읽기› 권 4› 정찰병을 피해 알려지지 않은 정원에 숨어든 연인에 대한 이야기의 완결. 그는 정원에서 사랑하는 이를 찾았고, 기쁨에 겨워 정찰병을 축복하며 “너희는 어떤 것을 싫어할 수도 있으나 그것이 너희에게 선일 수도 있다”고 말했다.› 대구 55
M4:55 — پس قرین میکرد از ذوق آن نفس / با ثنای حق دعای آن عسس
M4:55
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Overcome with ecstatic joy at finding his beloved, the lover began to praise God and, at the same time, pray for the very watchman whose pursuit had led him to this happiness.
This couplet marks a pivotal moment of spiritual realization in the story. A lover, fleeing a night-watchman (ʿasas), ducks into a dark garden only to find his beloved there. The watchman, who appeared to be a source of terror and misfortune, is revealed to be the unwitting instrument of divine grace, the very cause (sabab) of this blissful reunion.
The lover's reaction is not just relief, but dhawq—a term for profound spiritual tasting or ecstasy. In this elevated state, his gratitude flows in two directions simultaneously. He offers praise (thanā) to God, the ultimate orchestrator of events, and in the very same breath, he offers a prayer (duʿā) for the watchman. This act of pairing the two prayers demonstrates a key Sufi insight, drawn from the Qur'anic verse cited in the story's heading (2:216): what appears to be a curse can be a hidden blessing. The lover now sees the watchman not as an enemy, but as an agent of a benevolent, if mysterious, divine plan.
- ذوق
- Dhawq. A Sufi technical term for a direct, intuitive 'tasting' or experience of spiritual reality; ecstasy, delight, spiritual savour.
- قرین میکرد
- Qarīn mī-kard. Literally 'he was making a companion of'; he paired, joined, or associated.
- نفس
- Nafas. Breath, moment, instant. Here it signifies the singular, ecstatic moment of realization.
- ثنای حق
- Thanā-ye Ḥaqq. Praise of God. 'Ḥaqq' (Truth, Reality) is one of the primary names for God in Islamic mysticism.
- عسس
- ʿAsas. The night-watchman, the city patrol. In the story, he is the apparent antagonist who turns out to be a catalyst for good.
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