If your gaze is pure, then the heart is pure too, / For destiny has made the heart captive to your glance.
This beautiful couplet speaks to the profound connection between the purity of the gaze and the purity of the heart. Allama Iqbal suggests that if the source of the gaze is divine and pure, then the heart that receives it must also be purified. It's a declaration that true love, or true connection, is not merely emotional; it is a spiritual state where the heart willingly submits to the divine gaze. A truly pure gaze guides us to a pure existence.
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