Rumi's Masnavi - At the Gathering (for Judgement) the true believers will say, “O angel, is it not (the case) that Hell is the common road,

At the Gathering (for Judgement) the true believers will say, “O angel, is it not (the case) that Hell is the common road,

مومنان در حشر گویند ای ملک ** نی که دوزخ بود راه مشترک‏

2555(And that) true believer and infidel (alike) pass by it? We saw no smoke or fire in this road (which we have traversed). 2555

مومن و کافر بر او یابد گذار ** ما ندیدیم اندر این ره دود و نار

Lo, here is Paradise and the Court of safety: where, then, was that vile place of passage? ”

نک بهشت و بارگاه ایمنی ** پس کجا بود آن گذرگاه دنی‏

Then the angel will say, “The garden of greenery which ye saw in a certain spot as ye passed––

پس ملک گوید که آن روضه‏ی خضر ** که فلان جا دیده‏اید اندر گذر

That was Hell and the terrible place of chastisement, (but) unto you it became gardens and pleasaunces and trees.

دوزخ آن بود و سیاستگاه سخت ** بر شما شد باغ و بستان و درخت‏

Inasmuch as with this soul of hellish nature, (this) miscreant fiery one that seeks (to lead you into) temptation,

چون شما این نفس دوزخ خوی را ** آتشی گبر فتنه جوی را

Ye have striven (oft), and it hath become full of purity, and ye have quenched the fire (thereof) for God’s sake; 2560

جهدها کردید و او شد پر صفا ** نار را کشتید از بهر خدا

(Inasmuch as) the fire of lust, which was flaming, hath become the verdure of piety and the light of guidance (unto the true faith);

آتش شهوت که شعله می‏زدی ** سبزه‏ی تقوی شد و نور هدی‏

(Inasmuch as) at once the fire of anger in you hath turned to forbearance, and the darkness of ignorance in you hath turned to knowledge;

آتش خشم از شما هم حلم شد ** ظلمت جهل از شما هم علم شد

(Inasmuch as) the fire of greed in you hath turned to unselfishness, and that envy (which) was like thorns hath turned to roses;

آتش حرص از شما ایثار شد ** و آن حسد چون خار بد گلزار شد