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Elahi Nameh

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المقالة التاسعة / The Ninth Discourse

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سوم فرزند آمد با کمالی
پدر را داد حالی شرح حالی

که یک جامست در گیتی نمائی
من آن خواهم نخواهم پادشائی

شنودستم که آن جامی چنانست
که در وی هرچه می جوئی عیانست

اگر باشد بسی سر نهانی
دهد آن جامت از جمله نشانی

ندانم آن چه آئینه ست زیبا
که در وی نقش آفاقست پیدا

بیک دم گر جهانی باشدت راز
دهد از جمله چون روزت خبر باز

چنین جامیم اگر در دست آید
سپهرم با بلندی پست آید

شود سر همه عالم عیانم
بسا چیزا که من نادان بدانم

English translation

The third son came with perfection, He immediately described his state to his father: 'There is a cup that shows the world, I want that; I do not want kingship. I have heard that there is such a cup, In which whatever you seek is visible. Even if there are many hidden secrets, That cup will give you a sign of them all. I know not what beautiful mirror that is, In which the design of the horizons is revealed. In a single breath, if the world is a secret to you, It will inform you of everything clearly like day. If such a cup comes into my hand, The heavens, despite their height, will become low to me. The secret of the whole world will become manifest to me, And many things that I am ignorant of, I will know.'

Updated 2026-07-03

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