Rumi's Masnavi - When the master put a spade in the slave's hand, his object was made known to him (the slave) without (a word falling from his) tongue.

When the master put a spade in the slave's hand, his object was made known to him (the slave) without (a word falling from his) tongue.

خواجه چون بیلی به دست بنده داد ** بی‌‌زبان معلوم شد او را مراد

Hand and spade alike are His (God's) implicit signs; (our powers of) thinking upon the end are His explicit declarations.

دست همچون بیل اشارتهای اوست ** آخر اندیشی عبارتهای اوست‌‌

When you take His signs to heart, you will devote your life to fulfilling that indication (of His will).

چون اشارتهاش را بر جان نهی ** در وفای آن اشارت جان دهی‌‌

Then He will give you hints (for the understanding) of mysteries, He will remove the burden from you and give you (spiritual) authority. 935

پس اشارتهای اسرارت دهد ** بار بر دارد ز تو کارت دهد

Do you bear (His burden)? He will cause you to be borne (aloft). Do you receive (His commands)? He will cause you to be received (into His favour).

حاملی محمول گرداند ترا ** قابلی مقبول گرداند ترا

If you accept His command, you will become the spokesman (thereof); if you seek union (with Him), thereafter you will become united.

قابل امر ویی قایل شوی ** وصل جویی بعد از آن واصل شوی‌‌

Freewill is the endeavour to thank (God) for His beneficence: your necessitarianism is the denial of that beneficence.

سعی شکر نعمتش قدرت بود ** جبر تو انکار آن نعمت بود

Thanksgiving for the power (of acting freely) increases your power; necessitarianism takes the (Divine) gift (of freewill) out of your hand.

شکر قدرت قدرتت افزون کند ** جبر نعمت از کفت بیرون کند

Your necessitarianism is (like) sleeping on the road: do not sleep! Sleep not, until you see the gate and the threshold! 940

جبر تو خفتن بود در ره مخسب ** تا نبینی آن در و درگه مخسب‌‌

Beware! do not sleep, O inconsiderate sluggard, save underneath that fruit-laden tree,

هان مخسب ای جبری بی‌‌اعتبار ** جز به زیر آن درخت میوه‌‌دار