- But (I know that) thou wishest to discover in My actions the wisdom and hidden meaning of (phenomenal) duration, 3005
- لیک می‌خواهی که در افعال ما ** باز جویی حکمت و سر بقا
- That thou mayst acquaint the vulgar therewith and by this means make every raw (ignorant) person to become cooked.
- تا از آن واقف کنی مر عام را ** پخته گردانی بدین هر خام را
- Thou hast become a questioner on purpose to disclose (this matter) to the vulgar, albeit thou art acquainted with it;
- قاصدا سایل شدی در کاشفی ** بر عوام ار چه که تو زان واقفی
- For this questioning is the half of knowledge, and this ability (to ask questions) does not belong to every outsider.”
- زآنک نیم علم آمد این سال ** هر برونی را نباشد آن مجال
- Both question and answer arise from knowledge, just as the thorn and the rose from earth and water.
- هم سال از علم خیزد هم جواب ** هم‌چنانک خار و گل از خاک و آب
- Both perdition and salvation arise from knowledge, just as bitter and sweet (fruit) from moisture. 3010
- هم ضلال از علم خیزد هم هدی ** هم‌چنانک تلخ و شیرین از ندا
- This hatred and love arise from acquaintance, and from wholesome food (arise both) sickness and (bodily) powers.
- ز آشنایی خیزد این بغض و ولا ** وز غذای خویش بود سقم و قوی
- That Kalím (Moses) became (like) an ignorant enquirer in order that he might make the ignorant acquainted with this mystery.
- مستفید اعجمی شد آن کلیم ** تا عجمیان را کند زین سر علیم
- Let us too feign ourselves to be ignorant thereof and elicit the answer to it (to the question) as (if we were) strangers (seeking information).
- ما هم از وی اعجمی سازیم خویش ** پاسخش آریم چون بیگانه پیش
- (Similarly) the ass-sellers became rivals to one another in order that they might open the way to the contract (of sale).
- خرفروشان خصم یکدیگر شدند ** تا کلید قفل آن عقد آمدند