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M1:2717 — کوزهای با پنج لولهٔ پنج حس / پاک دار این آب را از هر نجس
M1:2717
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This couplet is an allegorical command to guard your sensory perceptions, which are the 'water' in the 'jug' of your body, from spiritual and moral impurity.
Rumi has just established a direct allegory: the Bedouin's jug of rainwater is our physical body, and the water inside is our sensory awareness. This couplet builds on that image, presenting the body as a vessel with five openings or 'spouts'—our senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
The verse is a direct spiritual instruction: if you wish to offer your being to God (as the Bedouin offers his jug to the Caliph), you must actively protect your consciousness from contamination. The 'impurities' (najis) are anything that corrupts the soul through the senses: gossip, lustful gazing, consuming forbidden things, etc. The goal is to purify the raw data of sensory experience so that the 'water' of one's being is a worthy gift for the Divine 'King'.
This act of purification is not just about avoiding sin; it is a prerequisite for spiritual transformation. As the following lines explain, only when this jug is kept pure can it connect to the infinite 'Sea' of divine reality and itself take on the qualities of that Sea.
- لوله
- Literally 'pipe' or 'spout'. Here it refers to the channels of the five senses, through which the outside world flows into the 'jug' of the body.
- حس
- Sense, perception, feeling. 'Panj ḥess' (the five senses) is a standard philosophical and psychological concept.
- نجس
- An Arabic term for ritual or physical impurity/filth. In this mystical context, it refers to anything spiritually or morally contaminating that enters through the senses.
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