He said, “Beyond doubt fire is superior to earth: I am of fire, and he (Adam) is of dingy earth.
گفت نار از خاک بیشک بهتر است ** من ز نار و او ز خاک اکدر است
Let us, then, judge by comparing the secondary with its principal: he is of darkness, I of radiant light.”
پس قیاس فرع بر اصلش کنیم ** او ز ظلمت ما ز نور روشنیم
God said, “Nay, but on the contrary there shall be no relationships : asceticism and piety shall be the (sole) avenue to pre-eminence.”
گفت حق نی بل که لا انساب شد ** زهد و تقوی فضل را محراب شد
This is not the heritage of the fleeting world, so that thou shouldst gain it by ties of relationship: ’tis a spiritual (heritage).3400
این نه میراث جهان فانی است ** که به انسابش بیابی جانی است
Nay, these things are the heritage of the prophets; the inheritors of these are the spirits of the devout.
بلکه این میراثهای انبیاست ** وارث این جانهای اتقیاست
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.
پور آن بو جهل شد مومن عیان ** پور آن نوح نبی از گمرهان
“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)!”
زادهی خاکی منور شد چو ماه ** زادهی آتش تویی رو رو سیاه
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;
این قیاسات و تحری روز ابر ** یا به شب مر قبله را کرده ست حبر
But with the sun and with the Ka‘ba before your face, do not seek to reason and investigate in this manner.3405
لیک با خورشید و کعبه پیش رو ** این قیاس و این تحری را مجو
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.
کعبه نادیده مکن رو زو متاب ** از قیاس الله أعلم بالصواب