- 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
- The wars of the Prophet became the pivot (determining cause) of peace: the peace of this latter age was (produced) from those wars.
- جنگ پیغمبر مدار صلح شد ** صلح این آخر زمان ز آن جنگ بد
- That heart-ravisher cut off hundreds of thousands of heads, in order that the heads of the (whole) world's people might win security.
- صد هزاران سر برید آن دلستان ** تا امان یابد سر اهل جهان
- The gardener lops the harmful bough, in order that the date-palm may gain (tallness of) stature and goodness.
- باغبان ز آن می‌‌برد شاخ مضر ** تا بیابد نخل قامتها و بر