کیست ماہی چیست دریا در مثَل
Who is fish, what is sea in
terms of example
تا بدا ماند
خدا عزَّ وَ جَلَّ
So that Allah Azza wa Jalla be
referred
صد ہزاراں بحر و ماہی در و جوُد
The millions of fish and seas from
the world
سجدہ آرد پیش آں دریائے جوُد
Are prostrated before this Sea
of Charity
The
gnostics have been compared with fish and Allah with river/sea in the couplets
above. In order to remove the doubt that any ignorant person takes the
comparability in completeness, he states that the what is the reality behind
comparing with fishes and river, so that the Allah Ta’ala be referred to. Millions
of rivers and fish which come to existence are because of this River of
Generosity i.e. Allah, are subdued to Him.
One
should understand that in the writings of gnsotics, oftenly Allah is referred
with different things like sun, air, river etc., which is not reasoned on
completeness, as some persons understand it and thereby reprove the saints. And
some ignorant persons consider these comparisons as described and bring their
beliefs in jeopardy. Instead, these references are usually made with regard to
certain specific issues like in the extant case, Allah is referred as river due
to the reason that the river, unlike dryness, contains one-ness and fish are
not satiated with this. Like-wise, Allah has the one-ness (وحدت) and the seekers never feel satiated. Although there are
difference between the two one-ness, as the river’s one-ness is additional and
external and whereas, the one-ness of Allah is the real one, but the in general,
commonality is there for reference. Thus this reference is correct and the
justification of such reference is in Quran (24:35):
The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp
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