Reciting the Verse “Having Rolled Up Your Sleeve Against Him, You Came Like a Trickster”

Question

A verse: [ar]آستین بر او کشیده همچو مکار آمدی ٭ با خودی خود دو تماشا سوئے بازار آمدی[/ar] “Having rolled up your sleeve against him, you came like a trickster ٭ of your own accord, for a spectacle, you came out to the bazaar.” Is it permissible to recite and to listen to verses of this kind?

Answer

For one who understands its correct meaning, reciting and listening to it is permissible. Taking its apparent meaning and reciting it as an address to the Pure God is not allowed.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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