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گفت آری او حفیظست و غنی ** هستی ما را ز طفلی و منی 355
- “Yes,” he replied; “He is the Protector and the Self-sufficient for (preserving) my existence from (the time of) infancy and conception.”
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گفت خود را اندر افکن هین ز بام ** اعتمادی کن بحفظ حق تمام
- He (the Jew) said, “Come, cast thyself down from the roof, put an entire confidence in the protection of God,
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تا یقین گرددمرا ایقان تو ** و اعتقاد خوب با برهان تو
- So that thy sure faith and thy goodly proven conviction may become evident to me.”
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پس امیرش گفت خامش کن برو ** تا نگردد جانت زین جرات گرو
- Then the Prince said to him, “Be silent, go, lest for this boldness thy soul be pawned (given over to perdition).”
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کی رسد مر بنده را که با خدا ** آزمایش پیش آرد ز ابتلا
- How is it right for a servant (of God) to venture on an experiment with God by making trial (of Him)?
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بنده را کی زهره باشد کز فضول ** امتحان حق کند ای گیج گول 360
- How should a servant (of God) have the stomach vaingloriously to put Him to the test, O mad fool?
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آن خدا را می‌رسد کو امتحان ** پیش آرد هر دمی با بندگان
- To God (alone) belongs that (right), who brings forward a test for His servants at every moment,
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تا به ما ما را نماید آشکار ** که چه داریم از عقیده در سرار
- In order that He may show us plainly to ourselves (and reveal) what beliefs we hold in secret.
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هیچ آدم گفت حق را که ترا ** امتحان کردم درین جرم و خطا
- Did Adam ever say to God, “I made trial of Thee in (committing) this sin and trespass,
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تا ببینم غایت حلمت شها ** اه کرا باشد مجال این کرا
- That I might see the utmost limit of Thy clemency, O King?” Ah, who would be capable of (seeing) this, who?