Monday, April 29, 2019

Couplet 50


بشنو ید اے دوستاں ایں داستاں
O’ friends! Listen to this story



خود حقیقت نقد حال ماست آں
Which is the true reflection of our present condition

           It says that listen to a story which is in fact really like our own status on the day. The reason for relation is that the way a king became mad for a handmaiden in the story, in the similar way the king i.e. rooh (روح -soul) is indulged with the girl i.e. nafs (نفس)and obedient to it. The way the girl was in love with the goldsmith, similarly, the nafs is tasting and relishing the desires of this world. The way the king went for inexperienced or weak doctors for treatment of the girl and did not get profited, similarly, one is not getting benefitted with the company of fake and inexperienced masters i.e. sheikhs. The way the experienced doctor has treated the illness by making the goldsmith ugly through medicines so that the girl started disliking him and then killed him. The girl became hale and healthy. Similarly when an experienced master separates the desires of world from the nafs slowly to the extent that it automatically rejects these desires and become cured of the illness of the nafs and the king i.e. rooh will again start getting benefited from it. The gist of learning of the path of seeking Allah Ta’ala is that if you want to remove the rust from your heart, then you have to move to an experienced master i.e. sheikh and act according to his advice, who will cure you as per your illness.

Benefit – Major portion of the contents of Maulana’s  Mathnavi is dedicated to two specifics: one is the oneness of Allah Ta’ala (توحید )and the second is its approach, which is through an experienced master i.e. sheikh.

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