Divine Justice Concealed within Apparent Injustice in Jami's Tale of Moses
Drawn from Jami's tale of Moses at the spring, this concept addresses the problem of theodicy: how apparent injustice can conceal perfect divine justice. Moses prays that the eye of his certainty (yaqin) be opened so he may perceive justice hidden within the form of injustice. He then witnesses a seemingly cruel sequence — a horseman leaves behind a purse of gold, a boy carries it off, and an old man is wrongly accused and slain — which looks like flagrant wrongdoing. God discloses the hidden chain of prior debts and crimes that make each outcome a just recompense, teaching that divine wisdom (hikmat) operates beneath surface appearances and cannot be judged by outward events alone.
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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course