He hath given (ordained to us) maladies for which there is no remedy, such as lameness, flatness of the nose, and blindness;
رنجها دادست کان را چاره نیست ** آن بمثل لنگی و فطس و عمیست
He hath given maladies for which there is a remedy, such as facial paralysis and headache.
رنجها دادست کان را چاره هست ** آن بمثل لقوه و درد سرست
These medicines He hath made for the sake of (restoring) harmony: these maladies and medicines are not in vain.2915
این دواها ساخت بهر ایتلاف ** نیست این درد و دواها از گزاف
Nay, most maladies have a cure: when you seek in earnest, it will come to hand.”
بلک اغلب رنجها را چاره هست ** چون بجد جویی بیاید آن بدست
How the infidels repeated the Necessitarian arguments.
مکرر کردن کافران حجتهای جبریانه را
The people said, “O company (of prophets), this malady of ours is not one of those that admit of cure.
قوم گفتند ای گروه این رنج ما ** نیست زان رنجی که بپذیرد دوا
For years ye uttered spells and admonitions of this kind, and by them our bondage was made sorer every moment.
سالها گفتید زین افسون و پند ** سخت‌تر می‌گشت زان هر لحظه بند
If this disease were susceptible of cure, some particle of it would at last have been removed.
گر دوا را این مرض قابل بدی ** آخر از وی ذره‌ای زایل شدی
When hepatitis occurs, water does not enter the liver: if he (the patient) should drink up the (whole) sea, it (the water) would go somewhere else;2920
سده چون شد آب ناید در جگر ** گر خورد دریا رود جایی دگر
Consequently the hands and feet become swollen: that water-drinking does not defeat the thirst.”
لاجرم آماس گیرد دست و پا ** تشنگی را نشکند آن استقا
How the prophets, on whom be peace, answered them again.
باز جواب انبیا علیهم السلام ایشان را
The prophets said, “Despair is wicked: the grace and the mercies of the Creator are infinite.
انبیا گفتند نومیدی بدست ** فضل و رحمتهای باری بی‌حدست