Read› Daftar 4› The complete story of that lover who fled from the watchmen into an unknown garden, where he found his beloved, and in his joy, he prayed for the watchmen, saying, 'Perhaps you dislike a thing and it is good for you'› beyt 77
M4:77 — تا شوی آمن ز سیری و ملال / گفت کان الله له زین ذوالجلال
M4:77
Meaning · به زبانِ تو — Your language · AI
To avoid growing tired of the Beloved, you must see them through God's eyes, an act which fulfills the divine promise that God belongs to those who belong to Him.
This couplet concludes a profound argument about the nature of perception in love. Rumi has just advised the reader to stop seeing the beloved through their own limited, personal eyes, which are prone to boredom and disillusionment (sīrī va malāl). Instead, one should borrow the eyes of God Himself to see the beloved's true, inexhaustible beauty.
This act of 'borrowing God's eyes' is not just a poetic metaphor; it is the practical application of a famous holy tradition (hadith qudsi): Man kāna lillāh, kāna-llāhu lah ("Whoever is for God, God is for him"). Rumi presents this hadith as a divine promise from Dhū-l-Jalāl (the Possessor of Majesty). By dedicating your perception and your very being to God, you receive God's own perception in return. Seeing through God's eyes makes the beloved an endless source of wonder, securing the lover from the inevitable decay of mortal affection.
- سیری و ملال
- Satiety and weariness/tedium. The spiritual condition of growing bored or disenchanted with something (or someone) that once brought delight, a key problem Rumi addresses in the spiritual path.
- کان الله له
- A partial quotation of the famous hadith qudsi (holy tradition), 'Man kāna lillāh, kāna-llāhu lah' (من کان لله کان الله له), meaning 'Whoever is for God, God is for him.' It encapsulates the principle of divine reciprocity.
- ذوالجلال
- Dhū-l-Jalāl, 'The Possessor of Majesty.' One of the names of God in Islam, emphasizing His power, glory, and awe-inspiring grandeur. It is often paired with al-Ikrām ('and Bounty').
- آمن
- Safe, secure, immune. An Arabic loanword used here to mean protected from the spiritual dangers of boredom and the decay of love.
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