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6
352-361

  • (Then) again his repentance and moaning go out of his memory, for God hath made the stratagems of the liars to be feeble.
  • باز از یادش رود توبه و انین  ** کاوهن الرحمن کید الکاذبین 
  • Concerning the interpretation, in a general sense, of the Verse: “as often as they kindle a fire for war.”
  • در عموم تاویل این آیت کی کلما اوقدوا نارا للحرب 
  • As often as they kindle the fire of (spiritual) warfare, God quenches their fire so that it is put out (entirely).
  • کلما هم اوقدوا نار الوغی  ** اطفاء الله نارهم حتی انطفا 
  • He (such an one) makes a resolution, saying, “O (my) heart, do not stay there!” (but soon) he becomes forgetful, for he is not (really) resolute.
  • عزم کرده که دلا آنجا مه‌ایست  ** گشته ناسی زانک اهل عزم نیست 
  • Since there was no seed of sincerity sown by him, God has caused him to forget that (resolution). 355
  • چون نبودش تخم صدقی کاشته  ** حق برو نسیان آن بگماشته 
  • Though he strikes the match of his heart, the Hand of God is always extinguishing the star (spark).
  • گرچه بر آتش‌زنه‌ی دل می‌زند  ** آن ستاره‌ش را کف حق می‌کشد 
  • A Story in further exposition of this.
  • قصه‌ای هم در تقریر این 
  • A man of trust heard a sound of footsteps (in his house) during the night: he took up the fire-lighter to strike a flame.
  • شرفه‌ای بشنید در شب معتمد  ** برگرفت آتش‌زنه که آتش زند 
  • At that (same) moment the thief came and sat down beside him, and whenever the tinder caught (fire) he put it out,
  • دزد آمد آن زمان پیشش نشست  ** چون گرفت آن سوخته می‌کرد پست 
  • Laying the tip of his finger on the place, in order that the fiery star (spark) might vanish.
  • می‌نهاد آنجا سر انگشت را  ** تا شود استاره‌ی آتش فنا 
  • The Khwája thought it was dying of itself: he didn't see that the thief was extinguishing it. 360
  • خواجه می‌پنداشت کز خود می‌مرد  ** این نمی‌دید او که دزدش می‌کشد 
  • The Khwája said, “This tinder was moist: on account of its wetness the star (spark) is dying at once.”
  • خواجه گفت این سوخته نمناک بود  ** می‌مرد استاره از تریش زود