The Witness, the Darling

From Chapter 26: EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE
Book VI, Verses 2861-2883
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From Muhammad, the intercessor, every wound was healed, for his eyes never strayed from the truth.  
In the night of the world, where the light is veiled, he was the observer of the truth and had hope from it.  
From "Alam Nashrah," his eyes found kohl, seeing what Gabriel could not endure.  
A certain orphan, adorned by divine kohl, becomes a wise leader among orphans.  
His light overpowers the particles, making the seeker become the sought.  
He observed the stations of the servants, thus God named him as a witness.  
The witness's tools are a sharp tongue and eyes, which do not shy away from night vigilance.  
If thousands of claimants arise, the judge's ear turns to the witness.  
Judges in their rulings rely on this art, their witnesses have bright eyes.  
The witness said, "That's why the eye is in place of sight, for it sees with an unbiased view."  
The claimant sees, but with bias; bias is a veil over the heart's eye.  
God desires you to become ascetic, so you abandon bias and become a witness.  
For these biases are a veil over the eye, wrapped around the sight like a curtain.  
Thus, he does not see everything with clarity, for the love of things blinds and deafens.  
When the sun of light is placed in his heart, the stars lose their significance before him.  
Then he saw the secrets unveiled, the journey of the believer's and the infidel's soul.  
On earth and in the celestial sphere, nothing is more hidden than the human soul.  
He opened the path from the moist and dry, the spirit sealed by the command of my Lord.  
When the precious eye saw that spirit, nothing remained hidden from it.  
He was the absolute witness in every dispute, his words breaking the intoxication of every headache.  
God's name is Justice, and He is its witness; the witness of justice is thus the eye of the friend.  
The heart is God's view in both worlds, for the king's gaze falls upon the witness.  
The love of God and the secret of his witnessing was the source of all his veiling.

Barks Interpretation

Muhammad could mediate