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بخش ۶ - فی عزّة‌القرآن انّها لیست بالاعشار والاخماس / Section 6 - On the Glory of the Quran: That it is Not about Tenths and Fifths

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بهر یک مشت کودک از وسواس
نامش اعشار کرده ای و اخماس

کرده منسوخ حکم هر ناسخ
نشده در علوم آن راسخ

متشابه ترا شده محکم
کرده بر محکمش معول کم

تو رها کرده نور قرآن را
وز پی عامه صورت آنرا

ساخته دست موزهٔ سالوس
بهر یک من جو و دو کاسه سبوس

گه سرودش کنی و گاه مثل
گاه سازی ازو سلاح جدل

گه زنی در همش به بی ادبی
گه شمارش کنی به بوالعجبی

گه ز پایان به سر بری به خیال
گه درونش برون کنی به محال

گه کنی بر قیاس خود تأویل
گه کنی حکم را برین تحویل

گه به رای خودش کنی تفسیر
گه به علم خودش کنی تقریر

می نگردی مگر به بیغاره
گرد صندوقهای سی پاره

گاه گویی رفیق جاهل را
یا نه کرباس باف کاهل را

که نویسم ترا یکی تعویذ
پاک دار ای جوان مدار پلیذ

لیک هدیه پگاه می باید
خون مرغ سیاه می باید

این همه حیله بهر یک دو درم
شام تا چاشتی ز بهر شکم

عمر بر داده ای به خیره به باد
من چه گویم برو که شرمت باد

در یکی مسجدی خزی به هوس
حلق پر بانگ همچو نای و جرس

زین هوس شرم شرع و دینت باد
یا خرد یا اجل قرینت باد

با چنین خود و فضل و فرهنگت
شرم بادا که نیست خود ننگت

English translation

For the sake of a handful of children, out of obsession, You have named it tenths and fifths. You have abrogated the ruling of every abrogator, Without becoming firmly rooted in its sciences. The ambiguous has become clear to you, And you rely little on its clear verses. You have abandoned the light of the Quran, And followed its outward form for the sake of the common folk. You have made it a tool of hypocrisy, For the sake of a maund of barley and two bowls of bran. Sometimes you make it a song, sometimes a proverb, Sometimes you make it a weapon of disputation. Sometimes you jumble it up rudely, Sometimes you count its parts with eccentricity. Sometimes in your imagination you read it from end to beginning, Sometimes you absurdly turn its inside out. Sometimes you interpret it based on your own analogy, Sometimes you distort its ruling accordingly. Sometimes you explain it according to your own opinion, Sometimes you state it using your own knowledge. You do not wander except mockingly Around the boxes of the thirty-part volumes. Sometimes you say to an ignorant friend, Or to a lazy weaver of canvas: 'I shall write an amulet for you; Keep it clean, O youth, and do not defile it. But the reward must be paid early in the morning, And the blood of a black fowl is required.' All this trickery is for the sake of one or two dirhams, From evening to breakfast, just to fill the belly. You have foolishly thrown your life to the wind; What can I say to you? Go, and shame on you! You creep into a mosque out of self-interest, Your throat full of clamor like a flute and a bell. May the sacred law and your religion shame you for this lust, May either wisdom or death be your companion. With such pride, learning, and culture of yours, Shame on you that you do not feel disgraced!

Updated 2026-07-03

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