All worshippers should guard their pockets and stay alert, as an elderly man enters the mosque in the pious guise of Khizr.
This couplet is a delightfully sharp and witty satire on religious pretension and hypocrisy. In tradition, Hazrat Khizr is revered as a venerable spiritual guide who appears to help those who are lost, but the poet playfully warns the congregation to guard their wallets against an elder wearing that very disguise. It is a warm, humorous reminder that true piety lies in one's intentions, not merely in the pious appearances people put on for the world.
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