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850-859

  • 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

  • Had not the soul of the wind been informed by God, how would it have distinguished (the believers and unbelievers) amongst the people of ‘Ád?
  • گر نبودی واقف از حق جان باد ** فرق کی کردی میان قوم عاد

  • The story of the wind which destroyed the people of ‘Ád in the time of (the prophet) Húd, on whom be peace.
  • قصه‌‌ی باد که در عهد هود علیه السلام قوم عاد را هلاک کرد

  • Húd drew a line round the believers: the wind would become soft (subside) when it reached that place,
  • هود گرد مومنان خطی کشید ** نرم می‌‌شد باد کانجا می‌‌رسید

  • (Although) it was dashing to pieces in the air all who were outside of the line. 855
  • هر که بیرون بود ز آن خط جمله را ** پاره پاره می‌‌گسست اندر هوا

  • Likewise Shaybán the shepherd used to draw a visible line round his flock
  • همچنین شیبان راعی می‌‌کشید ** گرد بر گرد رمه خطی پدید

  • Whenever he went to the Friday service at prayer-time, in order that the wolf might not raid and ravage there:
  • چون به جمعه می‌‌شد او وقت نماز ** تا نیارد گرگ آن جا ترک تاز

  • No wolf would go into that (circle), nor would any sheep stray beyond that mark;
  • هیچ گرگی در نرفتی اندر آن ** گوسفندی هم نگشتی ز آن نشان‌‌

  • The wind of the wolf's and sheeps' concupiscence was barred because of (by) the circle of the man of God.
  • باد حرص گرگ و حرص گوسفند ** دایره‌‌ی مرد خدا را بود بند