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The Mystical Interpretation of the Divine Trust and Self-Annihilation in Jami's Haft Awrang (Section 80)
In Section 80 of the Haft Awrang, Jami provides a profound mystical commentary on the verse of the Trust (Quran 33:72):
- The Divine Trust (Amānah): This represents the unique spiritual capacity and direct realization of the Divine Essence. While the rest of creation declined to bear this heavy burden, only humanity accepted it.
- Mystical Injustice (Zulm): Jami interprets man's description as zalūm (very unjust) mystically as the practice of self-annihilation (fanā). To be unjust here means to 'wrong' one's own ego and metaphorical existence, rendering it completely non-existent in the absolute Reality of God.
- Mystical Ignorance (Jahl): Man is described as jahūl (very ignorant) because, in his absolute absorption in God, he remains completely unaware of and indifferent to anything other than the Divine.
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