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  • Although these twain—good and evil—are different, yet these twain are (engaged) in one work.
  • The prophets offer devotions, the enemies (of God) offer lusts. 2685
  • How should I make the good man bad? I am not God. I am (only) a prompter, I am not their creator.
  • (How) should I make the fair foul? I am not the Lord. I am (only) a mirror for the foul and the fair.
  • The Hindoo burnt a mirror in vexation, saying, ‘This (mirror) causes a man to look black-faced.’
  • He (God) hath made me an informer and truth-teller, that I may tell where the ugly one is and where the beautiful.
  • I am a witness: how is prison (the right place) for a witness? I do not deserve (to go to) prison, God is the witness (to my innocence). 2690
  • Wherever I see a fruitful sapling, I foster (it) diligently like a nurse.
  • Wherever I see a sour and dry tree, I cut it down, in order that the musk may be delivered (separated) from the dung.
  • The dry (tree) says to the gardener, ‘O young man, why do you cut off my head without fault (on my part)?’