Khawaja and the Hindi Parrot
“Thou art man of lust must drink blood in earthen cup Men of heart may take poison, into honey it is done.”
Men of heart are not hurt at all
Though they had taken poison, fatal
Healed are free may avoid a preventive measure
While a poor student is still shivering from fear
Muhammad (SAW) has said, O rude follower
Thou dare not equal the potential of a master
Ahmad (SAW) has said, ever want a disgrace, do you?
You may dare argue or quarrel with your guru
Thou art but Namrood, don’t you go near a fire
Still wanting thou first taste Abraham’s desire
Neither do you belong to a river, nor do you swim
Why being insolent, throwing thyself over the brim
He dives deep into the sea to bring about pearls
He due benefits from misadventure hurls
Ideal man touches dust and turns it into gold
Imperfect waste gold to dust, so is told
The flawed hand is that of Satan and the Devil
Since it is caught in a web of deceit and guile
The truthful person is such a favorite of God
Indeed, in all deeds, his hand doth He hold
Ignorance bears not to wisdom; it doth rise
The imperfect waste of knowledge to the demise
The sick attract illness in every region
A believer’s unbelief is pronounced religion!
A window to Mathnavi Maulvi Ma’nvi
Translation and Commentary Seema Arif
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(1) The body and material world and its luxuries are dear to one as a soul-mate, and they invoke friendship as they are forever partners. The person indulged in the gratification of bodily needs or serving exoteric religion neglects the craving of heart, which is one’s real friend and company forever.
(2) Whether uttered in praise or a curse, the effect of words said is always enduring.
(3) Denial of truth. One is hardly prepared to accept reality as it is and goes to either extreme to torment or exalt oneself.
(4) Diabetes mellitus, which is the mother of all ailments, acts silently. When it thrives fully, it may produce sores in the body, which are incurable, and surgical amputation is the only resolve.
(5) A large intake of heavy food and refined sweets is never well digested, and lots of waste is accumulated in the body. If they are not excreted with the help of laxatives, the body may get sick and suffer. The pill is the master’s admonition, which guides the path. Laxative is the master’s support, which helps solve complex problems and issues. Devouring knowledge and just reading masters without any guidance shall not make any man wise. Knowledge has to be carefully taken and absorbed in mind. One must inhale bitterness and exhale eulogy. Truth is bitter to heart, but it saves one from serving prison to logic and reason. The truth is established in one’s heart when one learns to distinguish things by countering the facts or recognizing their opposites.
(6) The love and respect you had enjoyed were due to the obliging position you had to benefit your friends and thus the authority to govern their hearts. You are dead to them as you lose the capacity to serve their guile needs. They have sucked you up to the last breath. Living avoid the dead, as they might take them to the land of the dead.
(7) When young lads have begotten the evil of homosexuality, and it begins to reflect in their appearance and manners, their molesters bereave them. Satan itself does not own evil; it likes to keep reflecting it in human beings, as it belongs to human nature. Once a person is drenched with evil, Satan withdraws himself because man now is more evil than him. First, he was the target; now, he is the cause.
(8) Your self corrupted with egotism is charged with feelings of self-importance and self-worth.
(9) The bee buzzes around the fresh flower, and the moth hovers around a young flame. No one dares near the flowers when their freshness and beauty are bygone.
The darkness is always ready to consume light, the evil the good, the ignoble the noble, and the astray the righteous, the wicked the innocent. It is the opposites that attract each other and destroy each other. The separate question is who loses, who is the dacoit, who is the target, and who benefits; the problem is that society faces the ugly consequences, and humanity suffers from destruction.
Taking too much sweet makes your body lazy and your spirit lofty. The result in this world is dysfunction and disorder of the human body resulting in Diabetes mellitus, and the requital for life hereafter is the fire of Hell.
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