In the *Hadiqat al-Haqiqah*, Sanai employs shocking familial personifications to deter seekers from worldly attachment. A comparison of these metaphors reveals a consistent strategy of using severe familial taboos and betrayals to characterize the material world (*dunya*). In Section 24, he portrays the world as a **mother**, arguing that desiring her is akin to spiritual incest. Similarly, in Section 14, he personifies the world as a ruthless **father-killer** (*pedar-kosh*). By juxtaposing the taboos of maternal incest and parricide, Sanai leverages the most extreme violations of sacred family bonds to illustrate the profound moral and spiritual destruction inherent in loving the material world.

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In Section 24 of the Hadiqat al-Haqiqah, Sanai employs a provocative metaphor of the world as a mother to condemn human greed and material attachment. He argues that since the physical world is our origin and mother, seeking her as a sweetheart (delbar) or taking her as a spouse is akin to spiritual incest—an act of extreme moral and spiritual transgression. To guide the seeker's relationship with the material world, Sanai introduces secondary metaphors: treating the world like a die (qur'ah) that one casts aside or picks up without permanent attachment, and recognizing that even dangerous worldly entities, like a venomous snake, can serve a protective function, such as guarding the sandalwood tree.

The Metaphor of the World as a Mother in Section 24 of Sanai's Hadiqat

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