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  • (The sun rose) until its light came to perfection on the earth, a universal mercy to the traders;
  • But to the false coiner it is hateful and grievous, because by it his money and wares are made unsaleable. 25
  • Hence the false coin is the mortal foe of the money-changer: who is the enemy of the dervish but the dog?
  • The prophets contend with their enemies; then the angels utter cries of “Save (them), O Lord,”
  • Saying, “Keep this Lamp, which is light-disseminating, far from the puffs and breaths of thieves.”
  • Only the thief and the coiner are adversaries of the light: succour (us) from these twain, O Succourer!
  • Shed light upon the Fourth Book, for the sun rose from the Fourth Heaven. 30
  • Come, give light, like the sun, from the Fourth (Book), so that it may shine upon (all) countries and inhabited lands.
  • Whoever reads it (as) an idle tale, he is (as) an idle tale; and he who regards it as money in his own hands (real truth to be applied to himself) is like a man (of God).
  • It is the water of the Nile, which seemed blood to the Egyptian, (but) to the people of Moses was not blood, but water.
  • At this moment the enemy of these words (the Mathnawí) is pictured in (thy) sight (falling) headlong into Hell-fire.
  • O Ziyá’u ’l-Haqq (Radiance of God), thou hast seen his (evil) state: God hath shown unto thee the answer to his (evil) actions. 35
  • Thine eye which beholds the invisible is a master(-seer) like the Invisible: may this vision and gift not vanish from this world!
  • If thou wilt here complete this story, which is the current coin of (directly applicable to) our present state, ’tis fitting.
  • Leave the unworthy folk for the sake of the worthy: bring the tale to the end and conduct it to the issue.
  • If this story was not finished there (in the Third Book), ’tis (now) the Fourth Volume: set it out in order.
  • Conclusion of the story of the lover who fled from the night-patrol into an orchard unknown to him, and for joy at finding his beloved in the orchard called down blessings on the night-patrol and said, "It may be that ye loathe a thing although it is better for you."
  • We were at the point (of the story) where that person (fled) in terror from the night-patrol (and) galloped into the orchard. 40
  • In the orchard was the beauteous one for love of whom this (youth) had been in tribulation eight years.
  • He had no possibility of seeing (even) her shadow: he was (only) hearing the description of her, as (of) the ‘Anqá,
  • Except (for) one meeting which happened to him by (Divine) destiny at the first and enravished his heart.
  • After that, however much effort he made, in sooth that cruel one would give him no opportunity.
  • Neither entreaty nor wealth availed him: that (fresh) sapling was fully satisfied and without desire. 45
  • (In the case of) the lover of any craft or object of pursuit, God has touched his lip (with honey or the like) at the beginning of the affair;
  • (But) when at that contact they have entered upon the quest, He lays a snare before their feet every day.
  • When He has plunged him (the lover) into search for the matter (which he has at heart), after that He shuts the door, saying, “Bring the dowry.”