Rumi's Masnavi - The Devil approaches Man for the sake of wickedness: he does not approach you because you are worse than the Devil.

The Devil approaches Man for the sake of wickedness: he does not approach you because you are worse than the Devil.

دیو سوی آدمی شد بهر شر ** سوی تو ناید که از دیوی بتر

So long as you were a man the Devil was running at your heels and bidding you taste (his) wine. 1875

تا تو بودی آدمی دیو از پی‌‌ات ** می‌‌دوید و می‌‌چشانید او می‌‌ات‌‌

Since you have become confirmed in devilry, the good-for-nothing Devil is fleeing from you!

چون شدی در خوی دیوی استوار ** می‌‌گریزد از تو دیو نابکار

He who (formerly) clung to your skirt fled from you when you became like this.

آن که اندر دامنت آویخت او ** چون چنین گشتی ز تو بگریخت او

Explanation of (the Tradition) “Whatsoever God wills cometh to pass.”

تفسیر ما شاء الله کان‌‌

We have spoken all these words, but in preparing ourselves (for the journey before us) we are naught, naught without the favours of God.

این همه گفتیم لیک اندر بسیچ ** بی‌‌عنایات خدا هیچیم هیچ‌‌

Without the favours of God and God's elect ones, angel though he be, his page is black.

بی‌‌عنایات حق و خاصان حق ** گر ملک باشد سیاه استش ورق‌‌

O God, O Thou whose bounty fulfils (every) need, it is not allowable to mention any one beside Thee. 1880

ای خدا ای فضل تو حاجت روا ** با تو یاد هیچ کس نبود روا

This amount of guidance Thou hast bestowed (upon us); till this (present time) Thou hast covered up many a fault of ours.

این قدر ارشاد تو بخشیده‌‌ای ** تا بدین بس عیب ما پوشیده‌‌ای‌‌

Cause the drop of knowledge which Thou gavest (us) heretofore to become united with Thy seas.

قطره‌‌ای دانش که بخشیدی ز پیش ** متصل گردان به دریاهای خویش‌‌

In my soul there is a drop of knowledge: deliver it from sensuality and from the body's clay,

قطره‌‌ای علم است اندر جان من ** وارهانش از هوا وز خاک تن‌‌