M4:79 — هر چه مکروه ست چون شد او دلیل / سوی محبوبت حبیبست و خلیل

This couplet concludes a short passage on how perception is transformed by love and divine guidance. The immediate context is a story about a lover who, while fleeing a terrifying night watchman, stumbles into the very garden where his beloved awaits. The watchman, an object of terror (makrūh), becomes the very means (dalīl) to union. The lover, in his joy, now sees the watchman as a dear friend.

Rumi universalizes this principle. He argues that our judgments of 'good' and 'bad' are relative and often misguided. What seems like a curse can be a blessing in disguise. The key is the outcome: if a painful or frightening event ultimately brings you closer to the Divine Beloved, its nature is retroactively changed. It is no longer an enemy but a ḥabīb (beloved) and a khalīl (intimate friend), an agent of grace.