Spiritual Wakefulness and the Night Vigil in Jami's Haft Awrang (Section 152)
In Section 152 of Jami's Haft Awrang, the poet delivers a powerful admonition to seekers who remain trapped in the sleep of spiritual negligence, comparing their state to an infant sleeping in a cradle. Jami invokes the Qur'anic phrase 'tatajafa junubuhum' (their sides forsake their beds) to extol the virtues of spiritual lovers who sacrifice their physical rest for nightly vigil and intimate communion with God. He highlights the existential irony of a seeker sleeping comfortably while the Divine Beloved remains perpetually awake and watchful. Ultimately, Jami teaches that in mystical gnosis, only the Divine is truly alive, and staying captivated by the mortal, material world constitutes a form of spiritual death.
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