New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 3

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Shelfmark/TitleFiruzkuh 3

CollectionAfghanistan National Archives

CorpusFiruzkuh Papers

ClassificationSilver (given following internal peer review)

Primary LanguageNew Persian (Arabic script)

TypeLiterary text

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Writing Supportpaper

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Writing Support NotesComplete, 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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Summary of ContentRhymed prose (nathr-i musajjaʿ) composition about mystical tenets written in Persian.

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IEDC ID1257

Date Added to IE Corpus15/05/2025

Date Last Updated in IE Corpus29/06/2025

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Principal EditorNabi Saqee

ContributorsArezou Azad, Mateen Arghandehpour

Source of DataThe transcription and translation are the original work of the IEDC Team (as yet unpublished in peer-review print)

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1. recto

* 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

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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.

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