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دفتر دوم - بخش ۹۳ - کرامات ابراهیم ادهم قدس الله سره بر لب دریا / Book Two - Section 93 - The Miracles of Ibrahim Adham, May God Sanctify His Secret, by the Seashore

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هم ز ابراهیم ادهم آمدست
کو ز راهی بر لب دریا نشست

دلق خود می دوخت آن سلطان جان
یک امیری آمد آنجا ناگهان

آن امیر از بندگان شیخ بود
شیخ را بشناخت سجده کرد زود

خیره شد در شیخ و اندر دلق او
شکل دیگر گشته خلق و خلق او

کو رها کرد آنچنان ملکی شگرف
بر گزید آن فقر بس باریک حرف

ترک کرد او ملک هفت اقلیم را
می زند بر دلق سوزن چون گدا

شیخ واقف گشت از اندیشه اش
شیخ چون شیرست و دلها بیشه اش

چون رجا و خوف در دلها روان
نیست مخفی بر وی اسرار جهان

دل نگه دارید ای بی حاصلان
در حضور حضرت صاحب دلان

پیش اهل تن ادب بر ظاهرست
که خدا زیشان نهان را ساترست

پیش اهل دل ادب بر باطنست
زانک دلشان بر سرایر فاطنست

تو بعکسی پیش کوران بهر جاه
با حضور آیی نشینی پایگاه

پیش بینایان کنی ترک ادب
نار شهوت را از آن گشتی حطب

چون نداری فطنت و نور هدی
بهر کوران روی را می زن جلا

پیش بینایان حدث در روی مال
ناز می کن با چنین گندیده حال

شیخ سوزن زود در دریا فکند
خواست سوزن را به آواز بلند

صد هزاران ماهی اللهیی
سوزن زر در لب هر ماهیی

سر بر آوردند از دریای حق
که بگیر ای شیخ سوزنهای حق

رو بدو کرد و بگفتش ای امیر
ملک دل به یا چنان ملک حقیر

این نشان ظاهرست این هیچ نیست
تا بباطن در روی بینی تو بیست

سوی شهر از باغ شاخی آورند
باغ و بستان را کجا آنجا برند

خاصه باغی کین فلک یک برگ اوست
بلک آن مغزست و این عالم چو پوست

بر نمی داری سوی آن باغ گام
بوی افزون جوی و کن دفع زکام

تا که آن بو جاذب جانت شود
تا که آن بو نور چشمانت شود

گفت یوسف ابن یعقوب نبی
بهر بو القوا علی وجه ابی

بهر این بو گفت احمد در عظات
دائما قرة عینی فی الصلوة

پنج حس با همدگر پیوسته اند
رسته این هر پنج از اصلی بلند

قوت یک قوت باقی شود
ما بقی را هر یکی ساقی شود

دیدن دیده فزاید عشق را
عشق در دیده فزاید صدق را

صدق بیداری هر حس می شود
حسها را ذوق مونس می شود

English translation

Also from Ibrahim Adham comes this tale: How, on a journey, he sat by the seashore— That sultan of souls was sewing his dervish cloak When a prince suddenly arrived there.

That prince was one of the Sheikh's servants; He recognized the Sheikh and immediately prostrated himself. He stood transfixed at the Sheikh and at his cloak, Wondering how his nature and character had taken on another form—

How he had abandoned such a magnificent kingdom And chosen that poverty, so subtle in its wisdom; How he had relinquished the realm of the seven climes And was plying a needle through a cloak like a beggar.

The Sheikh became aware of his thoughts, For the Sheikh is like a lion and hearts are his thicket. Since hope and fear course through hearts, The secrets of the world are not hidden from him.

Guard your hearts, O fruitless ones, In the presence of the possessors of the heart. Before the people of the body, courtesy is in outward form, For God veils the hidden from them.

Before the people of the heart, courtesy is in the inward, For their hearts are discerning of secrets. You do the reverse: before the blind, for the sake of rank, You come with outward presence and take your seat with dignity.

Before the seeing, you abandon courtesy— By this you have become fuel for the fire of lust. Since you lack discernment and the light of guidance, Polish your face for the blind.

Before the seeing, smear filth upon your face; Preen yourself in such a rotten state.

The Sheikh swiftly cast his needle into the sea And called out for the needle with a loud voice. Hundreds of thousands of divine fish— A golden needle in the lip of each fish—

Raised their heads from the sea of Truth, saying: "Take them, O Sheikh—these needles of Truth!" He turned to him and said: "O prince, Is the kingdom of the heart better, or that contemptible kingdom?

"This is an outward sign; it is nothing at all— Go inward, and you will see twenty times more. From the garden, they bring a branch to the city, But where could they bring the garden and orchard there?

"Especially a garden of which this celestial sphere is but one leaf— Nay, that is the kernel and this world is like its husk. You take no step toward that garden— Seek more of its fragrance and cure your head-cold,

"So that that fragrance may draw your soul, So that that fragrance may become the light of your eyes." Yusuf, son of the prophet Ya'qub, said— For the sake of fragrance: "Cast it upon my father's face."

For this fragrance, Ahmad said in his exhortations: "Forever, the delight of my eye is in prayer." The five senses are interconnected with one another; These five all spring from one exalted origin.

The strengthening of one becomes the strengthening of the rest; Each one becomes the cup-bearer to the remaining. The seeing of the eye increases love; Love in the eye increases sincerity.

Sincerity becomes the wakefulness of every sense, And taste becomes the intimate companion of the senses.

Updated 2026-06-30

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