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  • Whoever is in the six is in the fire; (only) He that is the creator of the six will deliver him. 2650
  • هر که در شش او درون آتش است ** اوش برهاند که خلاق شش است‏

  • Truly, whether it be infidelity or faith in Him (to which he is predestined), he is the hand-loom (instrument) of the Lord and belongs to Him.”
  • خود اگر کفر است و گر ایمان او ** دست باف حضرت است و آن او

  • How Mu‘áwiya again exposed the deceitfulness of Iblís.
  • باز تقریر کردن معاویه با ابلیس مکر او را

  • The Amír said to him, “These things are true, but your share in these things is wanting.
  • گفت امیر او را که اینها راست است ** لیک بخش تو ازینها کاست است‏

  • You have waylaid hundreds of thousands like me: you have made a hole and have come into the treasure-house.
  • صد هزاران را چو من تو ره زدی ** حفره کردی در خزینه آمدی‏

  • You are fire and naphtha: you are fire: I cannot help being burned by you. Who is there whose raiment is not torn to pieces by your hand?
  • آتشی از تو نسوزم چاره نیست ** کیست کز دست تو جامه‏ش پاره نیست‏

  • Inasmuch as it is your nature, O fire, to be a cause of burning, there is no help but you must burn something. 2655
  • طبعت ای آتش چو سوزانیدنی است ** تا نسوزانی تو چیزی چاره نیست‏

  • This is God's curse (on you), that He makes you burn (things) and makes you the master of all thieves.
  • لعنت این باشد که سوزانت کند ** اوستاد جمله دزدانت کند

  • You have spoken with God and heard (Him speak) face to face: what should I be (able to do) before your deceit, O enemy?
  • با خدا گفتی شنیدی رو برو ** من چه باشم پیش مکرت ای عدو

  • Your stock of knowledge is like the sound of (the fowler's) whistle: it is the cry of birds, but it is bird-ensnaring.
  • معرفتهای تو چون بانگ صفیر ** بانگ مرغانی است لیکن مرغ گیر

  • That (whistle) has waylaid myriads of birds, the bird (in each case) being duped (by the fancy) that a friend is come.
  • صد هزاران مرغ را آن ره زده ست ** مرغ غره کاشنایی آمده ست‏

  • When it hears in the air the sound of the whistle, it comes (down) from the air and is made captive here. 2660
  • در هوا چون بشنود بانگ صفیر ** از هوا آید شود اینجا اسیر

  • Through your deceit the people of Noah are in lamentation: they have hearts charred and bosoms (torn) to shreds.
  • قوم نوح از مکر تو در نوحه‏اند ** دل کباب و سینه شرحه شرحه‏اند

  • You gave ‘Ád in this world to the wind (of destruction): you cast (them) into torment and sorrows.
  • عاد را تو باد دادی در جهان ** در فگندی در عذاب و اندهان‏

  • Through you was the stoning of the people of Lot: through you were they sunk in the black rain-water.
  • از تو بود آن سنگسار قوم لوط ** در سیاه آبه ز تو خوردند غوط

  • Through you was the brain of Nimrod crumbled, O you that have raised thousands of turmoils!
  • مغز نمرود از تو آمد ریخته ** ای هزاران فتنه‏ها انگیخته‏

  • Through you the intelligence of Pharaoh, the acute and sage, became blinded, (so that) he found no understanding. 2665
  • عقل فرعون ذکی فیلسوف ** کور گشت از تو نیابید او وقوف‏

  • Through you also Bú Lahab became an unworthy one; through you also Bu ’l- Hakam became a Bú Jahl.
  • بو لهب هم از تو نااهلی شده ** بو الحکم هم از تو بو جهلی شده‏

  • O you that on this chessboard, for the sake of remembrance, have checkmated hundreds of thousands of masters,
  • ای بر این شطرنج بهر یاد را ** مات کرده صد هزار استاد را

  • O you by whose difficult attacking moves (our) hearts have been burned and your (own) heart has been blackened,
  • ای ز فرزین بندهای مشکلت ** سوخته دلها سیه گشته دلت‏

  • You are the sea of cunning, (and all) the creatures (are but) a drop: you are like a mountain and (we) simple ones (are but) a mote.
  • بحر مکری تو خلایق قطره‏ای ** تو چو کوهی وین سلیمان ذره‏ای‏

  • Who shall escape from your cunning, O adversary? We are drowned in the flood, except them that are protected (by God). 2670
  • کی رهد از مکر تو ای مختصم ** غرق طوفانیم الا من عصم‏

  • By you many a fortunate star has been burned: by you many an army and host have been scattered.”
  • بس ستاره‏ی سعد از تو محترق ** بس سپاه و جمع از تو مفترق‏

  • How Iblís again replied to Mu‘áwiya.
  • باز جواب گفتن ابلیس معاویه را

  • Iblís said to him, “Unravel these knot (and apprehend the matter): I am the touchstone for the false coin and the true.
  • گفت ابلیسش گشای این عقد را ** من محکم قلب را و نقد را

  • God hath made me the test of lion and cur, God hath made me the test of genuine coin and counterfeit.
  • امتحان شیر و کلبم کرد حق ** امتحان نقد و قلبم کرد حق‏

  • When have I blackened the false coin's face? I am the money-changer: I have (only) valued it.
  • قلب را من کی سیه رو کرده‏ام ** صیرفی‏ام قیمت او کرده‏ام‏