The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 48
48 The commentary of al-Qa si dah He is Jesus. The dead who were given life by Jesus died spiritually again, but to rejoice because those who devoted themselves to this Jesus (i. e. Maul a n a R u m i ) would live forever. ( Kulliy a t-e-Mathnaw i , Maul a n a Jal a l-ud-D i n R u m i , vol. 4, p. 29, Qa si dah Mithl-e-Q a ni‘ Shudan A dmi, Printed by Intish a r a t Kit a bchai, Tehran) As the writer of this Qa si dah considered the Holy Prophet sa to be the sun of beauty and benevolence, nothing in the world could restrain his love for him, nor could anyone interfere in this relationship. At another place he writes in Persian: xÄ È x y ¬ 7 x z { I | 5 _k Bkltö ¬ 7 I xM r É # 9 X o É %:¾ò b When I ponder over the beauty and benevolence of the Holy Prophet sa , it is effortless for me to forget the entire world, and I have nothing to do with any other because I am dissolved in the glory of Muhammad sa. ( A ’ i na’-e-Kam a l a t-e-Isl a m, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 5, p. 649)