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Divine Omnipresence and the Ritual Qiblah in Jami's Haft Awrang (Section 61)

In Section 61 of the Haft Awrang, Jami addresses the apparent paradox between facing a specific direction (the Qiblah/Kaaba) during Islamic prayer and the theological reality of absolute divine omnipresence. He explains that facing the Kaaba is purely an act of obedience to divine command and adherence to the Sharia, rather than a physical confinement of God's essence. To clarify this, Jami uses the metaphor of the ocean (muhit) and the shore or stream (shatt). While the boundless ocean represents God's all-encompassing essence, the stream serves as a necessary, designated path for the worshipper to perceive and experience that otherwise transcendent, omnipresent reality.

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