Divine Uniqueness in Jami's Fifth Knot

In Section 22 of Haft Awrang, the Fifth Knot, Jami argues for the oneness (yekta'i) and incomparable uniqueness (bi-hamta'i) of the Glorious Truth. Framing the created world as an idol-temple of the appetitive self (batkade-ye tab'), he summons the reader to become an Abraham (Khalil Allah) who shatters false objects of worship.

Key moves in the argument:

• Astral idols: the sun, moon, and stars that Abraham once weighed and rejected as gods once they set (the argument of setting/aful) illustrate that no changing, dependent thing can be the necessary Truth.
• The Arabian idols: the poem calls for taking the dagger to Lat, cutting selfhood (mani) away from Manat, and stripping the crown of pride from Uzza — an inward smashing of the ego's idols.
• Refuting dualism: the dualist (thanavi) who posits two principles, Ahriman and Yazdan, has turned his face from the assembly of faith.
• Refuting the trinity: the Christian who sp...