Sunday, April 28, 2019

Couplet 41


جملہ معشوق ست و عاشق پردہ
The complete universe is beloved, and lover is veil



زندہ معشوق ست و عاشق مردہ
Only beloved is a living entity, and lovers are dead


          Although, the secret of love, which is basically matter related to unique existence, was not revealed in the couplets above as this veiling is for the commoners, who  could not comprehend its reality and could be indulged in distraction. However,  in this couplet, this secret has somewhat been revealed and indicated  for the chosen people.

               The first part of the couplet is the proclamation of the matter and second part is its explanation. Thus جملہ معشوق ست is a similar to ‘pantheism’ (a doctrine which has belief that God and the material world are one and the same thing and that God is present in everything).   عاشقrefers to the total possibilities in the world, which are subdued to Allah. پردہ  means external existence which is concealing or keeping hidden the Real Existence. پردہ    is used as simile as this also is used to hide something as it is only seen whereas the veiled one is kept as secret. Thus the meaning of پردہ    is existence of external, which is visible. The detail of this proclamation is this that the possibilities are only externally visible and in reality these are no more a real entity with any real power as compared to Allah.

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