Afghanistan National Archives: Firuzkuh 3
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Rhymed prose (nathr-i musajjaʿ) composition about mystical tenets written in Persian.

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Firuzkuh 3
Afghanistan National Archives
Firuzkuh Papers
Silver (given following internal peer review)
New Persian (Arabic script)
Literary text

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Complete, black ink; some red underlining by a modern hand, left-hand margin of recto side stuck into Mirza Khwaja Muhammad's notebook

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1257
15/05/2025
29/06/2025

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Nabi Saqee
Arezou Azad, Mateen Arghandehpour
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Folio:
هرک دست نیکوکاری در حلقه جوانمردی  1
زد بحقیقت آشنائی رسید هرک دست 2
انقطاع در حلقه معرفت زد بولایت راستی رسید [*] 3
[*] هرک دست راستی در حلقه وفاداري زد 4
[؟] بمیدان دوستی رسید [ץ] هرک دست آزادی در 5
حلقه شادی زد بعرفات مستی رسید 6
هرک دست یگانگی در حلقه بی خودي زد 7
بروز نیستی رسید هرک دعوي بشناخت 8
بمعنی رسید هرک دنیا بگذاشت بعقبی  9
رسید هرک ترس گزید بازادی رسید هرک 10
امید گزید بشادي رسید [ץ] هرک قیمت دنیا بشناخت 11
با طلب عقبي پرداخت هرک طریق دعوی 12
بگذاشت راه معنی باز یافت هرک 13
[**] هرک دوست گزید بدوست رسید 14

* indicates text is in margin

هرک دست استقامت در دامن انابت زد از آفت بی وفایی  1
رست هرک دست فاقه در دامن دوست زد  2
از فضیحت خدای رست هر کی دست اخلاص  3
در حلقۀ شهادت زد بر راه رهایی رسید 4
هرک دست ندم در حلقۀ توبه زد بمنزل  5
ازادي رسید هرک دست اجتهاد در حلقۀ 6
خدمت زد بمقام پیروزي رسید هرک دست تسلیم 7
در حلقه  سنت زد ببساط نزدیکی رسید 8
هرکی دست امید در حلقه مداو[مـ]ت زد بعز 9
پذرفتکاری رسید هرک دست ترس در حلقه 10
پرهیزگاری زد بشادي و رستگاري رسید 11
Translation
Folio:
1 Whoever places the hand upon the circle of chivalry 
2 attains the truth of friendship. Whoever places the hand
3 upon the circle of detachment, reaches the station of righteousness. [*]
4 [*] Whoever places the hand of righteousness upon the ring of sincerity,
5 reaches the place (maydān) of friendship. [ץ] Whoever places the hand of freedom upon
6 the circle of happiness, reaches the final stage of bewilderment.
7 Whoever places the hand of oneness [with God] upon the circle of rapture
8 reaches the day of unbeing. Whoever recognises the claim 
9 understands the meaning. Whoever has renounced this world 
10 appreciates the next world. Whoever chooses fear [of God] reaches liberation. Whoever
11 chooses hope, attains happiness. [ץ] Whoever understands the value of this world, 
12 embarks upon the pursuit of the other world. Whoever has left behind the path of pretension, 
13 finds the route to meaning clear. Whoever 
14 [**] Whoever chooses the Beloved, reaches the Beloved.

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1 Whoever grasped the hem of repentance with steadfastness, has 
2 escaped from the calamity of disloyalty. Whoever reached out with neediness to the Friend,
3 has escaped from disgrace in the eyes of God. Whoever places a hand of sincerity 
4 on the circle of martyrdom, has reached the path of salvation.
5 Whoever placed the hand of regret on the circle of repentance, has arrived at the place 
6 of freedom. Whoever strove diligently in the circle of 
7 service, has reached the station of victory. Whoever submitted 
8 in the circle of the sunna, has attained intimacy [with God or the spiritual master].
9 Whoever held onto hope in the circle of perseverance, has reached the honour 
10 of divine acceptance. Whoever placed the hand of fear on the circle 
11 of piety, has reached joy and salvation.
Afghanistan National Archives: Firuzkuh 3: Folio (recto)
Afghanistan National Archives: Firuzkuh 3: Folio (verso)
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