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  • اعتراض او را رسد بر فعل خود ** ز آن که در قهر است و در لطف او احد
  • It beseems Him to take offence at His own act, inasmuch as in vengeance and mercy He is One.
  • اندر این شهر حوادث میر اوست ** در ممالک مالک تدبیر اوست‌‌
  • In this city of phenomena He is the Prince; in (all) the realms (of the world) He is the Ruler.
  • آلت خود را اگر او بشکند ** آن شکسته گشته را نیکو کند
  • If He breaks His own instrument, He mends that which has become broken.”
  • رمز ننسخ آیه او ننسها ** نأت خیرا در عقب می‌‌دان مها
  • Recognise, O noble sir, the indication of (the text), (Whatever) verse We shall cancel or cause to be forgotten, followed by We shall bring a better.
  • هر شریعت را که حق منسوخ کرد ** او گیا برد و عوض آورد ورد 3860
  • Every (religious) law that God has cancelled—He has taken away grass and brought roses in exchange.
  • شب کند منسوخ شغل روز را ** بین جمادی خرد افروز را
  • Night cancels the business of day: behold an inanimateness (inertia) that enlightens the intellect!
  • باز شب منسوخ شد از نور روز ** تا جمادی سوخت ز آن آتش فروز
  • Again, night is cancelled by the light of day, so that the inanimateness is consumed by that fire-kindling one.
  • گر چه ظلمت آمد آن نوم و سبات ** نی درون ظلمت است آب حیات‌‌
  • Although that sleep and rest are darkness, is not the Water of Life within the darkness?
  • نی در آن ظلمت خردها تازه شد ** سکته‌‌ای سرمایه‌‌ی آوازه شد
  • Did not minds become refreshed in that darkness? Did not a pause (in recitation) become the source of (increased beauty in) the voice?
  • که ز ضدها ضدها آمد پدید ** در سویدا روشنایی آفرید 3865
  • For contraries are manifested by means of contraries: in the black core (of the heart) He (God) created the light (of love).