Lesson 3: Beseeching the Lord, who is our Helper, to help us to observe self-control in all circumstances, and explaining the harmful and pernicious consequences of indiscipline.
Couplet 78
از خدا جوییم توفیق ادب
بیادب محروم گشت از لطف رب
بیادب محروم گشت از لطف رب
Meaning: We seek from God the grace of good manners, for he who lacks good manners is deprived of the Lord's favour.
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Couplet 79
بیادب تنها نه خود را داشت بد
بلکه آتش در همه آفاق زد
بلکه آتش در همه آفاق زد
Meaning: The person without good manners harms not only himself but also sets the whole world ablaze.
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Couplet 80
مایده از آسمان در میرسید
بی شری و بیع و بی گفت و شنید
بی شری و بیع و بی گفت و شنید
Meaning: A heavenly table of food was descending from heaven, without any need for buying, selling, or bargaining.
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Couplet 81
در میان قوم موسی چند کس
بیادب گفتند کو سیر و عدس
بیادب گفتند کو سیر و عدس
Meaning: Among the people of Moses, a few spoke rudely, saying, 'Where are the garlic and lentils?'
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Couplet 82
منقطع شد خوان و نان از آسمان
ماند رنج زرع و بیل و داسمان
ماند رنج زرع و بیل و داسمان
Meaning: Then the table of food and bread from heaven ceased to descend, leaving us with only the toil of sowing and working with spade and sickle.
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Couplet 83
باز عیسی چون شفاعت کرد حق
خوان فرستاد و غنیمت بر طبق
خوان فرستاد و غنیمت بر طبق
Meaning: Once again, when Jesus interceded before God, God sent down a table laden with food and abundant bounty on trays.
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Couplet 84
باز گستاخان ادب بگذاشتند
چون گدایان زلهها برداشتند
چون گدایان زلهها برداشتند
Meaning: Once again, the insolent ones abandoned all courtesy, and like beggars, snatched away the leftovers to hoard.
Couplet 85
لابه کرده عیسی ایشان را که این
دایم است و کم نگردد از زمین
دایم است و کم نگردد از زمین
Meaning: Jesus implored them, saying, 'This is everlasting and will never diminish from the earth.'
Couplet 86
بدگمانی کردن و حرصآوری
کفر باشد پیش خوان مهتری
کفر باشد پیش خوان مهتری
Meaning: Harbouring suspicion and giving in to greed at the table of Majesty is itself ingratitude and disbelief.
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Couplet 87
زان گدارویان نادیده ز آز
آن در رحمت بر ایشان شد فراز
آن در رحمت بر ایشان شد فراز
Meaning: Because of the greed and beggar-like nature of those impudent wretches, that gate of divine mercy was closed upon them.
Couplet 88
ابر برناید پی منع زکات
وز زنا افتد وبا اندر جهات
وز زنا افتد وبا اندر جهات
Meaning: Because of withholding obligatory almsgiving (zakat), rain clouds fail to rise; and because of adultery, plague spreads in all directions.
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Couplet 89
هر چه بر تو آید از ظلمات و غم
آن ز بیباکی و گستاخی است هم
آن ز بیباکی و گستاخی است هم
Meaning: Whatever darkness and sorrow befall you, they arise from your own recklessness and insolence.
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Couplet 90
هر که بیباکی کند در راه دوست
ره زن مردان شد و نامرد اوست
ره زن مردان شد و نامرد اوست
Meaning: Whoever behaves recklessly on the path of Love becomes a highwayman to true men of that path and is himself no man.
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Couplet 91
از ادب پر نور گشته است این فلک
وز ادب معصوم و پاک آمد ملک
وز ادب معصوم و پاک آمد ملک
Meaning: Through discipline and respect, this heaven has become full of light, and through discipline and respect, the angels have become pure and sinless.
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Couplet 92
بد ز گستاخی کسوف آفتاب
شد عزازیلی ز جرات رد باب
شد عزازیلی ز جرات رد باب
Meaning: Because of insolence, the sun suffers an eclipse, and through recklessness, Azazil (Satan) was turned back from the door.
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