M4:46 — عاشق هر پیشه‌ای و مطلبی / حق بیالود اول کارش لبی

This couplet serves as a general principle, using the story of the lover as its prime example. The lover had one initial, intoxicating glimpse of the beloved (M4:43), a taste that fueled his devotion for eight years. Rumi universalizes this experience: God, the ultimate orchestrator, initiates every significant human endeavor by granting a moment of grace or a taste of success.

This initial 'anointing of the lips' (lab biyālūdan) is a powerful divine strategy. It's a sip of the wine of union that creates a thirst no lesser drink can quench. Whether for a craftsman falling in love with their trade, a scholar with knowledge, or a mystic with the Divine, this first taste becomes the hook. It creates a memory of sweetness that sustains the seeker through the long, arduous, and often frustrating period of striving that follows. The subsequent difficulty and closed doors (M4:44, M4:48) are not signs of failure but are part of the path, designed to test and purify the desire that the first taste ignited.