Ghayrat as Protective Love that Bars All But the Beloved from the Heart in Jami's Haft Awrang (Section 70)
This concept distills the teaching of Jami's Section 70 on ghayrat (spiritual zeal). True ghayrat is not the base jealousy of one who keeps watching rivals; the poet rebukes the seeker who claims zeal yet still lets the gaze fall on 'others' (aghyar). Authentic ghayrat is a protective love that refuses to let the eye rest on anyone other than the Beloved, imagined here as the Shah (King). The heart is the sanctuary (haram) of the King, who dwells there permanently, so the wayfarer must grant no 'other' entry into that inner precinct. Ghayrat functions as the herald (chavosh) of the King's love, driving strangers from the door: to seek, behold, and worship only the Shah is the discipline that severs every attachment except the one to the Divine Beloved.
0
1
Tags
Humanities
Literature
Persian Literature Prerequisite Course