In Section 7 of *Mosibat Nameh*, Farid al-Din Attar emphasizes Abu Bakr's defining virtue of truthfulness (*sidq*), reflecting his title 'al-Siddiq'. Attar portrays this truthfulness as a cosmic light that illuminates the world and is evident in every action of Abu Bakr. Furthermore, the poem explicitly references the prophetic tradition (Hadith) where the Prophet Muhammad declares that if he were to take an intimate friend (*khalil*) other than Allah, it would be Abu Bakr. This serves to establish Abu Bakr's supreme spiritual proximity and unmatched companionship with the Prophet within Attar's mystical narrative.

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تا نبی صدیق را محرم گرفت 
صبح صادق عرصه عالم گرفت
صبح صدق از مشرق عزت بتافت 
قاف تا قاف جهان عزت بیافت
جملهٔ عالم ازو پر نور گشت 
چشم بد یا کور شد یا دور گشت
صدق میبارد ز یک یک کار او 
گر ندانی بحث کن اسرار او
چون نبی از خوان حی لایموت 
در محیط صدر او میریخت قوت
بسته بودش هفت سقف دلفروز 
کو نخوردی قوت جز تا هفت روز
گاه مال و گاه جان میباخت او 
با رسول و با خدا میساخت او
مصطفا گفتا خداوند جلیل 
بود و خواهد بود جاویدم خلیل
گر مرا بودی خلیلی جز احد 
آن ابوبکر منستی تا ابد
یک تجلی خلق را عام آمدست 
خاص آن او را ز انعام آمدست
مرده گر میرود بر روی خاک 
هست از قول نبی صدیق پاک
چون صفات نفس در وی مرده بود 
سر بصدق زندگی آورده بود
او بدین عالم نیفتاده ز خویش 
جان بدان عالم فرستاده ز پیش
جان او چون آن جهانی گشته بود 
غرق دریای معانی گشته بود
آن جهانی داشت جان تا بود او 
برد هم جان همچنان تا بود او
چون در آن عالم بود جان یکی 
هرچه گوید صدق گوید بی شکی
لاجرم پیوسته در تحقیق بود 
هم خلیفه بود و هم صدیق بود
جان او چون زان جهان میگفت راز 
صدق او در در خلافت کرد باز
فتنه کز خواب نبی بیدار شد 
او بتنهایی خود در کار شد
تانشاند از راه خویش آن فتنه را 
دست بگشاد و ببست آن رخنه را
گر نبودی صدق ورای آن امام 
از مسلمانی نماندی بیش نام

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## English translation
When the Prophet took the Truthful One (Siddiq) as his confidant,
The true dawn encompassed the arena of the world.
The dawn of truth shone from the east of glory,
From Mount Qaf to Mount Qaf, the world attained glory.
The entire world became full of light from him,
The evil eye either went blind or was cast far away.
Truthfulness rains from every single deed of his,
If you do not know, investigate his secrets.
When the Prophet, from the table of the Living, the Undying,
Poured sustenance into the ocean of his chest,
Seven heart-illuminating roofs were closed to him,
For he would not eat sustenance except for up to seven days.
Sometimes he would sacrifice his wealth, sometimes his life,
He made peace with the Messenger and with God.
Mustafa (the Prophet) said, "The Majestic Lord,
Was and will eternally be my intimate friend (Khalil).
If I were to have an intimate friend other than the One,
That would be my Abu Bakr until eternity."
One manifestation came to the creation in general,
But a special one came to him from divine bounty.
"A dead man walking on the face of the earth",
Is the pure Siddiq, according to the words of the Prophet.
Since the attributes of the self (ego) had died within him,
He had brought his head to the truthfulness of life.
He had not fallen into this world of his own accord,
He had sent his soul to that world in advance.
Since his soul had become of that world,
It had become drowned in the sea of meanings.
His soul possessed that world as long as he existed,
And he took his soul along with him just as he was.
Since the soul in that world is one,
Whatever he says, he says truthfully without a doubt.
Inevitably, he was constantly in realization of the truth,
He was both the Caliph and the Siddiq (Truthful).
Because his soul spoke secrets from that world,
His truthfulness opened the door to the Caliphate.
The sedition that awakened from the sleep of the Prophet,
He single-handedly took charge of it.
So that he might quell that sedition from his path,
He opened his hand and closed that breach.
If it were not for the truthfulness behind that Imam,
Nothing more than the name of Islam would have remained.

بخش ۷ - فی فضیلة امیرالمؤمنین ابوبكر رضی الله عنه / Section 7 - On the Virtue of the Commander of the Faithful Abu Bakr, May Allah Be Pleased with Him

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