Lo! Home we have been from a juvenile effort (7)
To advance by the mighty grace of Holy Prophet (saw)
I wish: May God bless me the will that seas part
Only with needle small I may erase Mount Qaf (8)
Easier is to become a lion that�s killing thousands
Braver is the lion-heart who has defeated one�s self
Be Allah�s lion blessed with fortune untold (9)
Free thyself of chains petty Pharaoh do hold (10)
The only instinct that instigates us towards personal survival germinates from lower soul � termed as Nafs. It leads us to possess, get hold, own, master and exploit the life and the living. It is the �enemy within� which makes us blind in victory and thus vulnerable to all threats. Hell is something akin to burning fire of lust within us � unwavering and most insisting on constant material growth. We need more and more and more. It shall continue till The Last Day, when the final call reaches and reverses the life itself. The raised and blessed with eternity shall be those who have extinguished that fire in �The Life�. Others are doom to burn for ever: Once no good, never good at all.
(1) Rumi Quotes Qur�an: 50:30: One Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the full?" It will say, "Are there any more (to come)?"
(2) Rumi Quotes Qur�an: 2:24: �But if ye cannot- and of a surety ye cannot- then fear the Fire whose fuel is men and stones,- which is prepared for those who reject Faith.�
(3) Rumi Quotes Qur�an 6:73: �It is He who created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): the day He saith, "Be," behold! it is. His word is the truth. His will be the dominion the day the trumpet will be blown. He knoweth the unseen as well as that which is open. For He is the Wise, well acquainted (with all things).�
(4) Old Greek philosophers, especially Heraclites has used the metaphor of �bow� for a human life, as it includes in its both ends the dual extremes of life. The literal meaning of �bow� in Greek is �life� but in action it aims at �death�. (Sibt-e-Hussain. Musa say Marx Tuk. p.156)
One must be straightforward and accept the realities of life and its end as well. The life chooses the best to shot at aim. Otherwise confusion and misdirection is one�s fate. One is eternally locked into the snare of life and is never able to evolve out of its worldly charms.
(5) Zahir � as Paulo Coehlo has explained is the persona one tries to maintain through out life to conform to the established norms of the society to keep up one�s worldly status. It is the acceptability syndrome that must carry on without putting any check or balance on it.
(6) Mirror � as Rumi has frequently used in his writings is the ability of self reflection, being able to critically examine oneself in context to the status one enjoys in life and the roles and responsibilities one constantly avoids in life.
(7) Home is one�s soul�.being able to communicate with one�s spiritual self is returning home�.being able to see one�s true self �the Fitrah �the divine pattern he was created�. The personal potentials and limitations he has to live and survive with � Self knowledge.
(8) Rumi is seeking compliance with Divine Will. The will that is exhibited in the character of Prophets like Hazrat Muhammad (saw) and Moses. Faith moves mountains and he is commanding for that faith.
(9) Again it�s the saying of Hazrat Ali (ra) that braver is the person who has mastered his passion and his lower soul � the anger, the revenge, the enmity. Click for Detail.....
(10) Pharaoh is the symbol of human pride and insolence it exhibits against Divine Will and it is to be defeated.
