Confine yourself to the study of Alif and forget all else. You should purge your mind of all unholy and unchaste thoughts and keep it clean like a mirror. So long you do not do it, it is useless to read and pass over pages.
دل گفت کہ مرا علم لدنی ہوس است،
تعلیم بکن اگر ترا دسترس است،
گفتم کہ الف، گفت دگر، ہیچ مگو،
درخانہ اگر کس ست یک حرف بست است۔
(Khayam)
My heart desired to know the mystic love,
It bade me teach it, as if I know more;
I said ‘Alif’; cried heart: stop further speech,
If there is wit, the word will eat the core
Note: In this verse the poet does not preach the denial of education, which is very much favoured in Islam. What he exhorts is that we should concentrate on the knowledge of Allah and His approved religion, whose study will certainly please Him and simultaneously benefit us.
TRADITION: Pursuit of knowledge is the incumbent duty of every muslim, man and woman; and so you must seek it even though it were in China.

Peruse letter Alif alone, forget rest of page,
Turn not leaves, brighten your inner self.

Read the letter A, forget all other pages,
Cleanse your heart, how long can you read pages after pages.