M6:3200 — تا اگر ابری بر آید چرخ‌پوش / اندرین روزن بود نورش به جوش

Translation: So that if a cloud, covering the sky, should rise, / In this aperture, its light will be gushing (with power). Meaning: This verse asserts that the light of truth emanating from a perfected soul or divine saint is so inherent and potent that no obscuring external factors, like sky-covering clouds, can diminish or hide its radiant intensity.

In the Masnavi, as I often emphasize, the boundary between the servant and the Beloved, the seeker and the Truth, becomes exceedingly thin—at times, it vanishes entirely. This verse is clear evidence of that profound reality. Rumi declares that even if “sky-covering clouds” should rise and obscure the heavens, the light of truth emanating from this aperture will persist with an undiminished, gushing intensity. Which aperture? This is where we must delve deeply. This “aperture” (rowzan) is not an ordinary window, but the heart and soul of that vāṣil—the one who has attained union. Such a soul has been so forged and transformed in the furnace of divine proximity that it has acquired divine attributes. Just like iron, when it turns red-hot in the forge, becomes fire-like itself: burning, scorching, luminous. We know from sacred traditions (ḥadīth qudsī) that a servant reaches a station where God becomes their eye, hand, and tongue. This is precisely the truth Rumi expresses in another idiom: seeing them is seeing the Creator; their speech is the speech of Truth. In this way, the servant themselves becomes an aperture through which divine light shines. The crucial point here is that, prior to this verse, Rumi explicitly states that this emanation is from an “unfamiliar path and direction” (rāh u sūy-i ma'hūd nī). It does not originate from the ordinary, material, natural, or scientific channels known to us. This light springs from an immaterial source, unknown to ordinary intellects, and this is precisely an invitation to shift one's perspective, to “wash one's eyes and see differently.” Just as the celestial dome is not made of clay and the turning wheel of the heavens stands without ropes, so too the light of this rowzan is not indebted to the sun or the star farqad; rather, the servant themselves has become illuminated and light-emanating. Thus, the phrase “its light will be gushing” (nūr-ash ba jōsh būd) is an allusion to the innate, enduring, and independent nature of this light, irrespective of external conditions. The “sky-covering clouds” can symbolize worldly events, tribulations, denials, or even heedlessness. Yet, for the seeker who has reached the station of union, these clouds are ineffective. The light of truth radiates from their being with effervescence and vigor, because their very existence has become one with an “unqualified, incomparable connection” (ittiṣāl-i bī-takayyuf, bī-qiyās) to the Truth. This station transcends gratitude and complaint, liberated from the constraints of time and place. This light is not a borrowed loan, but a manifestation of the formless, boundless essence of being, gushing forth within a formed existence.

Key takeaways

• The 'attained' servant (vāṣil) becomes an 'aperture' (rowzan) for the light of Truth.
• This light of Truth, emanating from the 'aperture,' is inherent and does not stem from conventional or material sources.
• No external hindrance (sky-covering clouds) can obscure or diminish this intrinsic light.
• This perspective is an invitation to transcend material and naturalistic understanding, urging one to 'see differently.'
• This high station is a result of being forged in the furnace of divine proximity and acquiring divine attributes.