(Otherwise, Mustafá would have let him out in time), but it was the (Divine) wisdom and the command of Heaven that he should see himself thus (disgraced and confounded).105
لیک حکمت بود و امر آسمان ** تا ببیند خویشتن را او چنان
There be many acts of enmity which are (really) friendship, many acts of destruction which are (really) restoration.
بس عداوتها که آن یاری بود ** بس خرابیها که معماری بود
A meddlesome fellow purposely brought the dirty bed-clothes to the Prophet,
جامه خواب پر حدث را یک فضول ** قاصدا آورد در پیش رسول
Saying, “Look! Thy guest has done such a thing!” He smiled, (he who was sent as) a mercy to all created beings,
که چنین کردست مهمانت ببین ** خنده‌ای زد رحمةللعالمین
And said, “Bring the pail here, that I may wash all (clean) with my own hand.”
که بیار آن مطهره اینجا به پیش ** تا بشویم جمله را با دست خویش
Every one jumped up, saying, “For God's sake (refrain)! Our souls and our bodies are a sacrifice to thee.110
هر کسی می‌جست کز بهر خدا ** جان ما و جسم ما قربان ترا
We will wash this filth: do thou leave it alone. This kind (of affair) is hand's work, not heart's work.
ما بشوییم این حدث را تو بهل ** کار دستست این نمط نه کار دل
O La-‘amruk, God pronounced unto thee (the word) ‘life’; then He made thee (His) Vicegerent and seated thee on the throne.
ای لعمرک مر ترا حق عمر خواند ** پس خلیفه کرد و بر کرسی نشاند
We live for thy service: as thou (thyself) art performing the service, what then are we?”
ما برای خدمت تو می‌زییم ** چون تو خدمت می‌کنی پس ما چه‌ایم
He said, “I know that, but this is an (extraordinary) occasion; I have a deep reason for washing this myself.”
گفت آن دانم و لیک این ساعتیست ** که درین شستن بخویشم حکمتیست