(Because) every one has delight in some act of devotion and consequently cannot bear to miss it (even) for a short while.
ذوق دارد هر کسی در طاعتی ** لاجرم نشکیبد از وی ساعتی
That disappointment and grief would have been (as) a hundred prayers: what is (ritual) prayer in comparison with the (spiritual) glow of humble supplication?”2770
آن غبین و درد بودی صد نماز ** کو نماز و کو فروغ آن نیاز
The excellence of the remorse felt by one who was sincere (in his devotion) for having missed the congregational prayers.
فضیلت حسرت خوردن آن مخلص بر فوت نماز جماعت
A certain man was going into the mosque (when) the people were coming out of the mosque.
آن یکی میرفت در مسجد درون ** مردم از مسجد همیآمد برون
He began to ask (one of them), saying, “What ails the congregation that they are coming out of the mosque (so) soon?”
گفت پرسان که جماعت را چه بود ** که ز مسجد میبرون آیند زود
That person said to him, “The Prophet has prayed with the congregation and finished (his) communion.
آن یکی گفتش که پیغمبر نماز ** با جماعت کرد و فارغ شد ز راز
How art thou going in, O foolish man, when the Prophet has given the blessing?”
تو کجا در میروی ای مرد خام ** چون که پیغمبر بداده ست السلام
He cried, “Ah!” and smoke issued from that (burning) sigh: his sigh was giving forth the smell of blood from his heart.2775
گفت آه و دود از آن اه شد برون ** آه او میداد از دل بوی خون
A certain man said, “Give (me) that sigh and may this (ritual) prayer of mine be (bestowed) on thee as a gift!”
آن یکی از جمع گفت این آه را ** تو به من ده و آن نماز من ترا
He answered, “I give the sigh and accept the prayers.” He (the other) took that sigh with a hundred yearnings (towards God).
گفت دادم آه و پذرفتم نماز ** او ستد آن آه را با صد نیاز
At night, whilst (he was) asleep, a Voice said to him, “Thou hast bought the Water of Life and salvation.
شب به خواب اندر بگفتش هاتفی ** که خریدی آب حیوان و شفا