- To God (alone) belongs that (right), who brings forward a test for His servants at every moment,
- آن خدا را می‌رسد کو امتحان ** پیش آرد هر دمی با بندگان
- In order that He may show us plainly to ourselves (and reveal) what beliefs we hold in secret.
- تا به ما ما را نماید آشکار ** که چه داریم از عقیده در سرار
- Did Adam ever say to God, “I made trial of Thee in (committing) this sin and trespass,
- هیچ آدم گفت حق را که ترا ** امتحان کردم درین جرم و خطا
- That I might see the utmost limit of Thy clemency, O King?” Ah, who would be capable of (seeing) this, who?
- تا ببینم غایت حلمت شها ** اه کرا باشد مجال این کرا
- Forasmuch as your understanding is confused, your excuse is worse than your crime. 365
- عقل تو از بس که آمد خیره‌سر ** هست عذرت از گناه تو بتر
- How can you make trial of Him who raised aloft the vault of heaven?
- آنک او افراشت سقف آسمان ** تو چه دانی کردن او را امتحان
- O you that have not known good and evil, (first) make trial of yourself, and then of others.
- ای ندانسته تو شر و خیر را ** امتحان خود را کن آنگه غیر را
- When you have made trial of yourself, O such-and-such, you will be unconcerned with making trial of others.
- امتحان خود چو کردی ای فلان ** فارغ آیی ز امتحان دیگران
- When you have come to know that you are a grain of sugar, then you will know that you belong to the sugar-house.
- چون بدانستی که شکردانه‌ای ** پس بدانی کاهل شکرخانه‌ای
- Know, then, without making any trial, that (if) you are sugar, God will not send you to the wrong place. 370
- پس بدان بی‌امتحانی که اله ** شکری نفرستدت ناجایگاه