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بخش ۴ - در اعجاز قرآن / Section 4 - On the Inimitability of the Quran

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ای ز دریا به کف کف آورده
وز ملک صورت صف آورده

مغز و در زان به دست ناوردی
که به گرد صدف همی گردی

زین صدفهای تیره دست بدار
در صافی ز قعر بحر در آر

گوهر بی صدف درون دلست
صدف بی گهر درون گلست

قیمت در نه از صدف باشد
تیر را قیمت از هدف باشد

آنکه داند به دیده فهر از قعر
بشناسد ز در دریا بعر

وآنکه بر شط و شطر این دریاست
نه سزاوار لؤلؤ لالاست

سطر قرآن چو شطر ایمانست
که ازو راحت دل و جانست

صفت لطف و عزت قرآن
هست بحر محیط عالم جان

قعر او پر ز در و پر گوهر
ساحلش پر ز عود و پر عنبر

زوست از بهر باطن و ظاهر
منشعب علم اول و آخر

پاک شو تا معانی مکنون
آید از پنجرهٔ حروف برون

تا برون ناید از حدث انسان
کی برون آید از حروف قرآن

تا تو باشی ز نفس خود محجوب
با تو وعقل تو چه زشت و چه خوب

نکند خیره دوری و دیری
آب در خواب تشنه را سیری

نشود دل ز حرف قرآن به
نشود بز به پچپچی فربه

تو که در بند کلک و انقاسی
چهره را از نقاب چه شناسی

نبود خاصه در جهان سخن
رنگ و بوی سخن چو جان سخن

گر همی گنج دلت باید و جان
شو به دریای فسروا القرآن

تا در و گوهر یقین یابی
تا درو کیمیای دین یابی

چون قدم در نهی در آن اقلیم
کندت ابجد وفا تعلیم

چون بخوانی او ابجد دین را
اب و جد دان تو شمس و پروین را

سیرت صادقان چنین باشد
ابجد عاشقان همین باشد

پردهٔ روی روز تاریک است
نظم این نکته سخت باریک است

تا بیابی تو درج در یتیم
تا بدانی تو زر ناب ز سیم

در جهان چیست سر ربانی
در میان چیست رمز روحانی

تا نماید به تو چو مهر و چو ماه
روی خوب خود از نقاب سیاه

چون عروسی که از نقاب تنک
به در آید لطیف روح و سبک

English translation

O you who have only brought foam in hand from the sea, And from the angel have only brought the form of a row. You did not obtain the kernel and the pearl, because You are only wandering around the shell. Withdraw your hand from these dark shells, Bring out the pure pearl from the bottom of the sea. The pearl without a shell is within the heart, The shell without a pearl is within the clay. The value of the pearl is not from the shell, The arrow's value is from the target. He who can see a stone at the bottom of the sea, Knows the pearl of the sea from dung. And he who is on the shore and margin of this sea Is not worthy of the brilliant pearl. A line of the Quran is like a part of faith, From which comes the comfort of the heart and soul. The attribute of grace and glory of the Quran Is the encompassing ocean of the world of the soul. Its depth is full of pearls and full of gems, Its shore is full of aloe-wood and full of ambergris. From it, for the sake of the inward and the outward, Branch out the knowledge of the first and the last. Become pure so that the hidden meanings May come out from the window of the letters. Until man emerges from his ritual impurity, How can the meanings come out from the letters of the Quran? As long as you are veiled from your own self, What is beautiful or ugly to you and your intellect? Far distance and long delay do not, of themselves, Satisfy a thirsty person with water in a dream. The heart does not become better from the letter of the Quran, A goat is not fattened by whispering. You who are in the bond of the pen and the ink, How do you recognize the face from the veil? Especially in the world of speech, The color and scent of speech are not like the soul of speech. If you desire the treasure of your heart and soul, Go to the sea of 'and recite the Quran'. So that you find the pearl and gem of certainty, So that you find in it the alchemy of religion. When you step into that realm, It will teach you the alphabet of loyalty. When you read this alphabet of religion, Consider Sun and Pleiades as your fathers and ancestors. Such is the path of the truthful ones, This is the alphabet of the lovers. The veil over the face of day is dark, The structure of this point is very delicate. So that you may find the casket of the unique pearl, So that you may distinguish pure gold from silver. What is the divine secret in the world, What is the spiritual mystery in the midst, So that it shows to you like the sun and the moon, Its beautiful face from the black veil, Like a bride who from a thin veil Comes out gentle in spirit and light.

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Updated 2026-07-02

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