Number 20

MasnaviIraqi style
English

Number 20

All human beings are children of Adam, but some lean toward good and some toward evil. This one would not even hurt an ant, while that one is outdone in worth by a dog.
Explanation: The second couplet contrasts a person of such gentleness that he spares even an ant with one so base that a dog ranks above him in virtue.

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شمارهٔ ۲۰

همه فرزند آدمند بشر میل بعضی به خیر و بعضی شر
این یکی مور ازو نیازارد وان دگر سگ برو شرف دارد