The Shining Lamp — Page 206
206 این نه کار ِ مومنان و اتقیاست این نه خوی بندگان ِ باصفاست This is not the way of the honest and the righteous, Nor is this a characteristic of those who are pure of heart. پرستار ِ هوا دم هر او که هر من چسان دانم که ترسد از خدا He who is always a slave to his desires, Why should I believe that he fears God? خویشتن را نیک اندیشیده اند های، این مردم چه بد فهمیده اند They think themselves to be virtuous. Sadly, how wrong they have come to understand things. خدا از اعراض نفس اتباع بس همین باشد نشان اشقیا To be a follower of low desires and to stay away from God, Are indeed the signs of those who are unfortunate. هرکهزینسانخبثدرجانشبود بود ایمانش بوی گر کافرم One who has such evil in his heart— Should he have the fragrance of faith in him as well, then I am a k a fir. کتاب من برین مردم بخواندم آن کتاب ارتیاب از اوفتاد منزه کان I have presented to these people that Book, Which is free from any doubt and suspicion [i. e. the Quran].