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جواب پدر / The Father's Answer

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پدر گفتش که ملک این جهانی
که ملکی است بی پاداش فانی

برای آن چنین بگزیدهٔ تو
که ملک آخرت نشنیدهٔ تو

اگر زان ملک تو آگاه گردی
هم اینجا بر دو عالم شاه گردی

بزرگانی که ملک آن ملک دیدند
بیک جو ملک دنیا کی خریدند

چو می دیدند ملک جاودانی
برافشاندند ملک این جهانی

English translation

The father said to him: 'The kingdom of this world, Is a kingdom without reward and fleeting. You have chosen it thus, Because you have not heard of the kingdom of the Hereafter. If you were to become aware of that kingdom, Right here you would become king of both worlds. The great ones who saw the dominion of that kingdom, When would they buy the dominion of the world for a single grain of barley? When they saw the eternal kingdom, They scattered away the kingdom of this world.'

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Updated 2026-07-03

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