Couplet 490-492

حالِ عارف ایں بُود  بیخواب ہم

This would be the condition of those are with Allah

  گفت یزداں    ہُم رُقُوْدُ    زیں مرم

Allah says “they are sleeping”. Don’t move away

خفتہ از احوالِ دنیا روز و شب

He is oblivious, day & night, of the conditions of this world

چوں قلم در پنجہ تقلیبِ رب

They are like pen in the hands of Allah

آنکہ اُو پنجہ نہ بیند در رقم

One who does not see the movement of hand while writing

فعل پندارد بہ جنبش از قلم

He considers the movement of pen is His doing

              The condition of other people while sleeping,  when they become disconnected and cut off from the worldly affairs, the Gnostics (عارفین) of Allah Ta’ala experience the similar conditions like that of dream while awaken i.e. they are free from the carnal desires and disconnected from it. Allah Ta’ala states in Quran regarding the conditions of People of Cave (اصحاب الکہف) –

And you would think them awake, while they were asleep.

                       O’ reader, you are thinking them as awaken, because they have their eyes opened, although they are in sound sleep. It does not mean that this Ayaah explains the disconnection and cutting off of Gnostics from the world, but rather the conditions of Gnostics are similar to the story that has been mentioned in this Ayaah. One should understand that the aim is the similarity and not the explanation. Further don’t averse from the contents mentioned i.e. don’t reject our declaration that the Gnostics are in such a state. While explaining this similarity, Maulana states that they are usually away and unaware of the conditions of the world (دنیا) all the time. It does not mean that they are not in senses but it is a kind of absorption , which does not have the aim of getting  perfection (کمال) nor the eternity and nor the same is common for all the Gnostics. Rather the objective is that these saints do not incline to the acts, which are making veil towards Allah or acts/ speeches that make them distracted from Allah. They also do not commit any act which is not desirable to Allah Ta’ala. The explanation of the above is in the second part of the couplet that they are such an obedient servant of Allah Ta’ala like the pen in the hand of the writer, who moves it wherever he likes.

                    Maulana states that they do not consider their action as an effect from them but witnessing the reason from Allah Ta’ala. They consider themselves as pen in the wrist of writer holding the pen. Though this direction is common for all, due to being uncontrolled action, as all are in the state of pen in the wrist of writer. But as the others are looking for the effects i.e. external & worldly things and whereas, these saints are looking for the cause of Allah Ta’ala, therefore, they have been specifically mentioned due to their knowledge (علم) and معرفہ. Further he states the status of common people that whosoever does not see the wrist, he would understand the movement as the effect of pen’s action i.e. the external causes. Likewise, the common people, in the matters relating to their authority, do not consider themselves under the commands of Allah Ta’ala and instead made their own opinion. Further in the matters which are not under their own authority, they are  oblivious the cause as being Allah Ta’ala.