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3701-3710

  • What kills this fire? The Light of God. Make the light of Abraham your teacher,
  • چه کشد این نار را نور خدا ** نور ابراهیم را ساز اوستا

  • That this body of yours, which resembles wood (faggots), may be delivered from the fire of the Nimrod-like flesh (nafs).
  • تا ز نار نفس چون نمرود تو ** وارهد این جسم همچون عود تو

  • Fiery lust is not diminished by indulging it: it is diminished, without any escape (inevitably), by leaving it (ungratified).
  • شهوت ناری به راندن کم نشد ** او به ماندن کم شود بی‌‌هیچ بد

  • So long as thou art laying faggots on a fire, how will the fire be extinguished by a carrier of faggots?
  • تا که هیزم می‌‌نهی بر آتشی ** کی بمیرد آتش از هیزم کشی‌‌

  • When thou withholdest the faggots, the fire dies out, because fear of God carries (as it were) water to the fire. 3705
  • چون که هیزم باز گیری نار مرد ** ز انکه تقوی آب سوی نار برد

  • How should the fire blacken the beauteous face (of a soul) which lays (on itself) rose colour (derived) from the fear of God that is in (men's) hearts?
  • کی سیه گردد ز آتش روی خوب ** کاو نهد گلگونه از تقوی القلوب‌‌

  • How a conflagration occurred in the city (Medina) in the days of ‘Umar, may God be well-pleased with him.
  • آتش افتادن در شهر به ایام عمر

  • A conflagration occurred in the time of ‘Umar: it was devouring stones as though they were dry wood.
  • آتشی افتاد در عهد عمر ** همچو چوب خشک می‌‌خورد او حجر

  • It fell upon buildings and houses, until (at last) it darted at the wings and nests of birds.
  • در فتاد اندر بنا و خانه‌‌ها ** تا زد اندر پر مرغ و لانه‌‌ها

  • Half the city caught fire from the flames: water was afraid of it (the fire) and amazed.
  • نیم شهر از شعله‌‌ها آتش گرفت ** آب می‌‌ترسید از آن و می‌‌شگفت‌‌

  • Some intelligent persons were throwing skins of water and vinegar on the fire, 3710
  • مشکهای آب و سرکه می‌‌زدند ** بر سر آتش کسان هوشمند