M5:358 — گفت لابد درد را صافی بود / زین دلالت دل به صفوت می‌رود

This couplet comes in the midst of a story about a Sufi who tore his patched cloak (jebbeh) in a moment of spiritual ecstasy, and the torn part was called faraj (فرج), meaning 'opening' or 'relief.' Rumi uses this anecdote to illustrate a profound spiritual principle: every dard (درد – pain, dreg, difficulty) inherently contains a sāfī (صافی – purity, essence, relief).

The Sufi, upon seeing the torn jebbeh and its new name faraj, grasps this deeper truth. He understands that just as wine has its dregs (dard) but also its clear essence (sāfī), so too does life's hardship (ʿusr) always contain its ease (yusr). This realization is not just an intellectual concept but a spiritual movement: dil be safvat mī-ravad (دل به صفوت می‌رود) – 'the heart moves toward purity.' It's a journey of the heart, guided by the recognition that difficulty is not an end in itself but a pathway to spiritual clarity and relief. The faraj (opening/relief) is not separate from the tearing, but emerges from it.