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)!”

این قیاسات و تحری روز ابر ** یا به شب مر قبله را کرده ست حبر

The wise man has made (use of) such reasonings and investigation on a cloudy day or at night for the sake of (finding) the qibla;

لیک با خورشید و کعبه پیش رو ** این قیاس و این تحری را مجو 3405

But with the sun and with the Ka‘ba before your face, do not seek to reason and investigate in this manner.

کعبه نادیده مکن رو زو متاب ** از قیاس الله أعلم بالصواب‌‌

Do not pretend that you cannot see the Ka‘ba, do not avert your face from it because you have reasoned (that it is not to be seen). God knows best what is right.