Number 10

QitʿaIraqi style
English

Number 10

They placed the knowledge of eternity in my heart, a strange kind of knowledge, yet they never taught me a single lesson in how to use it. In three states it became clear to me that even the sheikh who spent forty days in seclusion was never given a real lesson.
Explanation: The 'sheikh of the forty days' (shaykh-e chelleh) refers to a spiritual master who has completed the traditional forty-day retreat of seclusion and devotion.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۰

مرا علم ازل در سینه دادند عجب علمی ولی درسی ندادند
مرا سه حال حالی گشت معلوم که شیخ چله را درسی ندادند