خاصه ای خواجه قیاس حس دون ** اندر آن وحیی که هست از حد فزون‌‌

Especially, O master, (you must avoid) the analogy drawn by the low senses in regard to the Revelation which is illimitable.

گوش حس تو به حرف ار در خور است ** دان که گوش غیب گیر تو کر است‌‌ 3395

If your sensuous ear is fit for (understanding) the letter (of the Revelation), know that your ear that receives the occult (meaning) is deaf.

اول کسی که در مقابله‌‌ی نص قیاس آورد ابلیس بود

The first to bring analogical reasoning to bear against the Revealed Text was Iblís.

اول آن کس کاین قیاسکها نمود ** پیش انوار خدا ابلیس بود

The first person who produced these paltry analogies in the presence of the Lights of God was Iblís.

گفت نار از خاک بی‌‌شک بهتر است ** من ز نار و او ز خاک اکدر است‌‌

He said, “Beyond doubt fire is superior to earth: I am of fire, and he (Adam) is of dingy earth.

پس قیاس فرع بر اصلش کنیم ** او ز ظلمت ما ز نور روشنیم‌‌

Let us, then, judge by comparing the secondary with its principal: he is of darkness, I of radiant light.”

گفت حق نی بل که لا انساب شد ** زهد و تقوی فضل را محراب شد

God said, “Nay, but on the contrary there shall be no relationships : asceticism and piety shall be the (sole) avenue to pre-eminence.”

این نه میراث جهان فانی است ** که به انسابش بیابی جانی است‌‌ 3400

This is not the heritage of the fleeting world, so that thou shouldst gain it by ties of relationship: ’tis a spiritual (heritage).

بلکه این میراثهای انبیاست ** وارث این جانهای اتقیاست‌‌

Nay, these things are the heritage of the prophets; the inheritors of these are the spirits of the devout.

پور آن بو جهل شد مومن عیان ** پور آن نوح نبی از گمرهان‌‌

The son of Bú Jahl became a true believer for all to see; the son of the prophet Noah became one of those who lost the way.

زاده‌‌ی خاکی منور شد چو ماه ** زاده‌‌ی آتش تویی رو رو سیاه‌‌

“The child of earth (Adam) became illumined like the moon; thou art the child of fire: get thee gone with thy face black (in disgrace)!”