Couplet 49

رو ،  تو زنگار از  رْخِ اْو پاک کن

Go and clean the its face from rust

بعد ازاں آں نور را اِدراک کن

Thereafter  get the light

           When you understand the reason for lighting and darkening of heart then you have to clean the rust of your mirror and make it neat and clean so that you can comprehend the light of Allah Ta’ala (انوار الاہی).

Benefit – The preface of this delectable book is full of sulook (seeking nearness to Allah), as the main intent of sulook is the remembrance (ذکر) of Allah Ta’ala and pondering (فکر) over the hereafter. Thus in the starting couplets, the very origin has been discussed  as what was the original status of yours and then the details are there to recreate the same old status back, the way of achieving the same has been described summarily and this is what the pondering for hereafter.

             This is the last couplet of the preface (proem) of this great book and with the next couplet, a story titled “A king and the handmaiden” will start. The Mathnavi contains numerous stories intertwined to communicate the message.