| The Prince And The Slave Girl |
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| Do not doubt the noble intention
He�d shed blood not for lust Pure was his heart, not a speckle of dust Life dared and time churned to lift That furnace may free silver of its filth Let not your suspicion ruin the deed �Verily! Some doubts are sins�. Read! Commend the cursed cruel, make the heaven shook Bearing the toll doubts the noble hearts took |
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| Dealing With Doubt |
| Goldsmith passed away and she was reunited to the prince. According to Rumi this Divine command bears similarity to God's command to Abraham to slay his son Ishmael, and to the act of the angel in slaying the servant of Moses (Qur�an, 18:73) and is therefore beyond human criticism. Allah has forbidden Momins to be doubtful and suspicious. As Rumi implores: |
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| Translation & Commentry: Seema Arif |
| Keeping Promise |
| According to Rumi other virtues that may lead one to success are as following: |
| The promises are kept close to heart
Fakes are empty, disturb and flaunt The promise of blessed is like open wealth With unworthy �tis sure curse for health One must fulfill what heart has undertaken Otherwise feeling raw and cold is the destination Growing with faith�s shining bloom all the way Witnessing the benevolence on Doom�s Day |
| One has to make commitment with one self and abide by it sincerely whatever principles of life one may set for one self. And patience is one�s guide on this path. Keeping one�s wish buried sacred in heart is another virtue that saves you from unnecessary botheration on the path. |
| Beware! Don�t let anyone peep in your heart
Even if the prince does enquire hard and fast Keep your secret well in your heart do store You�ll get what your soul is yearning for Muhammad (SAW) hath advised: Let your wish become a secret prayer Thy shall not encounter fear of failure When seed is buried happy in the earth Only then morrow faces green mirth If gold and silver were not beneath hidden How come the earth be so wealth ridden |
| Keeping One's Wish A Secret |
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| Though Rumi does not question before Divine Will. It may be favorable to answer few.
The goldsmith had to die, because greed is always cursed with annihilation. He was selfish enough to buy the slave girl, enjoy her beauty, but sold her not realizing and respecting her love. He was summoned by the prince, and he left his city, his family, his folk in search of more money and fame, and agreed to marry the slave-girl, he himself had once given away. God favored prince as he had passed all his tests in grooming his inner soul. He had been patient and enduring. He had learnt to Love - the art of bowing and surrendering before Divine Will through sacrifice and nurturing and caring for others with least expectation in return. He had not ordered murder of goldsmith, but holy physician carried it out following Divine command. The maiden was already a slave-girl, so traditionally speaking had no will of her own. She was an ignorant soul, in love with material world (zahiri Duniya�the physical beauty and smartness of goldsmith) She was unable to bear the loss and compromise with deceit of goldsmith, regarded it her failure and inflicted pain on herself. Allah had provided her with genuine Love of prince, but she was too obsessed by her loss, and too ignorant of the worth of true Love, and too arrogant to accept it as a charity from a favorable one. Its insolence and arrogance which in never favored or rewarded by Allah the Almighty. And be sure only ignorant ones are arrogant ones. They can never have �will� of their own, because they never learn to surrender before Divine Will. Human Will becomes a Divine Will when it learns to appreciate and follow Divine scheme of things. It is the �surrender�, when human heart strives to comply with divine virtues, and when it learns to sacrifice personal and individual gain before mutual and collective welfare. |
| Moral Implications |
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