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  • بود انا الحق در لب منصور نور ** بود انا الله در لب فرعون زور 305
  • “I am God” on the lips of Mansúr was the light (of truth); “I am Allah” on the lips of Pharaoh was a lie.
  • شد عصا اندر کف موسی گوا ** شد عصا اندر کف ساحر هبا
  • In the hand of Moses the rod became a witness (to the truth); in the hand of the magician the rod became (worthless as) motes in the air.
  • زین سبب عیسی بدان همراه خود ** در نیاموزید آن اسم صمد
  • On this account Jesus did not teach his fellow-traveller that Name of the Lord,
  • کاو نداند نقص بر آلت نهد ** سنگ بر گل زن تو آتش کی جهد
  • For he would not know (its proper use) and would attribute imperfection to the tool (which he misused). Strike stone on clay, and how should fire leap forth?
  • دست و آلت همچو سنگ و آهن است ** جفت باید جفت شرط زادن است‏
  • Hand and tool are as stone and iron; there must be a pair: (the existence of) a pair is the condition (necessary) for bringing to birth.
  • آن که بی‏جفت است و بی‏آلت یکی است ** در عدد شک است و آن یک بی‏شکی است‏ 310
  • The One is He who hath no consort and no tool; in number there is doubt, and that One is beyond doubt.
  • آن که دو گفت و سه گفت و بیش ازین ** متفق باشند در واحد یقین‏
  • Those who say “two” or “three” or more than these (numbers) are certainly agreed in (affirming the existence of) One.
  • احولی چون دفع شد یکسان شوند ** دو سه گویان هم یکی گویان شوند
  • When squinting has been put aside (so that they see correctly), they become alike: the assertors of two or three become assertors of Unity.
  • گر یکی گویی تو در میدان او ** گرد بر می‏گرد از چوگان او
  • If you are a ball in His polo-field, keep spinning round from (the blows of) His polo-stick.
  • گوی آن گه راست و بی‏نقصان شود ** که ز زخم دست شه رقصان شود
  • The ball becomes right and flawless (only) at the time when it is made to dance by the stroke of the King's hand.