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دفتر پنجم - بخش ۷۲ - جواب آن مغفل کی گفته است کی خوش بودی این جهان اگر مرگ نبودی وخوش بودی ملک دنیا اگر زوالش نبودی و علی هذه الوتیرة من الفشارات / Book Five - Section 72 - The answer to that fool who said, 'How pleasant this world would be if there were no death, and how pleasant worldly dominion would be if there were no decline,' and so on in this vein of nonsense
دفتر پنجم - بخش ۳۰ - در تفسیر قول رسول علیهالسلام ما مات من مات الا و تمنی ان یموت قبل ما مات ان کان برا لیکون الی وصول البر اعجل و ان کان فاجرا لیقل فجوره / Book Five - Section 30 - On the Interpretation of the Saying of the Messenger, Peace Be Upon Him: 'No one dies but that he wishes he had died before he died; if he was righteous, so that he might reach righteousness more quickly, and if he was wicked, so that his wickedness might be lessened'
The Concept of Post-Mortem Regret in Book Five of the Masnavi
In Book Five of the Masnavi, Rumi emphasizes that the deceased do not mourn the loss of physical existence, but rather their spiritual unpreparedness. In Section 72, Rumi explicitly asserts that 'no dead person is full of regret from death; his regret is that his provisions were few' (هیچ مرده نیست پر حسرت ز مرگ / حسرتش آنست کش کم بود برگ). This directly echoes his earlier discourse in Section 30, where he interprets the prophetic tradition that every deceased person wishes they had died sooner to either accelerate their reward or truncate their sins. By connecting these sections, Rumi systematically redefines death not as a tragedy, but as a sobering awakening to the true value of one's spiritual provisions.
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