1Cademy - دفتر ششم - بخش ۹۴ - در بیان آنک قبض مایهٔ بسط است و غصه مایهٔ شادی و هر چه مضیق‌تر و تاریک‌تر تنگی مخرجی بیش / Book Six - Section 94 - On explaining that contraction is the source of expansion, and grief is the source of joy, and the narrower and darker the strait, the greater the way out

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دفتر ششم - بخش ۹۳ - داستان آن مرد کی وظیفه داشت از محتسب تبریز و وامها کرده بود بر امید آن وظیفه و او را خبر نه از وفات او حاصل از هیچ زنده‌ای وام او گزارده نشد الا از محتسب متوفی گزارده شد چنانک گفته‌اند لیس من مات فاستراح بمیت انما المیت میت الاحیاء / Book Six - Section 93 - The story of that man who had a stipend from the inspector of Tabriz and had incurred debts in hope of that stipend, being unaware of his death; in the end, his debt was not discharged by any living person, but was paid by the deceased inspector, as it has been said: 'He who dies and finds rest is not dead; the truly dead is the dead among the living'

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دفتر ششم - بخش ۹۴ - در بیان آنک قبض مایهٔ بسط است و غصه مایهٔ شادی و هر چه مضیق‌تر و تاریک‌تر تنگی مخرجی بیش / Book Six - Section 94 - On explaining that contraction is the source of expansion, and grief is the source of joy, and the narrower and darker the strait, the greater the way out

In Book Six, Section 94 of the Masnavi, Rumi pauses the narrative of the indebted dervish to deliver a philosophical discourse on the spiritual dynamics of contraction (qabd) and expansion (bast). He explains that suffering, hardship, and emotional or financial constraint are not merely negative states, but are necessary prerequisites for spiritual growth, joy, and divine relief. Using metaphors of night preceding day and autumn preceding spring, Rumi reassures the reader that the narrowest and darkest straits of life hold the promise of the most expansive deliverance.

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