Employing the simile of clearing away of a city’s dirty water as it meets a majestic river like the Ganges, this verse maintains that a sinner attains purity, in the same manner, through unwavering and steadfast adherence to the True Religion.
The term khāḍā-khābochiyā(n), as a compound word or two separate words, khāḍā and khābochiyā(n), refer to ditches and puddles of water or pit pools. In the context of this verse, khāḍā-khābochiyā(n) refers to wastewater and sewage. Thus, the first two lines of the verse embody a statement of fact that the sheer force of a mighty river like the Ganges washes off the streams of filthy water flowing into it.
It is quite probable that the reference to Ga(n)gā or the Ganges, in the context of this verse, …show more content…
Although, a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the definition of the word dharam or dharma is not within the scope of this work, a brief exploration of the meaning of this word, in conjunction with the meaning of Islam and the Arabic word for religion, dīn, is fitting and …show more content…
Thus, it is the dharma of the earth to revolve around the sun within a defined orbit and rotate on its axis, or in Islamic parlance, the earth is subservient to the Divine Will, hence the earth is, in a sense, a Muslim. Explaining the diverse shades of meaning of the word Muslim, Seyyed Hossein Nasr writes, “secondly, ‘muslim’ refers to all creatures of the universe who accept Divine law in the sense that they conform to the unbreakable laws which the Western world calls ‘laws of nature’.” One of the dictionary meanings of the Arabic word dīn is ‘custom’, and therefore, obeying the Divine Law is the dīn or custom of the entire creation – hence, everything in the heavens the earth glorifies Allah. Man, of course, is an exception to this rule because he, out of the entire creation, has the freewill to either accept or reject dharma or the Divine Will, prompting the Quranic response
The term khāḍā-khābochiyā(n), as a compound word or two separate words, khāḍā and khābochiyā(n), refer to ditches and puddles of water or pit pools. In the context of this verse, khāḍā-khābochiyā(n) refers to wastewater and sewage. Thus, the first two lines of the verse embody a statement of fact that the sheer force of a mighty river like the Ganges washes off the streams of filthy water flowing into it.
It is quite probable that the reference to Ga(n)gā or the Ganges, in the context of this verse, …show more content…
Although, a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the definition of the word dharam or dharma is not within the scope of this work, a brief exploration of the meaning of this word, in conjunction with the meaning of Islam and the Arabic word for religion, dīn, is fitting and …show more content…
Thus, it is the dharma of the earth to revolve around the sun within a defined orbit and rotate on its axis, or in Islamic parlance, the earth is subservient to the Divine Will, hence the earth is, in a sense, a Muslim. Explaining the diverse shades of meaning of the word Muslim, Seyyed Hossein Nasr writes, “secondly, ‘muslim’ refers to all creatures of the universe who accept Divine law in the sense that they conform to the unbreakable laws which the Western world calls ‘laws of nature’.” One of the dictionary meanings of the Arabic word dīn is ‘custom’, and therefore, obeying the Divine Law is the dīn or custom of the entire creation – hence, everything in the heavens the earth glorifies Allah. Man, of course, is an exception to this rule because he, out of the entire creation, has the freewill to either accept or reject dharma or the Divine Will, prompting the Quranic response