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M1:2449 — مرد گفت ای زن پیشمان میشوم / گر بدم کافر مسلمان میشوم
M1:2449
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The husband, realizing his spiritual error in giving in to his wife's worldly demands, declares his profound repentance and his return to faith.
This couplet marks the turning point in a story about a poor man and his demanding wife. After enduring her complaints about their poverty, the man finally broke, agreeing to abandon his spiritual trust in God (tawakkul) to seek worldly employment. The moment he makes this concession, he is overcome with immediate and devastating regret.
His cry, "I repent!" is not merely an apology to his wife; it is a spiritual reorientation. He frames his lapse in faith as a form of infidelity or disbelief (kufr). By agreeing to prioritize material means over divine providence, he feels he has acted like an unbeliever. His declaration, "I now submit instead" (literally, "I am becoming a Muslim"), signifies his return to the core principle of Islam: submission to God's will. He recognizes that his wife's nagging, which he initially saw as a worldly problem, was in fact a divine test of his faith, and he had failed it. This moment of repentance is his attempt to correct his course and re-align himself with God.
- پیشمان
- A variant spelling of `pashīmān`, meaning 'repentant' or 'regretful'. It signifies a deep remorse that leads to a change of heart and action.
- کافر
- `kāfir`. An unbeliever or infidel. In this context, it refers not to a formal religious status but to a spiritual state of 'ingratitude' or 'covering up' the truth of God's providence.
- مسلمان
- `musalmān`. A Muslim; literally, 'one who submits'. Here, the man uses it to mean he is returning to a state of complete submission to God's will, which he had momentarily abandoned.
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