Rumi's Masnavi - That (you may see) what (the Divine command), Let God's she-camel have her portion of water, wrought against that people, through the ordainment of death and woe.

That (you may see) what (the Divine command), Let God's she-camel have her portion of water, wrought against that people, through the ordainment of death and woe.

تا بر آن امت ز حکم مرگ و درد ** ناقة الله و سقیاها چه کرد

The vengeance, which is God's minister, demanded from them an entire town as the blood-price of a single camel.

شحنه‌‌ی قهر خدا ز یشان بجست ** خونبهای اشتری شهری درست‌‌

The spirit is like Sálih, and the body is the she-camel: the spirit is in union (with God), the body in want (distress). 2515

روح همچون صالح و تن ناقه است ** روح اندر وصل و تن در فاقه است‌‌

The Sálih-spirit is not susceptible to afflictions: the blows fall on the camel (body), not on the essence (spirit).

روح صالح قابل آفات نیست ** زخم بر ناقه بود بر ذات نیست‌‌

No one gains victory over their (the saints') hearts: harm comes (only) to the oyster-shell, not to the pearl.

کس نیابد بر دل ایشان ظفر ** بر صدف آمد ضرر نی بر گهر

The Sálih-spirit is not capable of being hurt: the light of God is not subject to infidels.

روح صالح قابل آزار نیست ** نور یزدان سغبه‌‌ی کفار نیست‌‌

God became secretly united with a body, that they (the infidels) might hurt (it) and suffer tribulation,

حق از آن پیوست با جسمی نهان ** تاش آزارند و بینند امتحان‌‌

Not knowing that to hurt this (body) is to hurt (offend) Him: the water in this jar is joined with the water in the river. 2520

بی‌‌خبر کآزار این آزار اوست ** آب این خم متصل با آب جوست‌‌

God connected (the spirit) with a body, in order that he (the prophet or saint) might become a refuge for the whole world.

ز آن تعلق کرد با جسمی اله ** تا که گردد جمله عالم را پناه‌‌

Be a slave to the camel, which is the saint's body, that you may become the fellow servant of the Sálih-spirit.

ناقه‌‌ی جسم ولی را بنده باش ** تا شوی با روح صالح خواجه‌‌تاش‌‌