انبیا گفتند کاری آفرید ** وصفهایی که نتان زان سر کشید

The prophets said, “Yes: He hath created some qualities from which it is impossible to withdraw one's self,

و آفرید او وصفهای عارضی ** که کسی مبغوض می‌گردد رضی 2910

And He hath (also) created qualities (which are only) accidental, so that a hated person becomes acceptable.

سنگ را گویی که زر شو بیهده‌ست ** مس را گویی که زر شو راه هست

If you bid a stone become gold, ’tis futile; (but) if you bid copper become gold, the way (of transmuting it) exists.

ریگ را گویی که گل شو عاجزست ** خاک را گویی که گل شو جایزست

If you bid sand become clay, it is incapable (of doing so); (but) if you bid earth become clay, that is possible.

رنجها دادست کان را چاره نیست ** آن بمثل لنگی و فطس و عمیست

He hath given (ordained to us) maladies for which there is no remedy, such as lameness, flatness of the nose, and blindness;

رنجها دادست کان را چاره هست ** آن بمثل لقوه و درد سرست

He hath given maladies for which there is a remedy, such as facial paralysis and headache.

این دواها ساخت بهر ایتلاف ** نیست این درد و دواها از گزاف 2915

These medicines He hath made for the sake of (restoring) harmony: these maladies and medicines are not in vain.

بلک اغلب رنجها را چاره هست ** چون بجد جویی بیاید آن بدست

Nay, most maladies have a cure: when you seek in earnest, it will come to hand.”

مکرر کردن کافران حجتهای جبریانه را

How the infidels repeated the Necessitarian arguments.

قوم گفتند ای گروه این رنج ما ** نیست زان رنجی که بپذیرد دوا

The people said, “O company (of prophets), this malady of ours is not one of those that admit of cure.

سالها گفتید زین افسون و پند ** سخت‌تر می‌گشت زان هر لحظه بند

For years ye uttered spells and admonitions of this kind, and by them our bondage was made sorer every moment.