The two are contending one great game of deeds,
As factions of Mervites and Rāzites[74] with creeds.
They each shall go there, where their party shall stand;
And each shall be classed as their actions demand.[75]45
Just style these “Believers” their hearts fill with glee;
But dub them all “Hypocrites,” rage then thou’lt see.
The first one’s ashamed of the last one’s true self;
This last-named’s a plague to the first, like an elf.
No virtue in mere words or letters is found;
“Believer”’s a word in itself but a sound.