- The whole world became jealous because God is superior to all the world in jealousy.
- جمله عالم ز آن غیور آمد که حق ** برد در غیرت بر این عالم سبق
- He is like the spirit, and the world is like the body: the body receives from the spirit (both) good and evil.
- او چو جان است و جهان چون کالبد ** کالبد از جان پذیرد نیک و بد
- Any one whose prayer-niche is turned to the (mystical) revelation, do thou regard his going (back) to (the traditional) faith as shameful. 1765
- هر که محراب نمازش گشت عین ** سوی ایمان رفتنش می‌‌دان تو شین
- Any one who has become Master of the robes to the King, it is loss for him to traffic on the King's behalf.
- هر که شد مر شاه را او جامه‌‌دار ** هست خسران بهر شاهش اتجار
- Any one who becomes the intimate friend of the Sultan, it is an injury and swindle (for him) to sit at his door.
- هر که با سلطان شود او همنشین ** بر درش بودن بود حیف و غبین
- When (the privilege of) kissing the (King's) hand has been bestowed on him by the King, it is a sin if he prefers to kiss the (King's) foot.
- دست‌‌بوسش چون رسید از پادشاه ** گر گزیند بوس پا باشد گناه
- Although to lay the head on the (King's) foot is an act of obeisance, (yet) compared with the former act of obeisance it is a fault and backsliding.
- گر چه سر بر پا نهادن خدمت است ** پیش آن خدمت خطا و زلت است
- The King is jealous of any one who, after having seen the face, prefers the (mere) scent. 1770
- شاه را غیرت بود بر هر که او ** بو گزیند بعد از آن که دید رو
- To speak in parables, God's jealousy is the wheat, (while) men's jealousy is the straw in the stack.
- غیرت حق بر مثل گندم بود ** کاه خرمن غیرت مردم بود
- Know that the root of (all) jealousies is in God: those of mankind are an offshoot from God, without resemblance (being implied).
- اصل غیرتها بدانید از اله ** آن خلقان فرع حق بی‌‌اشتباه