O preacher, you consider that idol (beloved) to be bad who is actually better than a thousand virtuous people.

The poet gently teases the rigid preacher (wa'iz), contrasting orthodox morality with the undeniable grace of the beloved. In Urdu poetry, calling the beloved an 'idol' (but) playfully defies clerical dogma, elevating human beauty and love to a divine plain. The lover wonders how a moralist can judge someone as wicked whose innate goodness effortlessly outshines the virtue of a thousand self-righteous souls.