The meaning of the poet's statement: How can the rubbish of these minds oppose them with doubts and nonsense? And the clamor and noise beneath them is nothing but a mirage for a thirsty traveler.
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The Shaykh :"How can the rubbish of these minds oppose them with doubts and nonsense"
This interrogative is for negation, meaning that the rubbish of the minds cannot oppose these proofs with doubts.
"And the clamor and noise beneath them is nothing but a mirage for a thirsty traveler"
Clamor and noise refer to sounds that have no meaning; it is nonsense that yields no benefit. For this reason, he said:
"What is beneath them is nothing but a mirage for a thirsty traveler". A mirage does not add anything for the thirsty traveler except thirst and destruction, because when he sees the mirage, it appears to him as water, so he rushes toward it. When he sees that it is a mirage, that becomes a harder blow than if he had not been pleased and had not hoped for salvation from thirst.
This interrogative is for negation, meaning that the rubbish of the minds cannot oppose these proofs with doubts.
"And the clamor and noise beneath them is nothing but a mirage for a thirsty traveler"
Clamor and noise refer to sounds that have no meaning; it is nonsense that yields no benefit. For this reason, he said:
"What is beneath them is nothing but a mirage for a thirsty traveler". A mirage does not add anything for the thirsty traveler except thirst and destruction, because when he sees the mirage, it appears to him as water, so he rushes toward it. When he sees that it is a mirage, that becomes a harder blow than if he had not been pleased and had not hoped for salvation from thirst.