Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Couplet 182-184


آفتابے کز وے ایں عالم فروخت

That sun which lights this whole world



اندکے گر پیش آید جملہ سوخت


If comes little forward would burn everything

تانگردد خوں دلِ جانِ جہاں

Since the heart of this world would not be destroyed,



لب بد وز ودیدہ بربند ایں زاں


Close your lips and shut your eyes now

فتنہ و آشوب  و خونریزی مجو

Don’t try to make mischief, riot, and destruction



بیش ازیں از شمس تبریزی مجو


And don’t make more efforts for Shams Tabrez



                   In this example, the proof and betterment of keeping quiet and limiting oneself has been mentioned. If the external sun just moves little closer the whole world could not bear its heat. If you are not able to bear the light of this sun in this case, then how can think of bearing the discussions of the spiritual sun i.e. Shams Tabrezi i.e. secrets of wahadat-ul-wajoodوحدت الوجود - . Therefore don’t force for explaining these matters as this will create kayos in the world.

                  Thus the discussion is to keep oneself in the limits and don’t transgress the limit beyond one’s capacity, as also written by Akbar Ilaahabadi (in Urdu)–

پروانے نے سمع سے لپٹنا چاہا

پہلے تھا نور میں اور اب نار میں ہے

The moths were trying to embrace the lamp.
Earlier, he was enjoying the noor, and now he is in fire.

                 At this stage, Maulana was experiencing two contrasting feelings viz. سُکر (ecstasy) and صحو (moderation). سُکر creates perturbation which wants to explain the secret and صحو shows the consequences of revealing or opening the secret and hence trying to control or limit the perturbation. Because of these two different feeling, he define himself as questioner as well as answerer and due to the feeling one stage, he questions and with other feeling, he answers. This similar descension of different stages are to be experienced by the seekers.

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