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  • The party (of Amírs) said to him, “We too are (made) rulers by that (Divine) destiny, and God hath given the Amírate to us.”
  • قوم گفتندش که ما هم زان قضا ** حاکمیم و داد امیریمان خدا
  • He said, “(Yes), but to me God gave it as a possession, and to you (only) as a loan for the sake of (furnishing you with) provisions for the road. 2785
  • گفت لیکن مر مرا حق ملک داد ** مر شما را عاریه از بهر زاد
  • My Amírate is lasting till the Resurrection; the Amírate held on loan will be shattered.”
  • میری من تا قیامت باقیست ** میری عاریتی خواهد شکست
  • The (opposing) party said, “O Amír, do not say too much (about this): what is thy argument for seeking more (than thy share)?”
  • قوم گفتند ای امیر افزون مگو ** چیست حجت بر فزون‌جویی تو
  • Forthwith, by the bitter command (of God), a cloud arose; (then) came the torrent: the countryside was filled (with the flood).
  • در زمان ابری برآمد ز امر مر ** سیل آمد گشت آن اطراف پر
  • The exceedingly frightful torrent set its face towards the town: the townsfolk (were) making loud lamentation, all (were) terrified.
  • رو به شهر آورد سیل بس مهیب ** اهل شهر افغان‌کنان جمله رعیب
  • The Prophet said, “Now the time is come for the test, in order that opinion may become ocular vision.” 2790
  • گفت پیغامبر که وقت امتحان ** آمد اکنون تا گمارد گردد عیان
  • Each Amír flung his lance (into the flood), that in the test it might become a barrier against the torrent.
  • هر امیری نیزه‌ی خود در فکند ** تا شود در امتحان آن سیل‌بند
  • Then Mustafá (Mohammed) cast his wand upon it—that sovereign wand that reduced (his foes) to helplessness.
  • پس قضیب انداخت در وی مصطفی ** آن قضیب معجز فرمان روا
  • The rapid water of the boiling tameless torrent swept away the lances like a bit of straw.
  • نیزه‌ها را هم‌چو خاشاکی ربود ** آب تیز سیل پرجوش عنود