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مسجدی بر جسر دوزخ ساختند ** با خدا نرد دغاها باختند 2860
- They (the Hypocrites) have built a mosque upon Hell's bridge: they have played the game of trickery with God.
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قصدشان تفریق اصحاب رسول ** فضل حق را کی شناسد هر فضول
- Their aim is to cause disunion amongst the Companions of the Prophet: how should any vain fool understand the grace of God?
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تا جهودی را ز شام اینجا کشند ** که به وعظ او جهودان سر خوشند
- (They have built the Mosque) in order that they may fetch hither a Jew from Syria, with whose preaching the Jews are intoxicated.”
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گفت پیغمبر که آری لیک ما ** بر سر راهیم و بر عزم غزا
- The Prophet said (to the Hypocrites), “Yes (I will do as ye wish), but (just now) we are intending to march and starting on a campaign.
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زین سفر چون باز گردم آن گهان ** سوی آن مسجد روان گردم روان
- As soon as I return from this expedition, I will then set out to that Mosque at once.”
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دفعشان کرد و به سوی غزو تاخت ** با دغایان از دغا نردی بباخت 2865
- He (thus) put them off and hurried to the field of war: he played a game of trickery with the tricksters.
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چون بیامد از غزا باز آمدند ** چنگ اندر وعدهی ماضی زدند
- When he came back from the campaign, they returned and laid hold of (demanded the fulfilment of) the past promise.
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گفت حقش ای پیمبر فاش گو ** غدر را ور جنگ باشد باش گو
- God said to him, “O Prophet, proclaim the excuse (pretence and dissimulation), and if war be (the consequence), say, ‘Let it be!’”
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گفت ای قوم دغل خامش کنید ** تا نگویم رازهاتان تن زنید
- He (the Prophet) said, “Ye are exceedingly bad-hearted and hostile. Hush, lest I tell your secret thoughts.”
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چون نشانی چند از اسرارشان ** در بیان آورد بد شد کارشان
- When he had declared (to them) a few indications of their inmost thoughts, they were in evil plight.