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دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۷۸ - قصه وکیل صدر جهان کی متهم شد و از بخارا گریخت از بیم جان باز عشقش کشید رو کشان کی کار جان سهل باشد عاشقان را / Book Three - Section 178 - The Tale of the Deputy of Sadr-i Jahan Who Was Accused and Fled from Bukhara in Fear for His Life, Yet His Love Dragged Him Back, For the Matter of Life is Easy to Lovers
دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۸۸ - رسیدن آن عاشق به معشوق خویش چون دست از جان خود بشست / Book Three - Section 188 - The Arrival of That Lover to His Beloved When He Washed His Hands of His Own Life
The Metaphor of the Candle of Love in the Tale of Sadr-i Jahan
In Book 3 of Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi, the climax of the tale of the servant of Sadr-i Jahan illustrates the paradoxical nature of divine love and ego annihilation. As the exiled lover finally approaches his master, onlookers expect him to face severe punishment, such as being burned or hanged. Driven by a seemingly foolish, moth-like urge, the lover casts himself into what appears to be a fatal fire. However, Rumi introduces the metaphor of the 'Candle of Love' to explain this act of absolute spiritual surrender. Unlike a physical candle that burns and destroys the moth, the fire of divine love only gives the illusion of destruction. It is, in reality, 'light within light' and pure bliss. This signifies that while the path of spiritual love demands the apparent death of the worldly ego, it ultimately results in profound spiritual salvation and eternal union.
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دفتر سوم - بخش ۲۲۸ - یافتن عاشق معشوق را و بیان آنک جوینده یابنده بود کی و من یعمل مثقال ذرة خیرا یره / Book Three — Section 228 — The Lover Finding the Beloved, and Exposition That the Seeker Was the Finder, as in 'Whoever does an atom's weight of good shall see it'
دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۸۳ - منع کردن دوستان او را از رجوع کردن به بخارا وتهدید کردن و لاابالی گفتن او / Book Three - Section 183 - His Friends Forbidding Him from Returning to Bukhara, Threatening Him, and His Saying He Does Not Care
دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۸۲ - پرسیدن معشوقی از عاشق غریب خود کی از شهرها کدام شهر را خوشتر یافتی و انبوهتر و محتشمتر و پر نعمتتر و دلگشاتر / Book Three — Section 182 — A Beloved Asking Her Foreign Lover: Of the Cities You Have Seen, Which Did You Find Most Pleasant, Most Populous, Most Magnificent, Most Bountiful, and Most Heart-Gladdening?
دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۸۱ - عزم کردن آن وکیل ازعشق کی رجوع کند به بخارا لاابالیوار / Book Three — Section 181 — The Resolve of That Envoy to Return to Bukhara Out of Love, in a Reckless Manner
دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۸۴ - لاابالی گفتن عاشق ناصح و عاذل را از سر عشق / Book Three - Section 184 - The Lover Saying He Does Not Care to the Admonisher and Reprover out of Love
دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۸۵ - رو نهادن آن بندهٔ عاشق سوی بخارا / Book Three - Section 185 - That Enamored Servant Setting His Face Toward Bukhara
دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۸۶ - در آمدن آن عاشق لاابالی در بخارا وتحذیر کردن دوستان او را از پیداشدن / Book Three - Section 186 - The Arrival of That Reckless Lover in Bukhara and His Friends Warning Him Against Being Found
دفتر سوم - بخش ۲۱۲ - ملاقات آن عاشق با صدر جهان / Book Three - Section 212 - The Meeting of That Lover with Sadr-i Jahan
دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۹۲ - جواب گفتن عاشق عاذلان را / Book Three - Section 192 - The Lover Answering the Reprovers
The Metaphor of the Candle of Love in the Tale of Sadr-i Jahan