He was manifesting His divine radiance, yet O Moses, you did not see, did not see, did not see, and did not see Him.
This couplet alludes to the famous story of Prophet Moses on Mount Sinai yearning to gaze upon the Divine. The poet gently suggests that God was already manifesting His splendor everywhere in full radiance, yet human sight is so bound by expectations of a physical spectacle that Moses simply failed to recognize it. The breathless repetition of 'saw not' four times carries the weight of a profound, lingering sigh—highlighting how easily we overlook the sacred even when it completely envelops us.
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