در یکے راہِ ریاضت را و جوع
In one, he makes meditation and
fast
رُکنِ توبہ کردہ و شرطِ رجُوع
Part of repentance for
inclination towards path of Allah
در یکے گفتہ ریاضت سُود نیست
In other, he said there is no
benefit of meditation
اندریں رہ مخلصی جُز جُود نیست
And there is nothing better
than generosity in this path
He
wrote in one of the letters that meditation (ریاضت)
and fasting are factors for the path to achieve inclination towards Allah. And
in another letter, he wrote that there is nothing to happen with meditation and
there is no other way other than generosity (سخاوت).
Thus there was inconsistency between the two letters. The analysis of the
issues of meditation by rejecting the rights of individual is not lawful, as
has detailed in the Couplet 27 of Proem. The meditation to reject or reduce the
delight of taste for individual for a novice seeker is required as per master’s
advise. This results into the cleansing/ purification of internals (باطن).
So much meditation is not required for a accomplished or seasoned seekers, and
it is better more on generosity towards the creations of Allah.
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