- 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
- Inasmuch as ye formerly extinguished all these fires of your own for God’s sake;
- چون شما این جمله آتشهای خویش ** بهر حق کشتید جمله پیش پیش