In Section 3 of *Khosrow Nameh*, Farid al-Din Attar highlights the spiritual and political legitimacy of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. Attar emphasizes how Abu Bakr embraced the 'breeze of the Prophet's poverty' (*faqr*), relinquishing all worldly possessions except a simple woolen cloak (*gelim*). In addition to this complete material detachment, Attar underscores Abu Bakr's practice of perpetual silence (*khamushi*) and deep contemplation as markers of his high spiritual station, which ultimately qualified him as the first rightful successor (*caliph*) of Islam.

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امام اهل دین سلطان اول 
امیرالمؤمنین صدیق افضل
ولی عهد سپهر صدق صدیق 
خلافت را ولی او بود بتحقیق
چو یافت از فقر پیغمبر نسیمی 
همه در باخت جز هیچ و گلیمی
نبود از معرفت پروای گفتش 
ازینجا کن قیاس خورد و خفتش
شبانروزی خموشی پیشهٔ او 
ورای هر دو کون اندیشهٔ او
خلافت را نخست او لایق آمد 
که صدیقست و صبحش صادق آمد
خلافت را اگر کس صبح دیدی 
که بودی پیش او کاذب دمیدی
چودر عالم دمید آن صبح انوار 
کواکب رنگ او گیرند هموار
چو اصحابش کواکب را مثالند 
بنور صبح همرنگ از کمالند
ز نور او موحد شد مقرب 
که در صبحست همرنگی کوکب
ولی آن صبح صادق را بتحقیق 
نمیداند کسی مانند صدیق
بنور صبح صدیقست لایق 
که آنها کوکبند او صبح صادق
پس اینجا تو یقین دان کانکه هستند 
بنور صبح صادق حق پرستند
نبی گفته ست اگر ایمان صدیق 
بسنجد آنکه از ایمان بتحقیق
از ایمان خلایق بیش آید 
پس آن بهتر که اول پیش آید
چو ابراهیم امت را پدر بود 
بصدیقیش قرآن جلوه گر بود
چو افضل آمد و دین را پدر شد 
لقب صدیق یافت و نامور شد

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## English translation
The leader of the people of religion, the first sovereign,
The Commander of the Faithful, the most excellent Siddiq.
The successor of the sphere of truthfulness, the Siddiq,
He was, in truth, the rightful master of the Caliphate.
When he caught a scent of the Prophet's spiritual poverty,
He surrendered everything, keeping nothing but a simple blanket.
From deep gnosis, he had no concern for speech;
From this, you can measure his eating and sleeping.
Day and night, silence was his practice,
And his thoughts were beyond both worlds.
He was the first who proved worthy of the Caliphate,
For he is the Siddiq, and his dawn arose true.
If anyone saw the Caliphate as the morning,
Before him, the false dawn would have breathed its last.
When that morning of lights shone upon the world,
The stars constantly took on its hue.
Since his companions are like stars,
They are of the same color as the morning light in their perfection.
Through his light, the monotheist became close to God,
For in the morning, the star is of the same color.
Yet, in truth, no one knows anyone
Who is like the Siddiq to that true dawn.
The Siddiq is worthy of the morning light,
For while they are stars, he is the true morning.
Therefore, know for certain here that those who exist
And worship the Truth, do so by the light of the true morning.
The Prophet has said that if the faith of the Siddiq
Were weighed in truth against the faith [of others],
It would outweigh the faith of all creation;
So it is best that he who is foremost comes first.
Just as Abraham was the father of the nation,
His truthfulness was made manifest by the Quran.
Since he became the most excellent and the father of the faith,
He received the title of Siddiq and became renowned.

بخش ۳ - در فضیلت امیرالمؤمنین ابوبكر صدّیق / Section 3 - On the Virtue of the Commander of the Faithful Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

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