بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
چار چیز آوَرْدِهاَم، یا رَبّ، کِه دَر گَنْجِ تو نیست
نیسْتی و حاجَت و عَجْز و گُناه آوَرْدِهاَم
Meaning
Four things I bring, O Lord, that Your treasure-troves lack:
Nothingness, Need, Inability and Sin—that is all I bring
Language
Persian/Farsi
Transliteration
Chaar Cheez Awarda Am ya Rabbb, ki dar Ganj-e Tu Neest
Neesti-o Hajat-o Ajz-o Gunah Awarda Am
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Brief Explanation
The truly humble believer knows that he or she is weak, full of sin, constrained by inability, and devoid of meaningful existence unless he or she truly surrenders to the Lord. At the same time, the believer is witty enough to realize that Allah is free from all such shortcomings—indeed, from all shortcomings altogether—and hence the wit behind the poem.
Background
Legend has it that as Shams al-Dīn Muhammad Suzani Samarqandi (سوزنی سمرقندی) was approaching the end of his time here on earth, he uttered the lines above.
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