{"id":1099,"date":"2013-08-02T00:05:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T05:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2013-08-02T00:12:33","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T05:12:33","slug":"1099","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/08\/02\/1099\/","title":{"rendered":"Hafez on Laylat al-Qadr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/iranbeamoflight.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1100\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/08\/02\/1099\/iranbeamoflight\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/iranbeamoflight.png?fit=500%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,670\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"iranbeamoflight\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/iranbeamoflight.png?fit=500%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"iranbeamoflight\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/iranbeamoflight.png?resize=500%2C670\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/iranbeamoflight.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/iranbeamoflight.png?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Translation:<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Last night, at the moment of dawn, they saved me from sorrow<\/h6>\n<h6>And in the darkness of night, they gave me the water of life<\/h6>\n<h6>By the rays of the light of the Essence they made me selfless<\/h6>\n<h6>They gave me wine from the cup of the radiance of the Attributes<\/h6>\n<h6>What a blessed dawn it was, and what an auspicious night<\/h6>\n<h6>That night of destiny, when they gave me a new fate<\/h6>\n<h6>From now on, it&#8217;s just my face and the mirror, reflecting beauty<\/h6>\n<h6>Since on that night they brought me news from the unveiling of the Essence<\/h6>\n<h6>It&#8217;s no wonder that I achieved my desire and my heart became happy<\/h6>\n<h6>I was a beggar, and they gave me this as alms<\/h6>\n<h6>That day, the secret voice gave me the good news of this kingdom<\/h6>\n<h6>that gave me patience and steadiness in the face of pain and suffering<\/h6>\n<h6>All this honey and sugar which comes from my speech<\/h6>\n<h6>is the reward of my patience in [the trials of love] that they gave me in the form of my Beloved (Shakh Nabat)<\/h6>\n<h6>It was because of Hafez&#8217;s zeal and the breath of those who rise at dawn<\/h6>\n<h6>that they saved me from the chains of the sorrows of fate<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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