O preacher, one achieves the desired goal here only through absolute renunciation; if you have abandoned this world, then renounce the hereafter as well.
Here, the poet gently teases the self-righteous preacher about the true essence of spiritual detachment. Renouncing worldly pleasures isn't genuine sacrifice if you are merely trading them for the guaranteed rewards of paradise in the afterlife. True fulfillment, in the mystical Sufi sense, only blossoms when you let go of all spiritual bargaining and love the divine without expecting anything in return.
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