Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Couplet 750-753


نقشِ باشد پیش نقّاش و قلم
The sculptures are humble and weak  before
عاجز و بستہ چو کودک در شکم
creator and his instruments, like a child in the stomach

پیش قدرت خلق جملہ بارگہ
All the creatures of this world are in front of Allah
عاجزاں چوں پیش سوزن کارگہ
Are humble, like the clothe for embroidery before the needle

گاہ نقشِ دیو و گہ آدم کند
Draws the pictures of satan sometime and of human
گاہ نقشِ شادی و گہ غم کند
Sometimes depicts happiness and sometimes, sadness

دست نے تا دست جنباند بدفع
There is no hand , which comes forward to stop
نُطق نے تا دم زند از ضرّ و نفع
There is no speech who states on gain or loss


                    These couplets are connected with Couplet 747:
نقشِ با نقّاش چوں نیر و کند
How can sculpture argue with its creator

                   This says that the pictures are humble and weak before their creator and his pen like a child in the mother’s womb, as it does not have any authority or power there, and Allah makes his face whatever He likes, as Allah says in Quran (3:6):

It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

               All the creatures of this world are similarly humble and weak before the power of Allah like the clothes meant for embroidery before the needle. The way needle is creating different pictures, the power of Allah creates the pictures of satan sometimes and of human being or that of happiness and of sadness. Neither we have hands to wave nor the speech to tell our gain or loss from these pictures.

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Couplet 750-753

نقشِ باشد پیش نقّاش و قلم The sculptures are humble and weak   before عاجز و بستہ چو کودک در شکم creator and his instruments, like ...