Rumi's Masnavi - (And) as the earth: thou knowest it to be possessed of knowledge, at the time of (its) sinking, in regard to Qárún whom He subdued and swept away;

(And) as the earth: thou knowest it to be possessed of knowledge, at the time of (its) sinking, in regard to Qárún whom He subdued and swept away; 2830

چون زمین دانیش دانا وقت خسف ** در حق قارون که قهرش کرد و نسف

(And) as the moon, which heard the (Divine) command and hastened (to obey) and then became two halves in the sky and split;

چون قمر که امر بشنید و شتافت ** پس دو نیمه گشت بر چرخ و شکافت

(And) as the trees and stones which everywhere overtly made the salaam to Mustafá (Mohammed).

چون درخت و سنگ کاندر هر مقام ** مصطفی را کرده ظاهرالسلام

Reply to the materialist who disbelieves in the Deity and says that the world is eternal.

جواب دهری کی منکر الوهیت است و عالم را قدیم می‌گوید

Yesterday some one was saying, “The world is originated in time: this heaven is passing away, and God is its inheritor.”

دی یکی می‌گفت عالم حادثست ** فانیست این چرخ و حقش وارثست

A philosopher said, “How do you know (its) temporal origin? How should the rain know the temporality of the cloud?

فلسفیی گفت چون دانی حدوث ** حادثی ابر چون داند غیوث

You are not even a mote of the (celestial) revolution: how should you know the temporality of the sun? 2835

ذره‌ای خود نیستی از انقلاب ** تو چه می‌دانی حدوث آفتاب

The little worm that is buried in filth—how should it know the end and beginning of the earth?

کرمکی کاندر حدث باشد دفین ** کی بداند آخر و بدو زمین

You have heard this by rote from your father: through foolishness you have become involved in this (belief).

این به تقلید از پدر بشنیده‌ای ** از حماقت اندرین پیچیده‌ای

What is the demonstrative argument for its temporality? Tell (me) or else keep silence and do not seek (indulge in) excessive talk.”

چیست برهان بر حدوث این بگو ** ورنه خامش کن فزون گویی مجو

He said, “One day I saw two parties searching in this deep sea,

گفت دیدم اندرین بحث عمیق ** بحث می‌کردند روزی دو فریق