جهان چون چشم و خط و خال و ابروست كه هر چيزي بجاي خويش نيكوست...
جهان چون چشم و خط و خال و ابروست كه هر چيزي بجاي خويش نيكوست The universe is like eye, line, spot and eyebrow That everything is beautiful in its due place Another example is the simile of elephant in a dark room that Rumi mentions in his Mathnawi.
So, just as a work of art, which as a whole possesses high aesthetic value, contain elements that considered in themselves lack aesthetic value, or even possess disvalue, so also the universe, which as a whole is the best possible contain elements which considered in isolation evil. Thus, the world as it is- is the best…
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