Number 1

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Number 1

The idol said to the idol-worshiper: You who kneel to me, do you know why you bow down before me? The one you truly watch and witness through me has revealed his own beauty upon our face.
Explanation: The poem plays on the Sufi idea that the divine shines through all forms, so even worshiping an idol becomes worship of God reflected in it.

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شمارهٔ ۱

بت گفت به بت‌پرست کای عابد ما دانی ز چه روی گشته‌ای ساجد ما
بر ما به جمال خود تجلی کرده است آن کس که ز تست ناظر و شاهد ما