لوستل› دفتر ۱› د ښځې لخوا خپل میړه ته د روزي د طلب لارې ټاکل او د هغه لخوا یې منل› بيت ۲۷۰۸
M1:2708 — کین گواهی که ز گفت و رنگ بد / نزد آن قاضی القضاة آن جرح شد
M1:2708
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The kind of proof that relies on outward shows and eloquent speech is rejected by God, who is the ultimate judge.
This couplet concludes a short dialogue about how to approach God for help. A man, feeling destitute, believes he needs to present a compelling “witness” to his poverty to earn God’s mercy. His wife warns him against using ordinary proof — eloquent pleas and a sorrowful appearance (goft o rang).
This verse explains why such proof fails. God is the Qāḍī al-Quḍāt (Judge of all Judges), an ultimate arbiter who sees beyond superficial evidence. The term jarḥ is a technical one from Islamic law, meaning the act of discrediting a witness. Rumi uses it here to say that God immediately dismisses any testimony that is merely a performance. The only valid proof of one’s inner state is sincerity (ṣidq), which, as the next couplet states, shines on its own without needing words.
- جرح شد
- Was invalidated/impugned. A technical term from Islamic law and hadith criticism for discrediting a witness or narrator, deeming their testimony unreliable.
- قاضی القضاة
- The Judge of Judges. An Arabic title for a chief justice, used here metaphorically for God, the ultimate and all-knowing arbiter.
- رنگ
- Literally 'color,' but here it means outward appearance, pretense, or superficial show.
- گفت
- Literally 'speech,' but in the phrase 'goft o rang,' it implies mere talk, eloquent claims, or verbal performance without inner substance.
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