How they asked Jesus, on whom be peace, saying, “O Spirit of God, what is the hardest thing to bear of all the hard things in existence?”
شاعر: رومی
وزن: فاعلاتن فاعلاتن فاعلن (رمل مسدس محذوف یا وزن مثنوی)
صنف: مثنوی
A sober-minded man said to Jesus, “What is the hardest to bear of all things in existence?”
He replied, “O (my dear) soul, the hardest is God's anger, on account of which Hell is trembling as we (are).”
He said, “What is the security against this anger of God?” Jesus said, “To abandon thine own anger at once.”
Therefore, as the policeman became this anger's mine (source), his ugly anger surpassed even (that of) a wild beast.
What hope is there for him of (Divine) mercy, unless perchance that graceless man should turn back from that (vile) quality?
Although the world cannot do without them, this statement is a (means of) casting (those who hear it) into error.
The world cannot do without urine either, but that urine is not clear running water.
