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1644-1653

  • The wickedness of (his) actions and the disastrousness of (his) denial (of the Truth) had barred the way of repentance to his heart.
  • زشتی اعمال و شومی جحود ** راه توبه بر دل او بسته بود
  • His heart became in hardness as the face of a rock: how should repentance cleave it for sowing? 1645
  • دل به سختی همچو روی سنگ گشت ** چون شکافد توبه آن را بهر کشت‏
  • Where is one like Shu‘ayb, that by prayer he may make the mountain earth (fit) for sowing?
  • چون شعیبی کو که تا او را دعا ** بهر کشتن خاک سازد کوه را
  • Through the supplication and (firm) belief of that Friend (Abraham) the thing that was hard and impossible became possible.
  • از نیاز و اعتقاد آن خلیل ** گشت ممکن امر صعب و مستحیل‏
  • Or, (to give another example), through the Muqawqis' begging the Prophet a stony ground became a goodly cornfield.
  • یا به دریوزه‏ی مقوقس از رسول ** سنگ‏لاخی مزرعی شد با اصول‏
  • So, contrariwise, a man's disbelief turns gold into copper and peace into war.
  • همچنین بر عکس آن انکار مرد ** مس کند زر را و صلحی را نبرد
  • This falseness draws after it an evil transformation: it turns ground capable (of tillage) into stones and pebbles. 1650
  • کهربای مسخ آمد این دغا ** خاک قابل را کند سنگ و حصا
  • Nor is it granted to every heart to fall down in prayer: the wages of (Divine) mercy are not the (allotted) portion of every hireling.
  • هر دلی را سجده هم دستور نیست ** مزد رحمت قسم هر مزدور نیست‏
  • Beware! Do not commit crime and sin in reliance on (the thought), “I will repent and come to (take) refuge (with God).”
  • هین بپشت آن مکن جرم و گناه ** که کنم توبه در آیم در پناه‏
  • For (true) repentance, there must needs be a glow (of inward feeling) and a flood (of tears): (such) lightning and clouds are the condition indispensable to repentance.
  • می‏بباید تاب و آبی توبه را ** شرط شد برق و سحابی توبه را