Hafez's influences from the Quran مقالة

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Lest the dangerous desert giant of love and the demon greedy for the self join hands and strive for your misguidance, so that you become conceited and think you have performed an act worthy of a lover, and become deluded by your own character and deeds, regarding it as something worthy of His presence; in such a case, you would be like that disbeliever about whom the Great Quran says: Verse 39 of Surah An-Nur. و الذین کفروا اعمالهم کسراب بقیعة یحسبه الظمآن ماء حتی اذا جاءه لم یجده شیئا و وجد اللّه عنده فوفیه و اللّه سریع الحساب The word 'mirage' appears twice in the Holy Quran; once also in the noble verse 20 of Surah An-Naba, although it is not related to the subject of discussion, I bring it for your further benefit: و سیرت الجبال فکانت سرابا [Page 15, Ghazal 19, verse 2] شب تار است وره و ادی ایمن در پیش‌ آتش طور کجا موعد دیدار کجاست Dear Hafez, in the tempestuous desert of affection and love, sees the path of the valley of union ahead, and brightens and prepares the heart with the fire of longing for the union with the Friend, which he will soon reach, and with his eloquent and exquisite verse, brings us to mind the noble verse 12 of Surah Taha: انی انا ربک فاخلع نعلیک انک بالواد المقدّس طوی And also verse 30 from Surah Al-Qasas: فلما اتیها نودی من شاطئی الواد الایمن فی البقعه المبارکة من شجرة ان یا موسی انی انا اللّه رب العالمین Quoted from page 19 of the treatise] [Page 65, Ghazal 94, verse 6 درین شب سیاهم گم گشت راه مقصود از گوشه برون آی ای کوکب هدایت The loving Khwaja, desiring the union with the Friend in this exquisite and delicate verse, especially by mentioning "the star of guidance," compares his state during the journey of gnosis and love to the state of Prophet Abraham, peace be upon him and our Prophet, and says: I ask God that just as He guided Abraham toward Himself by means of a star, may He also take my hand and guide me.