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سیر بےرونی ست فعل و قول ما

Our actions and words are lowly excursion

سیرِ باطن ہست بالائے سَما

Hidden excursions are in heavens

حِسِّ خُشکی دید کز خُشکی بزاد

Our senses have seen this earth as it is born out of it

مُوسیِ جان پائے بر دریا نہاد

The Moses of the rooh trades on water

سَیرِ جسمِ خُشک بر خُشکی فتاد

The body made up of clay has excursion in earth only

سَیرِ جاں پا در دلِ دریا نہاد

The excursion of rooh puts its feet on river

چو نکہ عمر اندر رہ خُشکی گذ شت

Since the life has been elapsed in the earth

گاہ کوہ گاہ صحراء گاہ دشت

Sometimes in jungle, sometimes in mountains and sometimes in land

آبِ حیواں را کجا خواہی تو یافت

When will you be able to obtain the water of life

موجِ  دریا را کجا خواہی شگافت

When will be able to cut through the waves of river

موجِ خاکی فہم و وہم و فکرِ ماست

The earthly waves are our thoughts, whims and our understanding

موجِ آبی محو  و سُکرست و فناست

The heavenly waves are rupture, contentment and annihilation

تادریں سُکری ازاں سُکری تو دُور

Till you are in this contentment, you are away from that ecstasy

تا ازیں مستی ازاں جامے نفور

Till you are engrossed here, you are not intending towards maarifah

گفتگوئے ظاہر آمد چوں غبار

The external discussions are like hindrances

مُدّتےخاموشِ خُو کن ہوشدار

Try to be silent for sometime, come to senses

What we said that the connection with external worldly affairs are the hindrance for revelation of hidden directions pertains to our actions and words and the hidden excursion is connected with lofty heavens. Now he states the connection and resemblance of external senses with this external world and the hidden senses with the hidden world. The external senses have merely seen the external world, as it is born out of the earth and whereas, the rooh has stepped on the river surface by crisscrossing by Jesus or in some prints by Moses. Thus external senses are made up of elements from this world and are moving within earth, whereas, rooh which is from that heaven moves around the hidden world. The simile of earth (this world) by land (خُشکی) and hidden world by river (دریا) is used to firstly, as against clay, the water is the main element of life, as in Quran (21:30):

and made from water every living thing

The hidden world is the reason for spiritual life as against this world which is making people oblivious of Allah and causing real death. Secondly, the expansion of river is more as against land. Similarly, the hidden world has more expansion as compared to this external world, which due to world of creation is limited in quality and quantity. Thirdly, river has hugeness as against land, which has combination and similarly, unity is the objective in hidden world as against external world in which numbers are objective. Some of the people who reads signs (اہلِ رموز) has explained Ayah (Quran 17:70) and carried them on the land and sea as فی نّاسوت و الملکوت (in this external world and hidden world). The crossing of river by Moses is well documented and it is an external simile and the story of Jesus will be narrated by Maulana in the book’s sixth part –

ہمچو عیسیٰ بر سرش کرد فرات

کاملینی از غرقہ در آبِ جیات

Thus the body relates and connects with this external world, whereas, rooh connects with hidden world and hence excursion of body of clay does happen in this external world (خُشکی) and spiritual excursion starts with the stepping into river. You are still not endowed with the excursion of hidden world, but you should considering that your rooh does not possess the capability of this is wrong. You have passed whole of your life in moving in external world and in connection with worldly affairs, then consider the fact that your life has gone in aspiring worldly desires – sometimes in mountains, sometimes in land and sometimes in jungles, thus how can you get the fountains of heavenly waters and how can you get the chance to cut through the river of hidden world.

Now he is explaining the dry land and wet waters, the simile which has been mentioned above, the waves of land (خُشکی) means our worldly wisdom and intelligence and belief and powers of thoughts. The water (آبی), which has been termed as river above are hidden ecstasy, throws and annihilation thus these thoughts and beliefs of this world are the hindrances  of revelation of hidden conditions. Thus he further states that till you engrossed in the intoxication of worldly desires and are away from the hidden ecstasy, you will remain far from that hidden wine. These connections with the world has effects in heart leading to it lowly depths, thus this external discussion is nothing but like a veil. You need to keep silence for quite long time and keep attention towards the heart (i.e. meditation).