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| Hadith by Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) |
| According to the saying of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW), �No doubt that Saad is morally upright person; I�m more so and God is the most righteous of all, as He has banned human beings from all vulgarities and misdeeds whether they are exoteric or esoteric.� (1) |
| The Objective that misleads you
Whether its Kufr or Haqq, it doesn�t matter. What bereaves you from your Friend, That impression is good or bad, it doesn�t matter. |
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| A minor transgression in faith may lead to all �Evil� in the world. This transgression might be pertaining to �intentions� belonging to one�s �actions�. It is the soundness of soul and its constant referring to the Divine Law that keeps one�s intentions pure from worldly desire or selfish aims. Allah has said, � All actions are favored by intentions behind�.
Hence, the severity of action like �murder of one�s wife� is pardonable, as one has strong faith in one�s self-righteousness. It is adherence to Divine Virtue, which inhibits a human being to transgress Divine Law, and abstain from all vulgarities and indecency that a human mind may imagine and human self may enact. �Adultery� means serious transgression to faith, because it involves serious violation to �commitment�: being unfaithful to your spouse is being untruthful to Allah. Allah loves truth and appreciates commitment towards truth alone. Since Allah is All Truth, He is the ultimate sense of self-righteousness, and Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) is all Truth personified, he is the human accord of it for all to follow. All is one, good and evil are but relevant terms perceived through one�s actions and weighed through their outcomes. Transgression to faith is contravention of nobility as well and invites Allah�s wrath. Rumi has ascribed three conditions to it in this verse. |
| Prologue |
| 1. Using deductive logic instead of inductive reason in matters of faith.
2. Wasting one�s individual talent deposited by Allah in one�s soul by compromising with lesser evil, or misusing it, not using it for the right purpose, as a chef may try to deal in cloth merchandise. 3. Not aspiring to rise higher, i.e. improve one�s knowledge status. When �one can kiss the hand� meaning materialize a stage is stuck in planning �searching for the scent�. |
| Summarizing we can say, one must adopt right means and legitimate source to acquire knowledge, and once acquired must put it to right use, not restricting it to personal advantage but expanding it for human intellectual evolution. One must learn to be a life long learner, and appreciate the fact � one never knows enough to know all�.
Then Rumi clearly distinguishes between �humility� and �servitude�. Being humble to God always aspires one towards Him alone, annihilating one�s worldly attributes to acquire �Divine Virtues�. Sacrificing one�s individual passion in search of truth is equivalent to laying one�s life in fighting for truth. |
| Translation & Commentary by Seema Arif |
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