- It beseems Him to take offence at His own act, inasmuch as in vengeance and mercy He is One.
- اعتراض او را رسد بر فعل خود ** ز آن که در قهر است و در لطف او احد
- In this city of phenomena He is the Prince; in (all) the realms (of the world) He is the Ruler.
- اندر این شهر حوادث میر اوست ** در ممالک مالک تدبیر اوست
- If He breaks His own instrument, He mends that which has become broken.”
- آلت خود را اگر او بشکند ** آن شکسته گشته را نیکو کند
- Recognise, O noble sir, the indication of (the text), (Whatever) verse We shall cancel or cause to be forgotten, followed by We shall bring a better.
- رمز ننسخ آیه او ننسها ** نأت خیرا در عقب می‌‌دان مها
- Every (religious) law that God has cancelled—He has taken away grass and brought roses in exchange. 3860
- هر شریعت را که حق منسوخ کرد ** او گیا برد و عوض آورد ورد
- Night cancels the business of day: behold an inanimateness (inertia) that enlightens the intellect!
- شب کند منسوخ شغل روز را ** بین جمادی خرد افروز را
- Again, night is cancelled by the light of day, so that the inanimateness is consumed by that fire-kindling one.
- باز شب منسوخ شد از نور روز ** تا جمادی سوخت ز آن آتش فروز
- Although that sleep and rest are darkness, is not the Water of Life within the darkness?
- گر چه ظلمت آمد آن نوم و سبات ** نی درون ظلمت است آب حیات
- Did not minds become refreshed in that darkness? Did not a pause (in recitation) become the source of (increased beauty in) the voice?
- نی در آن ظلمت خردها تازه شد ** سکته‌‌ای سرمایه‌‌ی آوازه شد
- For contraries are manifested by means of contraries: in the black core (of the heart) He (God) created the light (of love). 3865
- که ز ضدها ضدها آمد پدید ** در سویدا روشنایی آفرید