Sunday, June 9, 2019

Couplet 356-359

کافراں اندر مِرے بو زینہ طبع

Disbelievers used to be quarrelsome

آفتے آمد درونِ سینہ طبع

Which is a trouble hidden in their hearts


ہرچہ مردم می کند بو زینہ ہم

A monkey is mimicking human being

آں کند کز  مرد بیند و مبدم

Action by action and do the same


اُو گماں بُردہ کہ من کردم چو اُو

He becomes happy that he does the same thing

فرق را کے بیند آں استیزہ جُو

But when does he see the difference?


ایں کند از امر و آں بہرِ ستیز

A believer fights for Allah’s wishes, they do for quarrel

بر سر استیزہ رویاں خاک ریز

Let the people of quarrel be accursed



                  The disbelievers are having the attributes of apes in competing with the believers. Then in a commiserating manner, Maulana Rum says that it is a big trouble if one’s heart is stamped with seal of distraction, as the person will never be able to reach to the truth. Thus what is the use of merely mimicking for fights and quarrel,, as imitation is also being carried out by the monkeys, which think that they have done the things like the man. But there is a great deal of difference between the two, but how can a monkey be able to differentiate the two. The man is doing any work to get some benefit out of it, whether the same is according to the rule or not but having intentions of benefit in the world or religion. Whereas monkeys are carrying out those actions only to imitate the man and nothing else. Then Maulana states that put the sand on the face of such persons, similarly good attributes and bad attributes are looking same apparently but are so different in meaning and truth.

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