[فَكِلَا] فَكِلْتَا الْغَايَتَيْنِ مُدَّتْ لَهُمْ إِلَى...
[فَكِلَا] فَكِلْتَا الْغَايَتَيْنِ مُدَّتْ لَهُمْ إِلَى مَبَاءَةٍ فَاتَتْ مَبَالِغَ الْخَوْفِ وَ الرَّجَاءِ فَلَوْ كَانُوا يَنْطِقُونَ بِهَا لَعَيُّوا بِصِفَةِ مَا شَاهَدُوا وَ مَا عَايَنُوا وَ لَئِنْ عَمِيَتْ آثَارُهُمْ وَ انْقَطَعَتْ أَخْبَارُهُمْ لَقَدْ رَجَعَتْ فِيهِمْ أَبْصَارُ الْعِبَرِ وَ سَمِعَتْ عَنْهُمْ آذَانُ الْعُقُولِ وَ تَكَلَّمُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ جِهَاتِ النُّطْقِ Both the peaks (Paradise and Hell) have been extended for them up to beyond reach of fear and hope.
If they could have spoken with it, they would have been unable to describe what they are witnessing and what they are seeing, and even though their traces have been hidden and their news has been cut, the sight can return with the lessons among them, and the ears of intellect can hear about them, and they can talk from without the aspects of speaking.
فَقَالُوا كَلَحَتِ الْوُجُوهُ النَّوَاضِرُ وَ خَوَتِ الْأَجْسَامُ النَّوَاعِمُ وَ لَبِسْنَا أَهْدَامَ الْبِلَى وَ تَكَاءَدَنَا ضِيقُ الْمَضْجَعِ وَ تَوَارَثْنَا الْوَحْشَةَ وَ [تَهَدَّمَتْ] تَهَكَّمَتْ عَلَيْنَا الرُّبُوعُ الصُّمُوتُ فَانْمَحَتْ مَحَاسِنُ أَجْسَادِنَا وَ تَنَكَّرَتْ مَعَارِفُ صُوَرِنَا وَ طَالَتْ فِي مَسَاكِنِ الْوَحْشَةِ إِقَامَتُنَا وَ لَمْ نَجِدْ مِنْ كَرْبٍ فَرَجاً وَ لَا مِنْ ضِيقٍ مُتَّسَعاً They are saying, ‘The grinning faces have frowned, and the delicate bodies have crumbled, we are wearing the decaying clothes, and it is gruesome upon us the narrowness of the lying places, and we have inherited the loneliness, and the silent staying places are getting ruined upon us.
The beauty of our bodies has been erased, and our known features are abhorrent, and, and our stay in the dwellings of loneliness is prolonged, and we cannot find any relief nearby nor any vastness from narrowness.
فَلَوْ مَثَّلْتَهُمْ بِعَقْلِكَ أَوْ كُشِفَ عَنْهُمْ مَحْجُوبُ الْغِطَاءِ لَكَ وَ قَدِ ارْتَسَخَتْ أَسْمَاعُهُمْ بِالْهَوَامِ فَاسْتَكَّتْ وَ اكْتَحَلَتْ أَبْصَارُهُمْ بِالتُّرَاب فَخَسَفَتْ وَ تَقَطَّعَتِ الْأَلْسِنَةُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ بَعْدَ ذَلَاقَتِهَا وَ هَمَدَتِ الْقُلُوبُ فِي صُدُورِهِمْ بَعْدَ يَقَظَتِهَا If you were to portray with your intellect or if the veils of covering were to be removed from them for you, and their ears have been eaten up by the insects so they are deaf, and their eyes have been applied with the Kohl of dust so they are blinded, and the tongues in their mouths have been cut into pieces after their eloquence, and the hearts have been demolished in their chests after their wakefulness.
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