| Divine Face Of Jalal ud Din Rumi |
| Spiritual Reverence and Courtesy |
| Masnavi:Book 1, Lines: 78 -92 |
| Refusal to charity hurdles clouds, the rain (6)
Unholy sex heralds plague, AIDS the gain (7) Billows of gloom and grief strike you hence Bear fruit of reckless impudence and insolence. Brazen souls impeding way of pious men (8) Playing gay has been never virtuous of men Reverence (of divine laws) made Heavens glow Glorifying angels innocent and chaste, they flow Impertinence had the Sun eclipsed in sky (9) Azazeel dared disgrace and was turned wry Whoever disrespects the spiritual way? Beware! Bewildered, incredulous, oblivion their due fare |
| Related Notes |
| 6. Zakat: charity (for the poor): one of the "five pillars" of Islam-- the requirement for Muslims to donate once a year to the poor approximately two and half percent of one's surplus wealth. Zakat is an essential obligation, a divine principle, violating it invites wrath from Allah�He may withhold rain, a major factor in growing crops and hoarding food and wealth. The commentators quote from Traditions: wa-l� mana`� l-zak�ta ill� hubisa `anhumu 'l-qatr�, �And there is no refusal of the (required) charity except that the rain is seized (and taken away) from them"
7. [zin�]: Unholy and the unlawful sex means any kind of sexual relationship outside marriage�either by the married (adultery) or by the unmarried (fornication). When prevalent in a society, it is believed to spreads plagues, or communicable diseases, which are incurable. Now, we witness AIDS as modern times plague. �idh� ra'aytum� 'l-wab� a qad fash� fa-`lam� anna 'l-zin� qad fash�" meaning "When you see that the plague has definitely spread, know that shameful sexual conduct has definitely spread". |
| 8. Again Rumi emphasizes the need of chastised relationship of sexes. He abandons and despises homosexuality as violating divine law of Life and procreation. It is corrupting the way of the pious, he exclaims.
9. Rumi warns that abhorrence of divine laws can even eclipse a sun. As the lead Angel Azazeel who was commander of skies was disgraced. Azazeel was the name of Satan before his fall. His insolence was to refuse to bow in curtsy to Adam when all the angels were commanded to do so. Satan refused, with the arrogant claim that he was superior to Adam since he was made from "fire" but Adam was made from (mere) clay (Qur'an 7:11-12). Satan also arrogantly blamed God for his own fall: "You caused me to err" (7:16), whereas Adam and Eve showed humble respect to God by saying, "O Lord! We have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and show mercy to us, we will surely be among the lost!" (7:23) |
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