- For this (external) cause was produced by that (spiritual) cause: when did a cause ever proceed from itself without a cause?
- کاین سبب را آن سبب آورد پیش ** بی‌‌سبب کی شد سبب هرگز ز خویش
- And those causes which guide the prophets on their way are higher than these (external) causes.
- و آن سببها کانبیا را رهبر است ** آن سببها زین سببها برتر است
- That (spiritual) cause makes this (external) cause operative; sometimes, again, it makes it fruitless and ineffectual. 845
- این سبب را آن سبب عامل کند ** باز گاهی بی‌‌بر و عاطل کند
- (Ordinary) minds are familiar with this (external) cause, but the prophets are familiar with those (spiritual) causes.
- این سبب را محرم آمد عقلها ** و آن سببها راست محرم انبیا
- What is (the meaning of) this (word) “cause” (sabab) in Arabic? Say: “cord” (rasan). This cord came into this well (the world) by (Divine) artifice.
- این سبب چه بود به تازی گو رسن ** اندر این چه این رسن آمد به فن
- The revolution of the water-wheel causes the cord (to move), (but) not to see the mover of the water-wheel is an error.
- گردش چرخه رسن را علت است ** چرخه گردان را ندیدن زلت است
- Beware, beware! Do not regard these cords of causation in the world as (deriving their movement) from the giddy wheel (of heaven),
- این رسنهای سببها در جهان ** هان و هان زین چرخ سر گردان مدان
- Lest you remain empty and giddy like the (celestial) wheel, lest through brainlessness you burn like markh wood. 850
- تا نمانی صفر و سر گردان چو چرخ ** تا نسوزی تو ز بی‌‌مغزی چو مرخ
- By the command of God the wind devours (extinguishes) fire: both are drunken with the wine of God.
- باد آتش می‌‌خورد از امر حق ** هر دو سر مست آمدند از خمر حق
- O son, when you open your eyes you will see that from God too are the water of clemency and the fire of anger.
- آب حلم و آتش خشم ای پسر ** هم ز حق بینی چو بگشایی بصر