Bahu’s Whisper: The Lover Is the Mirror of God

 

Sultan Bahu did not shout his deepest truth. He whispered it—because only the attentive heart can hear it:

“The lover is the mirror of God.”

Not the saint. Not the scholar. Not the ascetic.

The lover.

Bahu’s statement is unsettling because it shifts spirituality from achievement to reflection. It suggests that the Divine does not merely look at the lover with favor—the Divine looks through the lover to recognize Himself.

This is not metaphorical poetry. It is a radical spiritual responsibility.