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قول إن من أمة را یاد گیر ** تا به إلا و خلا فیها نذیر
- Call to mind (the text), There is no people down to (the words) but in the past a warner dwelt among them.
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گفت خود خالی نبوده ست امتی ** از خلیفهی حق و صاحب همتی
- God said that verily there has never been a people devoid of a vicar of God and a man of spiritual power;
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مرغ جانها را چنان یکدل کند ** کز صفاشان بیغش و بیغل کند 3710
- And he makes the soul-birds so unanimous that, in respect of sincerity, he purges them of (all) guile and rancour.
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مشفقان گردند همچون والده ** مسلمون را گفت نفس واحده
- They become (as) kind as a mother: he (Mohammed) said of the Moslems, “(They are as) one soul.”
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نفس واحد از رسول حق شدند ** ور نه هر یک دشمن مطلق بدند
- (’Twas) through the Messenger of Allah they became one soul; else, they were absolute enemies, every one (to the other).
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برخاستن مخالفت و عداوت از میان انصار به برکات رسول صلی الله علیه و آله
- How dissension and enmity amongst the Ansár were removed by the blessings of the Prophet—may God bless and save him!
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دو قبیله کاوس و خزرج نام داشت ** یک ز دیگر جان خون آشام داشت
- The two tribes which were named Aws and Khazraj had a blood-thirsty spirit towards each other.
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کینههای کهنهشان از مصطفی ** محو شد در نور اسلام و صفا
- Through (the preaching of) Mustafá (Mohammed) their ancient feuds vanished in the light of Islam and of pureness (of heart).
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اولا اخوان شدند آن دشمنان ** همچو اعداد عنب در بوستان 3715
- First, those enemies became brethren like the units of (a bunch of) grapes in the garden;
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و ز دم المؤمنون إخوة به پند ** در شکستند و تن واحد شدند
- And (then) at the admonition given in the words, The true believers are brethren, they dissolved (and mingled) and became one body.
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صورت انگورها اخوان بود ** چون فشردی شیرهی واحد شود
- The appearance of the (clustered) grapes is (that of) brethren: when you squeeze them they become one juice.