بخش 60 - باز مکرر کردن صوفی سؤال را

The Súfí said, “He (God) whose help is invoked hath the power to make our trading free from loss.

He who turns the fire (of Nimrod) into roses and trees is also able to make this (World-fire) harmless.

He who brings forth roses from the very midst of thorns is also able to turn this winter into spring.

He by whom every cypress is made ‘free’ (evergreen) hath the power if He would turn sorrow into joy.

He by whom every non-existence is made existent—what damage would He suffer if He were to preserve it for ever?

He who gives the body a soul that it may live—how would He be a loser if He did not cause it to die?

What, indeed, would it matter if that Bounteous One should bestow on His servant the desire of his soul without (painful) toil,

And keep far off from poor (mortals) the cunning of the flesh and the temptation of the Devil (which lurk) in ambush?”