Sunday, September 22, 2019

Couplet 664-669


آں جماعت را کہ ایزد مسخ کرد
The community which has been distorted by Allah
آیتِ نصویرِ شاں را نسخ کرد
The signs of their existence have been wiped out

چوں زنے از کارِ بدشُد روئے زرد
When a lady becomes pale due to bad deeds
مسخ کرد اُو را خدا وزُہرہ کرد
She has been distorted by Allah and made her star Zuharah

عورتِ را زُہرہ کردن مسخ بود
It’s distortion to make a lady to Zuharah (the star)
آب و گل گشتن نہ مسخ ست اے عنود
Is it not distortion to make water & clay, O’ rebellious

روح می بُردت سوئے عرشِ بریں
The rooh would lift you to the Arsh, the high, but
سوئے آب و گل شدی در اسسفلیں
You come back to the first level of clay and water

خویش را تو مسخ کردی زیں سُفُول
You have yourself got distorted because of reaching to lowest
باوجودے کہ بد آں رشقِ عقول
Although you were cause of jealousy for the angels

پس بترزیں مسخ کردن چوں بُود
What would have been more distortion that this?
پیشِ آں مسخ ایں بغایت دوں بُود
Rather, this distortion is more lower than that one


                There were description of aversion for greed of world and desire for taste above. So that people were distorted by Allah and their story of distortion has been written in Ayaah i.e. in Quran. A lady, who became pale after bad deeds and Allah made her a Zuharah, the star by distorting. Thus when a lady be distorted to star, then will becoming water and clay not be said to be a distortion. This means the domination of bodily desires over spiritual ones. Meaning of referring with rebellious (عنود) is due to the fact that not calling changing to water & clay as distortion is rebellion. Zuharah is an elevated practice, though lesser than truth of human being, but becoming water and clay is merely a lower level dark thing. When becoming Zuharah is called a distortion, then why can’t becoming water and clay be called distortion.

                  Further there is detailing of its distortion, as the rooh wanted you to elevate to highest heaven (قربِ الاہی) (to reach وصولاللّاہ through remembrance of Allah (ذکر)). But, you are attracting towards water and clay (due to dominance of desires of body and nafs) and settled in lowest rank (اسفالین). As reaching lofty levels were reason for jealousy of angels, now you should ponder over as to what is distortion. In reality, this distortion is many times lower than that of distortion of Zuharah.

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