Leggi› Libro 6› L'interpretazione della Sua parola (su di lui la pace): "Morite prima di morire". Muori, amico, prima della morte se vuoi la vita, perché Idris è andato in paradiso per una morte simile prima di noi.› Distico 746
M6:746 — نقل باشد نه چو نقل جان عام / همچو نقلی از مقامی تا مقام
M6:746
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The death of a mystic is not a departure from the world, but rather an ascent from one level of spiritual realization to a higher one, a process that happens while they are still alive.
This couplet clarifies the nature of the mystical death Rumi has been describing, based on the Prophetic saying, "Die before you die."
He contrasts two kinds of "relocation" (naql). The first is the death of the ordinary person (jān-e ʿāmm), which is a single, final transfer from this world to the next. The second is the death of the mystic, which is not a departure but a continuous, living process of spiritual ascent. It is like moving from one station (maqām) to a higher one on the spiritual path. This person has already "died" to their lower self and relocated their soul's center of gravity to the divine presence.
Therefore, when their physical body perishes, it is not a dramatic journey for the soul, which has already made the essential move. Their physical death is merely a final, small step in a long series of transformative relocations they undertook while still walking the earth.
- نقل
- Lit. 'transfer,' 'relocation,' 'moving.' In this context, it refers both to the soul's departure at physical death and to the mystic's spiritual ascent from one state to another.
- جان عام
- Lit. 'the common soul' or 'the general soul.' It refers to the soul of an ordinary person who has not undergone the spiritual transformation of 'dying before death.'
- مقام
- A 'station' on the Sufi path. A *maqām* is a stable level of spiritual attainment achieved through personal effort and divine grace, as distinct from a *ḥāl* (state), which is a fleeting spiritual experience.
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