पढ़िए› दफ़्तर 6› अम्रुलक़ैस की कहानी जो अरब का बादशाह था और सूरत से बहुत खूबसूरत था, अपने वक्त का यूसुफ़ था, और अरब की औरतें ज़ुलेखा की तरह उसकी दीवानी थीं, और वह 'क़िफा नबकी मन ज़िकरा हबीब व मंज़िल' के अंदाज़ में शायर था, जब सभी औरतें उसे जान से चाहती थीं, अजब बात है कि उसकी गज़ल और उसका रोना किस लिए था? शायद वह जानता था कि ये सब मिट्टी की तख्तियों पर नक़्श की गई मूर्तियों की मिसाल हैं, अंततः इस अम्रुलक़ैस को एक ऐसी हालत हुई कि आधी रात को वह अपनी सल्तनत और औलाद छोड़कर भागा और खुद को एक कंबल में छुपाकर उस देश से दूसरे देश चला गया, उस शख्स की तलाश में जो पवित्र देश से है: "यख़्तस्सु बिरह़मतिही मन यशाउ" (वह जिसे चाहे अपनी रहमत के लिए चुन लेता है), आदि› शेर 4020
M6:4020 — نام او در نامها مکتوم کرد / محرمان را سر آن معلوم کرد
M6:4020
अर्थ · به زبانِ تو — आपकी भाषा · AI
This couplet explains that while God's true essence (His 'name') is hidden from the general public, it is revealed to those who are spiritually close to Him, the 'intimates' or 'confidants'.
This beyt appears in the context of a longer story about the legendary beauty of Yusuf (Joseph) and how Zulaikha, his admirer, became so consumed by love that she began to call everything around her 'Yusuf'. From 'fire' to 'moon', 'bread' to 'water', all things took on his name in her mind. This intense, singular focus on the beloved, even to the point of displacing all other names, serves as a metaphor for the lover's absorption in the Divine.
The couplet then shifts from Zulaikha's human love to the divine Beloved. Just as Zulaikha's love for Yusuf led her to perceive his name in all things, so too does the true lover of God perceive His essence. However, the 'name' of God here refers not to His conventional names (like Allah, Rahman, Rahim), but to His ultimate, ineffable reality. This reality is 'concealed amidst all names' – meaning it is present in everything, yet hidden in plain sight, indistinguishable to the uninitiated. But to the mahraman (محرمان), the 'intimates' or 'confidants' who have drawn near through spiritual practice and love, that 'secret' (سر) is made known. They discern the Divine presence where others see only the mundane, much like Zulaikha saw Yusuf in every object.
This highlights a core Sufi concept: the esoteric truth (سر) is veiled from the masses but unveiled to those who purify their hearts and become worthy of such intimacy. It's a secret not because God actively hides it, but because it requires a particular state of being and perception to apprehend.
- مکتوم
- concealed, hidden
- محرمان
- intimates, confidants, those initiated into secrets
- سر
- secret; essence, mystery
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