The Ascent of the Soul and the Ordered Heavens as Proof of the Necessary Being in Jami's Yusof o Zoleykha (Section 3)
The poem's argument
Jami opens by addressing the human soul (dela), rebuking it for playing like a child in the dust of the illusory material palace (kakh-e majazi) when its true nest lies beyond this world. He urges the soul to shake off its attachment to earth and rise toward the vault of the heavens.
There the poem directs contemplation to the ordered dance of the celestial spheres, the blue-cloaked ones scattering the mantle of light upon the world, each turning through the cycle of day and night toward its appointed goal and moved by its own particular motion as if struck by the polo-stick of divine will (chowgan-e eradat).
The reasoning is teleological and ascends from effect to cause: the regular, purposeful motion of the heavens is not self-explaining but points to a governing Necessary Being (wajib). Consistent with its title, the section arranges these proofs and, rather than resting in abstract demonstration, summons the reader to active reflection (tafakkur / tammu...
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