نَصیبِ ماست بِهِشْت، اَی خُداشِناس، بِرَو
کِه مُسْتَحَقِّ کَرامَت، گُناه‌کارانَنْد
Meaning
It is our destiny to be in Paradise, oh theologian, shoo away!
Indeed it is the sinners who deserve God's generosity.
Language
Persian/Farsi
Transliteration
Naseeb-e Maa Ast Behisht, Ae Khuda Shanas BRoo
Ki Mustahiq e Keramat Gunah kaaraanand
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Brief Explanation
The Mercy of the Benevolent Lord will manifest itself upon the one who is most needy, and according to Hafez, who else is more needy than the sinners? Khuda Shanas, translated as “Theologian,” could also mean anyone who claims to know God by heart or claims to speak on behalf of God and makes salvation the exclusive right of those who follow them.
Background
As is often the case with friends of God, Hafez was targeted for being anti-religion due to a lack of understanding, and even a lack of effort to understand what he was all about. He did not go against those who condemned him, but rather went along a different paradigm altogether.
His thought process accepts human imperfections and the propensity to sin, but argues in favor of the principle of God’s unlimited forgiveness and leniency (since in Islam, God is, first and foremost, “Benevolent” and “Merciful”). His argument revolves around the manifestation of this Mercy, and who else but the (repenting) sinners would be the recipients of such Mercy? This is, of course, in line with a tradition of the Prophet ﷺ, which can be seen here:
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عِيَاضٌ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْفِهْرِيُّ - حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي صِرْمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ " لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبٌ يَغْفِرُهَا اللَّهُ لَكُمْ لَجَاءَ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ لَهُمْ ذُنُوبٌ يَغْفِرُهَا لَهُمْ " .
Abu Ayyub Ansari reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:
If you were not to commit sins, Allah would have swept you out of existence and would have replaced you by another people who have committed sin, and then asked forgiveness from Allah, and He would have granted them pardon.
