reality, and Clarifying That Satan Is the Manifestation of the Name 'The Misleader' (Al-Mudill), Thus Seeking Refuge from Him Must Be Done Through the Name 'The Guide' (Al-Hadi) and Its Manifestations

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هست حق را دو اسم کارگزار
هر یکی را مظاهر بسیار

مظهر آن خلاف مظهر این
آن سوی کفر خوانده وین سوی دین

آن دو اسم اسم هادی است و مضل
فاش گفتم که حل شود مشکل

مظهر آن نبی و اتباعش
مظهر این بلیس و اشیاعش

آن هدایت کند به صدق و صواب
وین دلالت کند به کفر و حجاب

آنت خواند به قرب و نزدیکی
وینت راند به بعد و تاریکی

روی آن در صیانت خاطر
روی این در عمارت ظاهر

استعاذت که امر کرد بدان
ایزدت در قرائت قرآن

اولا آن بود که از ره دل
رو به هادی کنی ز اسم مضل

سر ذلت نهی به خاک نیاز
که تویی کارساز کارم ساز

زیر حکم مضل مفرسایم
آن من باش تا بیاسام

ثانیا آنکه که از ره صورت
نکند نفس و دیو مغرورت

هر چه در وی ضلالتی بینی
دامن از وی تمام درچینی

وانچه در وی هدایتی یابی
روی همت به سوی او تایی

ثالثا آنکه این خجسته کلام
به زبان آوری به صدق تمام

تا زبان چون جوارح و ارکان
استعاذت کند به وفق جنان

نه که گویی اعوذ و تازی تیز
سوی شیطان و نفس شورانگیز

نه که گویی اعوذ و آری روی
سوی بدسیرتان ناخوشخوی

تا ز هر بد عنانت کوته نیست
یک اعوذت اعوذبالله نیست

بلکه آن پیش صاحب عرفان
نیست الا اعوذ بالشیطان

گاه گویی اعوذ و گه لاحول
لیک فعلت بود مکذب قول

بر دهان جام زهر مرگ آمیز
بر زبان آنکه می کنم پرهیز

چند باشی به حیله و تلبیس
منزل دیو و سخره ابلیس

سوی خویشت دو اسبه می راند
به زبانت اعوذ می خواند

طرفه حالی که دزد بیگانه
گشته همراه صاحب خانه

می کند همچو او فغان و نفیر
در به در کو به کو که دزد بگیر

استعاذت ازان گدا آموز
که سگ ترک چون شود کین توز

به تک از سگ گریز گیرد پیش
رو نهد سوی ترک نیک اندیش

خویش را افکند به خرگاهش
کند از عجز خویش آگاهش

که خدا را برس به فریادم
ور نه سگ می کند ز بنیادم

ترک چون ضعف حال او بیند
زاری و ابتهال او بیند

در جوار خودش پناه دهد
ایمن از سگ سرش به راه دهد

English translation

Truth has two active Names, Each having many manifestations. The manifestation of one is opposite to the other: One calls toward disbelief, the other toward religion. Those two Names are 'The Guide' (Al-Hadi) and 'The Misleader' (Al-Mudill); I have spoken openly so that the problem may be resolved. The manifestation of that one is the Prophet and his followers, The manifestation of this one is Iblis and his cohorts. That one guides to truth and correctness, While this one leads to disbelief and veiling. That one calls you to proximity and closeness, While this one drives you to distance and darkness. The face of that one is in guarding the inner heart, The face of this one is in constructing the outer appearance. The seeking of refuge (Isti'adhah) which your Lord commanded In the recitation of the Quran: Firstly, it is that through the path of the heart, You turn to 'The Guide' from the Name 'The Misleader'; Lay the head of humility upon the dust of need, Saying: 'You are the Arbiter of affairs, make my affair right; Do not wear me down under the decree of 'The Misleader'; Be mine, so that I may find rest.' Secondly, it is that in the path of outward form, The self (nafs) and the devil do not make you proud; Wherever you see any misguidance, Pull your skirt completely away from it; And wherever you find any guidance, Turn the face of your determination toward it. Thirdly, it is that you utter these blessed words With your tongue in absolute sincerity, So that the tongue, like the other limbs and pillars of the body, Seeks refuge in accordance with the heart; Not that you say 'I seek refuge' (a'udhu) and then run swiftly Toward Satan and the inciting self, Nor that you say 'I seek refuge' and then turn your face Toward those of evil character and unpleasant temper. As long as your reins are not held back from every evil, Not a single 'I seek refuge' of yours is 'I seek refuge in God.' Rather, in the eyes of the master of gnosis, It is nothing but 'I seek refuge in Satan.' Sometimes you say 'I seek refuge' and sometimes 'There is no power [except in God],' Yet your action belies your words. At your mouth is a cup of death-blending poison, While on your tongue you say: 'I am abstaining!' How long will you remain in trickery and deceit, The dwelling of the devil and the mockery of Iblis? He drives you toward himself at full gallop, While on your tongue he recites 'I seek refuge'! What a strange situation: that the foreign thief Has become the companion of the houseowner, And like him, cries out and wails, From door to door, street to street: 'Catch the thief!' Learn seeking refuge from that beggar: When the dog of a Turk becomes aggressive, He flees from the dog, And heads toward the kind-hearted Turk. He throws himself into his tent, And makes him aware of his helplessness, Crying: 'For God's sake, come to my aid, Otherwise the dog will uproot me entirely!' When the Turk sees his weak state, And witnesses his weeping and supplication, He gives him refuge in his neighborhood, And sends him on his way safe from the dog.

Updated 2026-07-06

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