The Issue of The Nature of Fire

Aarif-e-Kaamil Hazrat Maulana Ruum (Allaah have mercy on him) writes after writing this sacred incident in Masnavi Shareef [book]:

Ae Dil Tarsindah Az Naar o Azaab

Baa Chunaañ Dast o Labay Kun Iqtiraab

O that heart which fears the fire of hell and the wrath of hell, why

do you not attain the nearness of these lovely lips and sacred hands,

Chuuñ Jamaaday Raa Chunaañ Tashreef Daad

Jaan-e-Aashiq Raa Chihaa Khawaahad Kashaad

When a non-living thing dinning mat [Dastar Khawn] received such excellence and honour that it did not burn in the fire, then those who are his truthful lovers, and the devoted bondsmen of his court, which is the refuge for the helpless, why will the hell not be forbidden [haraam] on them

Excerpt from the Book ‘Zikr e Jameel’ by Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]