بو الحکم نامش بد و بو جهل شد ** ای بسا اهل از حسد نااهل شد
His name was Abu ’l-Hakam, and he became Abú Jahl: oh, many a worthy has become unworthy because of envy.
من ندیدم در جهان جست و جو ** هیچ اهلیت به از خوی نکو810
I have not seen in the world of search and seeking (trial and probation) any worthiness better than a good disposition.
انبیا را واسطه ز آن کرد حق ** تا پدید آید حسدها در قلق
God made the prophets the medium (between Him and His creatures) in order that feelings of envy should be displayed in the agitation (produced by something that rankles in the mind).
ز انکه کس را از خدا عاری نبود ** حاسد حق هیچ دیاری نبود
Inasmuch as no one was disgraced by (inferiority to) God, no one was (ever) envious of God;
آن کسی کش مثل خود پنداشتی ** ز آن سبب با او حسد برداشتی
(But) the person whom he deemed like himself—he would bear envy against him for that reason.
چون مقرر شد بزرگی رسول ** پس حسد ناید کسی را از قبول
(Now), as the grandeur of the Prophet has become established, none feels envy (of him), since he is accepted (by all the Faithful);
پس به هر دوری ولیی قایم است ** تا قیامت آزمایش دایم است815
Therefore in every epoch (after Mohammed) a saint arises (to act as his vicegerent): the probation (of the people) lasts until the Resurrection.
هر که را خوی نکو باشد برست ** هر کسی کاو شیشه دل باشد شکست
Whosoever has a good disposition is saved; whosoever is of frail heart is broken.
پس امام حی قایم آن ولی است ** خواه از نسل عمر خواه از علی است
That saint, then, is the living Imám who arises (in every age), whether he be a descendant of ‘Umar or of ‘Alí.
مهدی و هادی وی است ای راه جو ** هم نهان و هم نشسته پیش رو
He is the Mahdí (the God-guided one) and the Hádí (the Guide), O seeker of the (right) way: he is both hidden (from you) and seated before your face.