Monday, July 15, 2019

Couplet 529-530


سایہ یزداں بود بندہ خدا

A pious servant of Allah is His shadow

مردہ ایں عالم و زندہ خدا

He is like dead in this world and live for Allah


دامنِ اُو گیر زُو تر بے گماں

Take allegiance quickly with him without any doubt

تار ہی از آفتِ آخر زماں

So that you will get rid of troubles of Hereafter 



Following the pious wali (friend of Allah)

                       After stating the condemnation of thoughts of world and its desire, he now states the way to get rid of this problem. That treatment is to incline towards an accomplished sheikh and training, allegiance & obedience from the part of the seekers. He then states that if some ظل اللّاہ (shadow of Allah) becomes the patron of this person, then he can get this person rid of thoughts and shadow of the world and its desires. The reference by ظل اللّاہ is a perfect pious servant of Allah, who is like a dead in this world but live one in the eyes of Allah (i.e. he is so unaware of this world akin to a corpse and very alert & aware as far as Truth is concerned). One has to make such saint as patron immediately without casting any doubt and detailed analysis. So that you will be saved from the troubles of the last breath i.e. disputes of faith (ِامان) at that time which occurs due to dominance of worldly thoughts, as has been stated by Imam Ghazali.

                  The world has been compared in above couplets with the shadow, which is due to the fact that this is a baseless thing like shadow. Whereas here the accomplished sheikh has also been compared with the shadow but with reference to solid base, like shadow is the proof for the existence of sun and a saintly person is the proof and guide towards Allah, as is coming in the following couplets.



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