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               72  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (30): 51-89, Spring 2022
                      he is unique) although                 and yellow hues within.
                      every body is homogeneous              (Ibid, 764, Vol. 1)
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                      with him in its composition.        ➢  The  good  colors  are
                      (Rumi, 2013, 1316, Vol. 5)             from the vat of purity;
                                                             the color of the wicked
                  However, it should be noted                is from the black water
               that  there  is  a  big  difference           of iniquity. (Ibid, 765,
               between Prophet Muhammad                      Vol. 1)
               and other humans:                          ➢  The baptism of God is

                   ➢  By  the  dispensation  of              the name of that subtle
                      God Há-Mím becomes                     color; the curse of God
                      a  dragon  and  cleaves                is  the  smell  of  that
                      the sea like the rod (of               gross color. (Ibid, 764,
                      Moses). (Ibid, 1328, Vol. 5)           Vol. 1)
                   ➢  Its external appearance

                      resembles         (other)          In these poems, by comparing
                      appearances;  but  the          people who have approached
                      disc  (round  cake)  of         closeness  to  God  with  those
                      bread is very far from          who  do  not  reach  such  a
                      (being)  the  disc  of  the     status, Rumi emphasizes that
                      moon. (Ibid, 1329, Vol. 5)      to  recognize  the  difference
                                                      between these two groups we
               Religious Language as an               should  consider  their  inner
               Equivocal Language                     states and what lies within.
                   ➢  The  ox  has  his  color           Qualities regarding appearance,
                      outside; but in the case        like  color,  shape  and  so  on,

                      of  a  man  seek  the  red      are  the  signs  often  used  to
                                                      recognize animals, not humans.
               1. Ref: Quran, 18: 110.
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