Polishing the Mirror

From Chapter 20: IN BAGHDAD, DREAMING OF CAIRO
Book II, Verses 2059, 2061, 2068-2094
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When Abu Bakr sensed the fragrance from Muhammad, he said, "This is not the face of a liar."  
When there was no ignorance among the companions of pain, they saw a hundred splits of the moon but did not believe.  
A person in pain, from whom a basin fell from the roof, we hid it from him, but the truth was not hidden.  
And the one who was ignorant and far from his pain, no matter how much was shown to him, he did not see it.  
The heart's mirror must be clear so that in it, you can distinguish between the ugly and the beautiful.  
The advisor's abandonment of the bear after excessive advice.  
That Muslim left the fool and quickly, muttering "there is no power," went back.  
He said, "Since my seriousness and advice and debate only increase his imagination,"  
The path of advice and counsel was closed, and the command to turn away from them was continuous.  
When your medicine increases the pain, then tell the story to the seeker and read 'Abasa.  
When the blind seeker of truth comes, for his poverty, one should not wound his chest.  
You are eager for the guidance of the leaders so that the common people learn from the chiefs.  
O Ahmad, you saw that a group of kings became listeners, and you became happy, hoping.  
These leaders happily become allies of the religion, they are leaders over the Arabs and the Abyssinians.  
This fame will pass from Basra and Tabuk because people follow the religion of their kings.  
For this reason, you turned away from the guided blind man and became distressed.  
In this opportunity, this resting place rarely occurs, you are among the companions, and your time is ample.  
We crowd in tight times, I give this advice not out of anger and war.  
O Ahmad, in the sight of God, this one blind man is better than a hundred Caesars and a hundred ministers.  
Remember, people are like mines, bring forth, a mine can be worth more than a hundred thousand.  
A mine of hidden rubies and agates is better than hundreds of thousands of copper mines.  
O Ahmad, here wealth does not benefit, the heart must be full of love, pain, and smoke.  
The blind man came with a clear heart, do not close the door, give him advice, for it is his right.  
If two or three fools deny you, why become bitter when you are a mine of sugar?  
If two or three fools accuse you, the truth bears witness for you.  
He said, "I am free from the acknowledgment of the world, for whom the truth is a witness, what sorrow does he have?"  
If a bat is harmed by the sun, it is proof that the sun does not exist.  
The aversion of bats is proof that I am the great shining sun.  
If a beetle desires a rosewater, it proves it is not rosewater.  
If a counterfeit becomes a buyer of the touchstone, doubt and defect enter the touchstone.  
The thief wants the night, not the day, know this, I am not night, I am the day that shines in the world.  
I am free, I am the distinguisher, and like a sieve, so that straw does not pass through me.  
I can distinguish flour from bran, to show that these forms are those souls.  
I am like God's scale in the world, showing each light from the heavy.  
God knows the cow from the calf, the donkey is a buyer and suitable for the goods.  
I am not a cow for a calf to buy me, I am not a thorn for a camel to graze on me.

Barks Interpretation

When Abu Bakr met Muhammad, he said,