M4:1654 — آب وحی حق بدین مرده رسید / شد ز خاک مرده‌ای زنده پدید

This beyt appears in a section where Rumi contrasts the fleeting, unreliable nature of the worldly (represented by the 'dead earth' and 'dead one') with the eternal, life-giving power of the divine. Prior couplets describe the world and its inhabitants as 'fruitless' and 'faithless,' comparing the nafs (lower self) to something 'dead' even if it appears clever. The imagery of 'dead earth' is a common Sufi metaphor for the heart or soul that is devoid of spiritual awareness or divine love. Just as dry, barren earth is transformed by water into fertile ground, so too is the spiritually lifeless soul revived by the 'water of God's Revelation' (آب وحی حق). This 'water' is not merely scripture, but the direct, enlivening influx of divine truth and grace that awakens the soul to its true, living essence. The result is a 'living being' (زنده پدید) emerging from what was once 'dead,' signifying spiritual rebirth and the manifestation of divine life within the individual.