- Because the fleshly soul becomes (all) the more infuriated by your binding it with a heavy oath.
- ز آن که نفس آشفتهتر گردد از آن ** که کنی بندش به سوگند گران
- When a captive puts bonds upon a governor, the governor will burst them and leap out;
- چون اسیری بند بر حاکم نهد ** حاکم آن را بر درد بیرون جهد
- He will bang those bonds on his (the captive’s) head in wrath, dashing the oath in his face.
- بر سرش کوبد ز خشم آن بند را ** میزند بر روی او سوگند را
- Wash your hands (give up hope) of his (obeying the Divine command), “Fulfil your promises”; do not say to him, “Keep your oaths.”
- تو ز اوفوا بالعقودش دست شو ** احفظوا أیمانکم با او مگو
- But he that makes God his support in (keeping) his promise will make his body (thin) as a thread and wind (himself) about Him. 2140
- و آن که حق را ساخت در پیمان سند ** تن کند چون تار و گرد او تند
- How Mustafá (Mohammed), on whom be peace, went to visit the (sick) Companion; and an exposition of the profit of visiting the sick.
- رفتن مصطفی علیه السلام به عیادت صحابی و بیان فایده عیادت
- A notable amongst the Companions (of Mohammed) fell ill, and in that illness of his became (thin) as a thread.
- از صحابه خواجهای بیمار شد ** و اندر آن بیماریش چون تار شد
- Mustafá went to visit him, since his (Mustafá's) nature was all kindness and generosity.
- مصطفی آمد عیادت سوی او ** چون همه لطف و کرم بد خوی او
- There is profit in your visiting the sick: the profit thereof is returning to you again.
- در عیادت رفتن تو فایده است ** فایده آن باز با تو عایده است
- The first profit is that the sick person may perchance be a Qutb and a glorious (spiritual) king;
- فایده اول که آن شخص علیل ** بوک قطبی باشد و شاه جلیل
- And if he be not a Qutb, he may be a friend of the (Súfí) Way; if he be not the king, he may be the cavalier of the host. 2145
- ور نباشد قطب یار ره بود ** شه نباشد فارس اسپه بود