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The Rose Garden: Introduction
Sa`di
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 گلستان از سعدی: دیباچه

   
There is a tradition of the prince of created beings, the paragon of existing things, the mercy to the inhabitants of the world, the purest of mankind and the completion of the revolving ages, Muhammad the elect, upon whom be blessing and peace:
 
در خبر است از سرور کائنات و مفخر موجودات و رحمت عالمیان و صفوت آدمیان و تتمهٔ دور زمان محمّد مصطفی، صلّوا الله الیه و سلّم
Intercessor, obeyed, prophet, gracious,
Bountiful, majestic, affable, marked with the seal of God.
 
شفیعٌ مطاعٌ نبیٌ کریم
قسیمٌ جسیمٌ نسیمٌ وسیم
He attained exaltation by his perfection.
He disspelled darkness by his beauty.
Beauteous are all his qualities,
Benediction be on him and on his family.
بلغ العلی بکماله کشف الدجی بجماله
حسنت جمیعُ خصاله صلّوا علیه و آله

 
What danger is there to the wall of the faithful with Thee for a
buttress?

What fear of the waves of the sea has he whose pilot is Noah?
چه غم دیوار امّت را که دارد چون تو پشتیبان،
چه باک از موج بحر آن را که باشد نوح کشتیبان
 

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