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گردش او را نه اجر و نه عقاب ** که اختیار آمد هنر وقت حساب
- (Hence) its revolution has neither reward nor punishment, for free-will is (accounted) a merit at the time of the Reckoning.
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جمله عالم خود مسبح آمدند ** نیست آن تسبیح جبری مزدمند
- All created beings indeed are glorifiers (of God), (but) that compulsory glorification is not wage-earning.
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تیغ در دستش نه از عجزش بکن ** تا که غازی گردد او یا راه‌زن 3290
- “Put a sword in his hand, pull him away from weakness (incapacity to choose), so that he may become (either) a holy warrior or a brigand,
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زانک کرمنا شد آدم ز اختیار ** نیم زنبور عسل شد نیم مار
- Because We have honoured Man by (the gift of) free-will: half (of him) is honeybee, half is snake.”
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مومنان کان عسل زنبوروار ** کافران خود کان زهری همچو مار
- The true believers are a store of honey, like the bee; the infidels, in sooth, are a store of poison, like the snake,
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زانک مومن خورد بگزیده نبات ** تا چو نحلی گشت ریق او حیات
- Because the true believer ate choice herbs, so that, like a bee, his spittle became (a means of giving) life;
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باز کافر خورد شربت از صدید ** هم ز قوتش زهر شد در وی پدید
- (While), again, the infidel drank sherbet of filthy water: accordingly from his nourishment poison appeared in him.
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اهل الهام خدا عین الحیات ** اهل تسویل هوا سم الممات 3295
- Those inspired by God are the fountain of life; those allured by the enticements of sensuality are the poison of death.
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در جهان این مدح و شاباش و زهی ** ز اختیارست و حفاظ آگهی
- In the world this praise and “well done!” and “bravo!” are (bestowed) in virtue of free-will and watchful attention.
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جمله رندان چونک در زندان بوند ** متقی و زاهد و حق‌خوان شوند
- All profligates, when they are in prison, become devout and ascetic and invokers of God.