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ثوری از بایزید بسطامی
از پی طاعت و نکونامی

کرد نیکو سؤالی و بگریست
گفت پیرا بگو که ظالم کیست

پیر وی مر ورا جواب بداد
شربت وی هم از کتاب بداد

گفت ظالم کسیست بدروزی
که یکی لحظه در شبانروزی

کند از غافلی فراموشش
نبود بنده حلقه در گوشش

گر فراموش کردیش نفسی
ظالمی هرزه نیست چون تو کسی

ور بوی حاضر و بری نامش
نیست کردی ز جرم احکامش

آنچنان یاد کن که از دل و جان
بشوی غایب از زمین و زمان

English translation

Thawri asked Bayazid of Bastam, For the sake of devotion and a good name. He asked a good question and wept, Saying, 'O Elder, tell me, who is the oppressor?' The Elder gave him an answer, And administered his potion from the Book. He said, 'An oppressor is a wretched person Who, for a single moment in a day and night, Forgets Him out of negligence, And is not His devoted servant. If you forget Him for even a single breath, There is no idle oppressor like you. And if you are present and invoke His name, But violate His decrees through your sins— Remember Him in such a way that, with heart and soul, You become absent from both space and time.'

Updated 2026-07-02

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