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Number 11

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Number 11

Since I came from nothingness into being, I came to bear witness, to see the truth with my own eyes. Since I rose up and then bowed down again, I came to prostrate myself before your face.

Explanation: The verses play on the postures of Islamic prayer: standing (qiyam), sitting (qu'ud), witnessing (tashahhud), and prostration (sujud), turning the ritual into a metaphor for the soul's journey toward the divine.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۱

تا من زعدم سوی وجود آمده ام از بهر تشهد به شهود آمده ام

تا من ز قیام در قعود آمده ام در پیش رخ تو در سجود آمده ام