Sunday, June 9, 2019

Couplet 348-351


ایں زمینِ پاک و آں شورست وبَد

This is pious land and that is arid & bad

ایںفرشتہ پاک و آں دیوست و دَد 

These are pious angels and those are satan



ہر دو صورت گر بَہم ماندر و است

It’s fine, if both the faces are same

آبِ تلخ و آبِ شیریں را صفا است

Cleaning can be done from both sweet as well as saline water


جُز کہ صاحب ذوق نشناسد بیاب

Know that no one except spiritually enlightened people can understand

اُو شناسد آبِ خوش از شورہ آب

As he understands difference between sweet and salty water


جُز کہ صاحب ذوق نشناسد طُعوم

Nobody understands the tastes except spiritually enlightened people can 
understand

شہد را نا خوردہ کے داند زموم

One who didn’t taste honey, how can he differentiate between honey & wax



                 Here again the discussion is on the difference between the wretched and pious people. The pious are like the purified place and the wretched are like the place with salinity. Similarly the one is like the angels and the other is like satan and ghost. Even though there are some similarities, then see what is the difference between the sweet water and the salty water, though apparently both are capable of doing the cleaning. This spiritual differentiation between the two could not be understood by a common person like the sherbet or other drinks can only be known by a connoisseur, those who has the taste for the drinking and he only can point out which is sweet water and which one is salty water. Similarly, the taste of eating can only be differentiated by connoisseurs who have such powers. For examples, the taste of honey and wax can be clearly distinguished by eating it. Similarly, the taste of internal (باطنی) requirements needs to be perfected to understand the difference between the good and bad, particularly when both of them apparently looking same.

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